i'll give the 2x57 technique another go. i actually was using a transformerless one i bought a couple of years ago, when i switched to a stock vintage one...everything seemed to come alive somehow. So i ditched the condenser, and i am currently micing the center of the cone as in pointed straight on but between the dustcap and the outer ring (is that what you meant XES?) I ditched the eq after reading an article from colin richardson here:
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-metal-production-guru-colin-richardson-400260/3
great read if you have the time. I actually found yesterday that boosting the ts volume all the way and setting the drive at 12 gave me this great spongy deal thatseemed to work. I will try it out for a while today as yesterday I tried it after my ears had sorta had it.
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-metal-production-guru-colin-richardson-400260/3
great read if you have the time. I actually found yesterday that boosting the ts volume all the way and setting the drive at 12 gave me this great spongy deal thatseemed to work. I will try it out for a while today as yesterday I tried it after my ears had sorta had it.
. I realized that the resonance/presence was exclusively part of the power amp section and i figured what the hell just crank it all the way. I got like 90% of what i was looking for just by doing that (in the room anyhow). It sounds ridiculous but with lows dimed highs around 6 and mids at 2 with the power amp settings it was tight, gainey and had a great chug with no external eq. My logic in building something like this amp would be idiotic rumble at resonance 10 and piercing static on the presence, but i guess eddie had other plans. tommorrow i get to pull my hair out try to mic this thing using fredman's technique but small victory today lol.