My NEW Amp and Cab

[Ice Man]

Nice rig. I too prefer the Rev 1 to the krankenstein.


A pic of my dream rig room:Smokin:

Who does that belong to? God damn.

 

[stringy_]

Sweet rig, dude. Dare I say, that the Revolution is kinda "cute" looking.

I'm surprised everyone is all for Krank here because they are slandered all over Harmony Central. I've personally tried the Krankenstein and didn't dig it at all, but even you said you prefered the Revo to the 'stein. When can we expect clips?


Regards,
Daniel

HCAF can be fun, and there are a lot of great guys over there...but it takes just one of those guys to dislike something for the whole bandwagon to jump on and bash it too.

I've never played a Krank, but I'll trust Andy's ears more than I will some random internet tone snob till I get the chance to play one.

 

[cobrahead1030]

a lot of the HC folk are old school guys (SORTA like me) who are into the more vintage, honky mids kinda thing...i've noticed even a lot of dudes into newer kinds of metal still like that sorta tone, and the krank stuff is a very different beast

the price has a lot to do with it as well...i have to include myself in that group that thinks krank makes nice amps, they're just overpriced

and there's no shortage of guys who just use krank as a community punching bag for no reason...i've atleast played all their amps to see for myself

 

[stringy_]

a lot of the HC folk are old school guys (SORTA like me) who are into the more vintage, honky mids kinda thing...i've noticed even a lot of dudes into newer kinds of metal still like that sorta tone, and the krank stuff is a very different beast

the price has a lot to do with it as well...i have to include myself in that group that thinks krank makes nice amps, they're just overpriced

and there's no shortage of guys who just use krank as a community punching bag for no reason...i've atleast played all their amps to see for myself

What did you think of them? I just bought Live Apocolypse and I believe the word is that the guitars were re-amped with Kranks...and the tone on that DVD is pretty tasty.

 

[GuitarHack]

Good to see a few Aussies post here

As sad as this sounds, I have been pretty busy and haven't used it much yet. Last night I did crank it up to 5 and deafened myself for 5 mins (and quite possibly the neighbours) and I have discovered that this thing has to be played LOUD to get that nice saturated tone (at least 4-5).

Fuckin sweet dude. Congrats.

Thanks dude.

I wouldnt play that rig even if the musicstore keeper threw it at me

I wish he threw it at me, would have been cheaper.

hope you're diggin it man

i didn't care much for the revo that i tried, but i only got to play it with the matching cab...however the chadwick thru a marshall gb cab sounded killer

The mesa cab is a Killer cab, creamy and loud sound!

I liked it through the Krank Cab (rawer and possibly heavier sound) but the refined sound of the Mesa with the punch it delivers sounded better to me. The Krank cab sounded too low-mid scooped but had more high-mid's maybe whereas the Mesa had more low-mid punch.

Cobrahead, you sure have some gear don't you.

Nice rig. I too prefer the Rev 1 to the krankenstein.


A pic of my dream rig room:Smokin:

Rev has a fuller sound (less scooped) maybe not quite as aggressive, but more a refined heavy sound

That ENGL head looks too intimidating...

looks nice bro. Bet it sounds just as good too.
I'm looking into getting a mesa cab for my krankenstein

Check it out. I didn't try the Oversized but popular opinion here seems to be with the Traditional. It sure delivers some more punch than the Rev Cab, can't compare it to the Krankenstein Cab though I haven't tried one.

Sweet rig, dude. Dare I say, that the Revolution is kinda "cute" looking.

I'm surprised everyone is all for Krank here because they are slandered all over Harmony Central. I've personally tried the Krankenstein and didn't dig it at all, but even you said you prefered the Revo to the 'stein. When can we expect clips?


Regards,
Daniel

I preferred the Revo, but don't take my word as word of an expert (far from it). My Hotplate hasn't arrived yet, so until then I won't make any samples as it just doesn't seem to sound quite right when recording at low volumes. I will be jamming on the weekend so I am looking forward to that.

a lot of the HC folk are old school guys (SORTA like me) who are into the more vintage, honky mids kinda thing...i've noticed even a lot of dudes into newer kinds of metal still like that sorta tone, and the krank stuff is a very different beast

the price has a lot to do with it as well...i have to include myself in that group that thinks krank makes nice amps, they're just overpriced

and there's no shortage of guys who just use krank as a community punching bag for no reason...i've atleast played all their amps to see for myself

I have been listening to metal for nearly 20 years now so I hear ya when talking about mids. Maybe that's why I preferred the Mesa Cab. As far as price, I definately agree, they are damn expensive for a 2-channel amp with no extra features.

What did you think of them? I just bought Live Apocolypse and I believe the word is that the guitars were re-amped with Kranks...and the tone on that DVD is pretty tasty.

I love the tone on the DVD. Not sure if it is Rev or Stein and what the cabs are but it sounds awesome.

Anyways, thanks again for the replies. I hope I didn't leave anyone out.

