Marshall vs. POD? ...THE ANSWERS

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2002 10:15 am

Jules, spend some dough on backline stuff. Having a small 2x12 cab and a few different heads and small combos to pick from can really mix things up and make guitar players happy. Players love walking in here and seeing my small collection of amps and snare drums, digging through the cymbal bag etc. And the other thing is that it's cheaper then a good piece of outboard gear.

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 12:16 am

BM, yes I close mic + far mic at point of convergence but don't always use everything. Also, I use lots of ribbons for gtr cabs.

I've mixed and matched speakers only in open-back cabs though. Actually it's the Matchless DC30 that started me on this path. Is the Bandmaster cab open or closed? I have a blackface Bassman head and its close-back 2x12 with the original Jensen's that's so fat it doesn't work with everything. But when it does... Surprised

:w:

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 3:41 pm

Thanks for this post, very interesting....

Cheers
Bruce :tu:

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 3:53 pm

GC, My Bandmaster cab is a closed back 2x12. It's got EVM-12L's in it now, which handle a ton of power. I use to use it for bass gigs with my blackface Dual Showman. (got tired of carrying around my SVT) I'll probably try some greenbacks in the 2x12 for better break-up at lower volumes.

Thanks for the tips. :tu:

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 10:25 pm

BM, what you could do is try to befriend a reputable and cool amp tweaker/maker tech guy in your area. Over the years I've met a couple of cool guys that repair, mod and even build amps and stompboxes on spec. They are great info resources. With them I can discuss ideas and try things like they'll put me some speakers in a cab and they'll change them if it doesn't turn out like planned and I want to try something else, or they'll voice an amp for me after I explain what aspects I don't like or want to change.

They'll also know who could sell or rent an amp type I'm searching that sounds great for studio sessions.

I always budget for guys like that to come down to the studio once or twice when I'm setting up with a new band at the beginning of a project to maximize all the instruments and amps we have for the sessions. If we feel that we need some rentals they can help to find some and get them in shape too.

Also, with all the musicians I worked with I've developed a good network of guys where we'll lend or rent for a small fee nice instruments to each others. They all know that wathever they bring to my place they'll get it back in better shape so they're always open!

Have fun! :w:

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2002 12:45 pm

Anyone here using the Tech 21 SansAmp PSA-1 rack unit for direct recording? I got one used a while back and can't say enough about it. Great for bass as well.

Jules, if you've never tried one, I think you'd definately get use out of one....one more thing to patch to that Distro Very Happy

Tom

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2002 9:03 pm

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Originally posted by tld:
Anyone here using the Tech 21 SansAmp PSA-1 rack unit for direct recording?

I read good reviews about it, so I tried one...and returned it. The up side is since it's all analog, there's nothing processed sounding about it like with the POD. But, no matter what I did, it just sounded like a DI guitar with a distortion box...pretty flat and lifeless, and more buzz & fuzz than distortion. I love their stuff for bass though.

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 9:54 am

I like the PSA-1 but on anything but guitars. I have a few Sans Amp pedals here and the only way I use them with guitars is running into an amp. Otherwise they sound small, but much better then the Rockman that came before them or a DI'd stomp box.

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