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Garth wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:42 pm blathering on about monster vented 4x12

finally spent some quality time w/ this cab last night. Tried it w/ guitar using 2204 Marshall head and a couple different guitars/baritone and man it does a thing. I think a lot of you folks w/ your love of the really harsh tones that FM The Great Leader is known for would really gel w/ this as those Altecs are shockingly bright and can do that ice pick thing like you would not believe. But the cabinet itself isn't thin per se, still feels like a full sound but can end up sounding fizzy if you aren't dialing back some of the treble frequencies.

Definitely excels for bass. Multiple heads, multiple basses. Huge, monstrous sound and that high-end response really helps it cut when playing w/ distortion. I don't usually love a lot of treble w/ bass but this seems to respond in a natural way to eq and the bass itself: it's there if you want it and can roll it off easily if you don't.

Love this thing & plan to use it for recording/practice but if I ever move it'll stay w/ the house because JFC it's a monster.

updated photo, lookit me I'm a Red Fang

Was able to play the Blumes pedal in a full band - P-Bass through an Aims VTB120 with an 8x10. Kind of struggled with full band going to find a setting that suited well, but we've got two guitars and synth. I found setting 3 just anemic, setting 1 plausible and setting 2 was MORE scooped than I expected. Setting 2 sounded good just not for my band, and it was close to my modded rat but not enough to take it's place

Reuss Effects Understate: A can-be-very-subtle pedal, though capable of drive. On first use, it has these states when played through a small tube amp (my old Silvertone 1481):

• Can't detect a difference until I switch off the pedal
• A little bit of something extra
• Satisfying edge-of-breakup sound
• Crunchy
• "More barn!"

More subtle when recording direct. Definitely sounds great through an amp.

Garth wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:07 am

Garth wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:42 pm blathering on about monster vented 4x12

updated photo, lookit me I'm a Red Fang

GOOD LORD

jorsh wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:12 pm

Garth wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:07 am

Garth wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:42 pm blathering on about monster vented 4x12

updated photo, lookit me I'm a Red Fang

GOOD LORD

The ROOOOOOO))))))))tabega

tallchris wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:53 pm

jorsh wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:12 pm

Garth wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:07 am
updated photo, lookit me I'm a Red Fang

GOOD LORD

The ROOOOOOO))))))))tabega

haha!

there's only 10 12" speakers in total in a 10'x25' room you guys, it's fine

PogoLab Compressor



It's a $25 compressor pedal, probably identical inside to any of the other very similar looking pedals out there. Supposedly based on the Ross compressor circuit. I'm using it on bass to run on the bridge pickup when I do Rick-o-sound dual amp stuff with my 4003. Neck pickup is going through a Boss LMB-3 compression/limiting.

It does do a polarity flip when you engage it, so be aware of that if you're using it in a dual-amp setup.

Can get kinda squishy sounding if you lay into it. No real noticeable low-end cut, which is what I was afraid of with a pedal this cheap, but I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm just using it to tame my sloppy playing when it comes to dynamics, and it's working fine for that.

Audioscape 1176D

It does that growly bass sound you’ve heard on a million recordings perfectly. I bet it would be great on a DI, but I haven’t used it for that yet. Really stoked. None of my audioscape gear likes the inserts on my Midas mixer, so I just run the compressor after the preamp during tracking or after the convertor and to whichever desk channel on playback/ rough mix.

I’ve used it a lot for vocals, and I like it, but it’s a bit trickier to set… with their LA2A you can set it where the meter is just bumping a little here and there, but with the 1176, it jumps up a little more, say 0 to -4 db at peaks instead of 1-2 on the LA2A. I think all of that is exactly how you would expect the much faster 1176 to behave vs. an LA2A, plus I am recording myself.

I also did the 1176 to LA2A trick on voice and it sounds pretty good.

Haven’t used the compressor for distortion or special effect compression. There was one time where I preferred an RNC over the 76D on acoustic guitar, but that’s it. Acoustic I tend to prefer the LA2A so that it sounds like a 60s Sound Techniques record or something, but I’ll keep trying the 76. Very happy.

Edit: my entire reason for buying this is because I’’ve been interested in the 1176 since I began researching how Andy Johns recorded Marquee Moon

I keep finding more to love about the Sequential Pro3 - unlisted as a 'feature', but added via firmware is patch 'Morphing' which I know the Polybrute does. Elated the Pro3 does as well - for a band setting being able to gradually change from say, a beautiful soaring lead to complete decimation is nice to have!

Ignore my stupid face, here's a video I sent to my bandmate with some sound examples, sliding between two totally different patches with the touch pad or on a knob. Tons of fun.