 

[Sweetnothing]

From what I noticed when trying the krankestein, it has a really thin sound to me, I use lots of low mids and seriously, that amp didn't made anything for me at that price tag. Not looking for an amp right now, but the dude at the shop knows me from years and years of spending lots there and told me "try those amps, they rock" I tried the new 50 watt diezel head and I felt better with it.
Agree with cobrahead, they are overpriced, as they've become the rectifiers for this decade it seems.
6-8 years ago, the shit was to have a rectifier, now it's either a Krank or a Powerball...they are killer amps, but overpriced, to my ears, they're also one sound amps unlike the rectifier.
Of course this is my personal opinion

 

[cobrahead1030]

What did you think of them? I just bought Live Apocolypse and I believe the word is that the guitars were re-amped with Kranks...and the tone on that DVD is pretty tasty.

the revolution had a really nice clean channel, the gain channel sounded ok...it had a nice tight bottom end, and a pretty agressive feel to it which i liked; i really had trouble getting the mids to sound chewy the way i like them for single note stuff, and i found that the amp sounded too fizzy for me unless i turned the gain down to where it sounded thin

the krankenstein had a good sounding clean as well, but felt a bit more smothered on that channel than the revo...overall i liked the gain channel better than the revo tho, i can't pinpoint why, it just had a better overall vibe/feel about it; again tho even with the mids cranked i found myself wanting more of them in there, and the same thing with the gain being fizzy unless i turned it down to where the amp sounded thin (altho it wasn't as difficult as the revo in this regard)

the chadwick had a killer sounding clean channel, and the OD channel with the boost produced some GREAT sounding jcm800 style sounds but more agressive...this was the only head that i tried with a non krank cab (marshall tv with greenbacks) and it sounded so much more raw and just better IMO with the marshall cab

the thing about them all tho...the same shop had a 6505, jsx, and xxx in stock; all of which easily sounded as good as the krank stuff IMO for substantially less $$$

 

[cobrahead1030]

btw (as is if we haven't quoted this pic enough) this belongs to a forumite from harmony central...very cool dude, he's got an amazing guitar collection as well

he's my kinda guy...rather than debate over this amp being better than that amp and the like, he just buys them all

 

[thefyn]

I have not read the thread in case people think I am bandwagon jumping etc. I played that Krank Rev.

The worst hi gain amp I have ever played in my entire life.

Only good for 7 strings. The only way I could think this is selling because it mic's up well for live/recording. Because live, it sounds horrible.

Just my opinion! Don't hate!

 

[~BURNY~]

btw (as is if we haven't quoted this pic enough) this belongs to a forumite from harmony central...very cool dude, he's got an amazing guitar collection as well

he's my kinda guy...rather than debate over this amp being better than that amp and the like, he just buys them all

Porn.:hotjump:

 

[thefyn]

Porn.:hotjump:

Seriously!

 

[xmarcelx]

Thanks to the info/advice from posters here, I picked up my new gear today.

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Thanks to all who answered my queries.

link doesn't work for me

 

[Ice Man]

From what I noticed when trying the krankestein, it has a really thin sound to me, I use lots of low mids and seriously, that amp didn't made anything for me at that price tag. Not looking for an amp right now, but the dude at the shop knows me from years and years of spending lots there and told me "try those amps, they rock" I tried the new 50 watt diezel head and I felt better with it.
Agree with cobrahead, they are overpriced, as they've become the rectifiers for this decade it seems.
6-8 years ago, the shit was to have a rectifier, now it's either a Krank or a Powerball...they are killer amps, but overpriced, to my ears, they're also one sound amps unlike the rectifier.
Of course this is my personal opinion

When I tried the Krankenstein, it was the sentiment for me, too. A friend and I plugged into it and although the clean channel was decent, the drive was just fizzy and thin. There was no girth to the palm muting, just "djint." It had the matching cab, too, some I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it.

On the turn, though, one of the best live tones I've heard was from some random hard-core band running a Framus Cobra and Krank Revo together through 2 framus cobra cabs. The tone was crushing, but unfortunately right before they played he dimed the mids on the framus and the tone became boxy.

 

[LT1Z]

Porn.:hotjump:

Yeah that monster rig belongs to a fellow that goes by the name of ZAO. I took. I got the pic from when he posted it over at the ESP guitars board. I've got the 5150 already and plan to get a Deliverance 120 next.....but I doubt I'll ever catch up to him. I have more of a guitar problem than an amp problem

 

[cobrahead1030]

my band played a show with shadows fall last spring, when they first started using the kranks (theirs' are modded to run el34's) and they sounded great with them!

i'm not sure how much of a difference el34's would make, but i'd like to try one with them...the local dealer said they could get the revo from the factory that way for $100 extra on special order, but wouldn't have any in stock unless a customer bought one

 

[stringy_]

I have not read the thread in case people think I am bandwagon jumping etc. I played that Krank Rev.

The worst hi gain amp I have ever played in my entire life.

Only good for 7 strings. The only way I could think this is selling because it mic's up well for live/recording. Because live, it sounds horrible.

Just my opinion! Don't hate!

That could be the case. I've had great sounding amps sound horrible under a mic...and then I've recorded amps that sounded bland and uninspiring in the room turn out to be real gems on tape.