sinasl1
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So for you guys with plexis and such, looking for a good low volume solution... on the cheap....
try slaving. I used my Komet Airbrake this morning to slave my 50 watt Top Hat Emplexador. As long as the airbrake is down at least one click, it's functioning s a load. My Airbrake has a line out built in... so I ran a line from it to an MXR 10 band eq, then to an old Ibanez delay, then into the efx return of my Badger 30. Then out to a port city 1-12" with a M75 100 watt scumback. Man, what a sound! And it feels right too. The Emplex was on 10, VH style, with the tone controls pretty much cranked too. I backed down the treble to 9 and the bass to 5 and that was even better.
With the Badger as power amp, I was getting such juicy, rich distorted tone, at such low volume. The feel is awesome too! It's so fun to play through. Yes you'll fry tubes much quicker but hey, life's short. Might as well have some fun....
You can probably get a load resistor made with a line out real cheap... if you have a couple heads, one with an effects return, give this a try if you never have. It's pretty great. Sounds/feels like insta- VH1, at talking volumes!
try slaving. I used my Komet Airbrake this morning to slave my 50 watt Top Hat Emplexador. As long as the airbrake is down at least one click, it's functioning s a load. My Airbrake has a line out built in... so I ran a line from it to an MXR 10 band eq, then to an old Ibanez delay, then into the efx return of my Badger 30. Then out to a port city 1-12" with a M75 100 watt scumback. Man, what a sound! And it feels right too. The Emplex was on 10, VH style, with the tone controls pretty much cranked too. I backed down the treble to 9 and the bass to 5 and that was even better.
With the Badger as power amp, I was getting such juicy, rich distorted tone, at such low volume. The feel is awesome too! It's so fun to play through. Yes you'll fry tubes much quicker but hey, life's short. Might as well have some fun....
You can probably get a load resistor made with a line out real cheap... if you have a couple heads, one with an effects return, give this a try if you never have. It's pretty great. Sounds/feels like insta- VH1, at talking volumes!