Hey guys Im gonna get me a good quality ABY box and try this. Just curious if any of you have done something similar to what Im curious to try.
I have very limited space on stage to add an additional amp. I have a komet SW30 running into a closed back 212 Komet cab. The amp does not have reverb. I run a carbon copy delay in front and various OD/Dist Pedals/echoplex type preamps for my main gainy tones. I would love to be able to add a second amp in stereo. An amp with reverb that way I can get a good wet/dry blend. Due to space, the possible amps I could add would be either my Blues Jr or something very similar...I actually like the way my Blues Jr sounds. I use it as my practice amp at home.....but I don't know if such a lop-sided stereo rig would even work well. The komet amp is a $6,000 hand made awesome amp. The blues Jr. is a $400 amp good for practicing and a jamming at house.
Have any of you guys every tried adding a second amp in stereo to your main professional amp that is way way smaller in size and not even close to the same quality league? I'm not doing spacy ping pong stuff. The sound I like is Bonamassa/EJ lead stuff. It definitely wont be an even split between the two amps paned left and right. The komet will still be 95% of my sound. Just looking to add a little reverb to my sound and I don't like combing verb (whether on board or pedal) along with delay simultaneously.so thats why I am interested in doing the wet/dry stereo thing. The Jr would be mic'ed with its own mic obviously and the whole rig would have to be mixed appropriately in the front of the house.
The only tone Im concerned about is the overall sound mixed together in the sound system not the stage/room sound in proximity to the the amps. My band uses a big nice sound system and no matter what, the blues jr would not be able to have much of an effect on ambient stage/room volume. The Komet will burry the Jr on stage even with my closed back cab which is always pointed backwards into the back wall of the stage away from band and crowd to reduce stage volume. So what ever the Jr could hypothetically add to my sound would be more of a function of the mix of the two mic channels in the PA and in our in-ear monitors
I was just curious if anybody had ever tried adding "just a little bit" of second much smaller amp in stereo that is no where near the quality of the main amp? Did it work? Able to find a decent blend where the smaller amp could add just enough of the sound you were looking for with out negatively effecting your main fundamental tone.
Or does the stereo wet/dry really ONLY work with two amp rigs that can both offer a comparable output/sound-quality to be combined relatively evenly (50/50) in stereo making one overall tone composed of about half of one and about half of the other?
No matter what, I will not be attempting to rig this thing up with a cheap basic ABY box. I won't even begin to attempt any kind of amp combining without a good quality ABY the can correct phase, ground loop, level, noise, bleed over, levels etc. Im either going to get something like a Radial or Lehle or I might try to build one myself. I don't need any advice on issues associated with the cheaper boxes.
Thanks
I have very limited space on stage to add an additional amp. I have a komet SW30 running into a closed back 212 Komet cab. The amp does not have reverb. I run a carbon copy delay in front and various OD/Dist Pedals/echoplex type preamps for my main gainy tones. I would love to be able to add a second amp in stereo. An amp with reverb that way I can get a good wet/dry blend. Due to space, the possible amps I could add would be either my Blues Jr or something very similar...I actually like the way my Blues Jr sounds. I use it as my practice amp at home.....but I don't know if such a lop-sided stereo rig would even work well. The komet amp is a $6,000 hand made awesome amp. The blues Jr. is a $400 amp good for practicing and a jamming at house.
Have any of you guys every tried adding a second amp in stereo to your main professional amp that is way way smaller in size and not even close to the same quality league? I'm not doing spacy ping pong stuff. The sound I like is Bonamassa/EJ lead stuff. It definitely wont be an even split between the two amps paned left and right. The komet will still be 95% of my sound. Just looking to add a little reverb to my sound and I don't like combing verb (whether on board or pedal) along with delay simultaneously.so thats why I am interested in doing the wet/dry stereo thing. The Jr would be mic'ed with its own mic obviously and the whole rig would have to be mixed appropriately in the front of the house.
The only tone Im concerned about is the overall sound mixed together in the sound system not the stage/room sound in proximity to the the amps. My band uses a big nice sound system and no matter what, the blues jr would not be able to have much of an effect on ambient stage/room volume. The Komet will burry the Jr on stage even with my closed back cab which is always pointed backwards into the back wall of the stage away from band and crowd to reduce stage volume. So what ever the Jr could hypothetically add to my sound would be more of a function of the mix of the two mic channels in the PA and in our in-ear monitors
I was just curious if anybody had ever tried adding "just a little bit" of second much smaller amp in stereo that is no where near the quality of the main amp? Did it work? Able to find a decent blend where the smaller amp could add just enough of the sound you were looking for with out negatively effecting your main fundamental tone.
Or does the stereo wet/dry really ONLY work with two amp rigs that can both offer a comparable output/sound-quality to be combined relatively evenly (50/50) in stereo making one overall tone composed of about half of one and about half of the other?
No matter what, I will not be attempting to rig this thing up with a cheap basic ABY box. I won't even begin to attempt any kind of amp combining without a good quality ABY the can correct phase, ground loop, level, noise, bleed over, levels etc. Im either going to get something like a Radial or Lehle or I might try to build one myself. I don't need any advice on issues associated with the cheaper boxes.
Thanks