Ok, at the studio I have moved to, all we have as far as the amps for bands to use when their gear is...well...crap, is a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier head, a 5150 (signature) 2x12 combo, Rocktron Chameleon (on request), and a PODxt Live with model packs. For cabs, all we have is two Marshall JCM900 1960a 4x12's, a Marshall JCM900 1936 2x12, and on request a Mesa Traditional Recto 4x12. What I mean by "on request" is that I have a friend with the Chameleon and the Mesa 4x12, and he's cool with me using them at the studio for projects, usually the Chameleon is great for death metal, plus it has direct outs so it's easy to hook up real fast. Anyway...
I wanted to look into getting another amp to bridge the gaps we have and add something else for the guitarist's to choose between. With the two amps we have, there's not much versatility to be honest, you can either have the Recto sound, or the 5150 sound, nothing in between, and what if what they need is something with a bit of British JCM sound? So I have been checking out a few different amps, but can't really decide on ONE to start with. Eventually I would like to have quite a few amps laying around at customer's disposal, but for now something to add some spice and rejuvenate the studio a little bit.
Not really worried too much about cost, anything will have to be saved up for. I am really interested in Engl, however, if I bought one, I would end up leaving it at my house all the time hahah
. I want something that can get a very wide variety of sounds of course, but has some really shining tones that can be used for anything. I was looking at the Randall MTS series, it looks pretty good, and the sound clips are decent, but they always play 70's style cock rock riffs on sound clips so you never know how brutally fast metal sounds on it, or how well the amp responds to low end for detuned guitars, lol. I was figuring on getting the rackmount preamp thing where you can put 4 modules in at one time (each one's output to a patchbay of some sort, and then go into the the other room to a mic'ed cab.) However, I can't really find any reviews other than the magazine one's, which aren't much help anyway since they're biased as hell. Just curious if anyone here might have had the opportunity to try it out?
The other amp I have been checking out a lot lately is the Peavey JSX. I hear it's supposedly a XXX with a few added features. I haven't had a chance to play a JSX, but I have played a XXX before, and loved the sounds. I remember getting a very Recto-y sound setting it one way, and then I got a pretty close JCM-y sound setting it another. Speaking of which, a XXX is another one on the list.
I use to own a Mesa Mark IV combo, and wish I never sold it. It's just like the Engl to me, if I got one, I'd probably end up using it for my band(s) or home projects, heh. Plus it's got that *one* sound to it too (like the Recto), so it's not much help, even though it does sound great. I would throw a Bogner Ecstacy, or Uberschall, a Diezel head on the list, but the kids that come in these days don't know tone. Luckily there are amps like Engl and stuff that have the gain they want but I'm not ashamed to have my name attached to the credits since the tone is great too. *SIGH* I just can't decide, and the owner is really excited about me doing this, he would have but all he ever uses is the Mesa Dual Recto, so he's kinda like "what's the point of using another amp, if this one works?" Don't get me wrong, the Recto sounds great no matter what in those rooms. But, it's not for every project that comes in. So anyway, people post your ideas on this. I'm down for anything pretty much at this point, since it's not an amp for ME,.
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I wanted to look into getting another amp to bridge the gaps we have and add something else for the guitarist's to choose between. With the two amps we have, there's not much versatility to be honest, you can either have the Recto sound, or the 5150 sound, nothing in between, and what if what they need is something with a bit of British JCM sound? So I have been checking out a few different amps, but can't really decide on ONE to start with. Eventually I would like to have quite a few amps laying around at customer's disposal, but for now something to add some spice and rejuvenate the studio a little bit.
Not really worried too much about cost, anything will have to be saved up for. I am really interested in Engl, however, if I bought one, I would end up leaving it at my house all the time hahah
. I want something that can get a very wide variety of sounds of course, but has some really shining tones that can be used for anything. I was looking at the Randall MTS series, it looks pretty good, and the sound clips are decent, but they always play 70's style cock rock riffs on sound clips so you never know how brutally fast metal sounds on it, or how well the amp responds to low end for detuned guitars, lol. I was figuring on getting the rackmount preamp thing where you can put 4 modules in at one time (each one's output to a patchbay of some sort, and then go into the the other room to a mic'ed cab.) However, I can't really find any reviews other than the magazine one's, which aren't much help anyway since they're biased as hell. Just curious if anyone here might have had the opportunity to try it out? The other amp I have been checking out a lot lately is the Peavey JSX. I hear it's supposedly a XXX with a few added features. I haven't had a chance to play a JSX, but I have played a XXX before, and loved the sounds. I remember getting a very Recto-y sound setting it one way, and then I got a pretty close JCM-y sound setting it another. Speaking of which, a XXX is another one on the list.
I use to own a Mesa Mark IV combo, and wish I never sold it. It's just like the Engl to me, if I got one, I'd probably end up using it for my band(s) or home projects, heh. Plus it's got that *one* sound to it too (like the Recto), so it's not much help, even though it does sound great. I would throw a Bogner Ecstacy, or Uberschall, a Diezel head on the list, but the kids that come in these days don't know tone. Luckily there are amps like Engl and stuff that have the gain they want but I'm not ashamed to have my name attached to the credits since the tone is great too. *SIGH* I just can't decide, and the owner is really excited about me doing this, he would have but all he ever uses is the Mesa Dual Recto, so he's kinda like "what's the point of using another amp, if this one works?" Don't get me wrong, the Recto sounds great no matter what in those rooms. But, it's not for every project that comes in. So anyway, people post your ideas on this. I'm down for anything pretty much at this point, since it's not an amp for ME,
. ~006
