Rhythm: Krank or 5150!?

[Aaron Smith]

So I'm going to begin tracking the guitars for 4 new songs for my band tomorrow (www.myspace.com/7horns7eyes), and I have my 5150 and Krank Revolution to choose from. (The amp I don't choose will be for lead sounds). On the one song on our Myspace, I didn't have the Krank yet so we used the 5150, and to this day I still feel REALLY good about what I can get out of the 5150. The 5150 has a slightly smoother sounding tone than the Krank but it's still incredibly thick, and I love that. I guess I'm really going for some kind of All That Remains/Killswitch Engage tone, and I feel like the 5150 may be the better choice for that. Any opinions? On the other hand, I really do love the Stabbing the Drama / Doomsday Machine / Shadows are Security / Constitution of Treason rhythm sound, which are Kranks. I'm thinking that I may just try miking up the Krank first to see what I can get, and who knows, I might love that too.
Haha, what a stupid dilemma to be having, huh?

 

[Keessi]

Use both?

 

[ApolloSpeed]

yeah, a blend may be sexy as a muthafuka!

 

[sparkyness]

Are you in a situation where you can still use the Krank but also split the signal and record a clean signal as well so that leaves you the flexibility to reamp the 5150 later on and then have yourself a shootout between the two?

 

[Soundlurker]

Use both?

+1 I'd take the best from both

 

[cobhc]

So I'm going to begin tracking the guitars for 4 new songs for my band tomorrow (www.myspace.com/7horns7eyes), and I have my 5150 and Krank Revolution to choose from. (The amp I don't choose will be for lead sounds). On the one song on our Myspace, I didn't have the Krank yet so we used the 5150, and to this day I still feel REALLY good about what I can get out of the 5150. The 5150 has a slightly smoother sounding tone than the Krank but it's still incredibly thick, and I love that. I guess I'm really going for some kind of All That Remains/Killswitch Engage tone, and I feel like the 5150 may be the better choice for that. Any opinions? On the other hand, I really do love the Stabbing the Drama / Doomsday Machine / Shadows are Security / Constitution of Treason rhythm sound, which are Kranks. I'm thinking that I may just try miking up the Krank first to see what I can get, and who knows, I might love that too.
Haha, what a stupid dilemma to be having, huh?

Just to clear things up, Doomsday isn't just krank.

 

[Mark_Palangio]

Why not do 2 tracks of 5150 and 2 tracks of Krank?

 

[xmarcelx]

hey I would like to hear an A/B clip... maybe you can create a short while deciding!
From what I heard about the krank I would maybe use the krank for a bit more scooped sound and 5150 wit a bit more mids and mix both amps ...

 

[Aaron Smith]

Thanks for the input guys. I spent some time this afternoon messing with both amps, and I can't quite get the Krank to sound like I want, as much as I can get the 5150 to. So...I'm going to record the 5150 tomorrow, but also record the DI signal, and then when I finally get my hands on a reamp box, see if I can make a ridiculously heavy sounding blend!

 

[cobrahead1030]

if possible, i'd try both

but if i could only choose one...it'd be the 5150 for me, using the lead and rhtyhm channels with different eq settings

 

[musickey]

BOTH!!!

 

[nwright]

Also, FWIW, Constitution of Treason is 5150II's and Line6 Flextone II HD. The Krank was only used for 1 solo according to one of the Coyle bros...

My vote is for mixing both, for leads and rhythms.

 

[Razorjack]

How did it turn out then?

 

[LT1Z]

I'd use the 5150 for your main tone, and reamp with the Krank when you can spend time tweaking the settings

 

[KeithRT99]

both, and clips please.