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vidret wrote:

new05002 wrote:Made it into this interview with Conan

http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/interv ... jon-davis/

hehe sweet congrats

nice
i always wanna hear shit
whenever your gear is involved

ryan summit wrote:so while were on it AA
ive always plugged int o the low gain channel
the 0db one
if im tryin to go as loud and clean as possible
and usually always have at least an OD ped on
is that the one i should be pluggin into
i used that one first and it sounded good
so i just stayed with it all this time
master at 9 and bring the channel volume up
yeah so should i be in the 0db hole or the +6db hole
or if goin for clean does it matter

loud and clean as possible? Here's the recipe:

1) Guitar in the high input (0db, the +6db is the low input as it adds 6db boost to any signal put in there, aka its for low output pickups like vintage single coils)
2) Use the clean channel
3) Master dimed (or backed off until theres no hiss or underlying noise in your signal)
4) use your channel gain as your volume

Generally speaking the overall clean loudness is limited by the design of the amp (# of factors I could list). The thing you can control is the sensitivity via preamp tube swapping, and gain staging the preamp to avoid clipping before your signal actually reaches the phase inverter.

i got a randall commander
solid state as a mofo
and lookin at your instructions
i guess i been doin somethin right
i probably learned it from you guys anyway
id really like to get the reverb workin
it gets this almost static buildup and then pops
every couple minutes
if i keep it at zero theres no prob
no extra noise whatsoever
any ideas what it might be
if you guys could help me out
id offer to do disgusting things to you
the trem works awesome
but i cant put a footswitch on
cause it lets the verb fuck come through

Apparently you have been! I'm no good inside amps or i'd help with the reverb....

I can't have pristine cleans. I like a little grit on em.

conky wrote:I can't have pristine cleans. I like a little grit on em.

I like a dirty modulated delay to add the grit personally. Pristine cleans aren't for everyone, but a requirement for me. I dunno what it is.

conky wrote:I can't have pristine cleans. I like a little grit on em.

I lkie just enough so that if you are gentle with it, it sounds completely clean, then when you smash it you get some nice grit. Add fuzz and you are in sonic destruction territory.

So speaking of fuzz. I got some quality time with the burial chamber last night and I think the new dirt chain will be Pharaoh> Darrens Ape Blaster> lstr> ocd.
I was loving how it sounded last night. The Ape blaster is a mad gain fuzz that keeps an incredible amount of clarity so having that in between the BAT pedals gives me mad low end and no mush. REALLY LIKE!

Nick I can't read that article at work, site is blocked. Looking forward to it when I get home.

Also I dont know if you guys remember me talking about the those show thing getting shut down. Dudes on fire now and is makeing the Church of the riff happen for real. He has a venue, is working on getting it ready, doing it above ground and entirely legal. There will be a $1 membership fee, and then donation based entry with ALL proceeds going to the artists. He's calling it "The Ministry of Sound" Link in my sig. Pretty fucking cool IMO. I plan on being ordained

AxAxSxS wrote:

conky wrote:I can't have pristine cleans. I like a little grit on em.

I lkie just enough so that if you are gentle with it, it sounds completely clean, then when you smash it you get some nice grit. Add fuzz and you are in sonic destruction territory.

So speaking of fuzz. I got some quality time with the burial chamber last night and I think the new dirt chain will be Pharaoh> Darrens Ape Blaster> lstr> ocd.
I was loving how it sounded last night. The Ape blaster is a mad gain fuzz that keeps an incredible amount of clarity so having that in between the BAT pedals gives me mad low end and no mush. REALLY LIKE!

Nick I can't read that article at work, site is blocked. Looking forward to it when I get home.

Sick dude!!!! I'm glad your digging it! Alot of people looked at me weird when i ordered it with the OD after the fuzz, but when setup correctly its awesome! I still need to get my hands on an ape blaster....

AxAxSxS wrote:Also I dont know if you guys remember me talking about the those show thing getting shut down. Dudes on fire now and is makeing the Church of the riff happen for real. He has a venue, is working on getting it ready, doing it above ground and entirely legal. There will be a $1 membership fee, and then donation based entry with ALL proceeds going to the artists. He's calling it "The Ministry of Sound" Link in my sig. Pretty fucking cool IMO. I plan on being ordained

Stop subconsciously trying to convince me to move to the PNW.... It's a dream of mine to move to portland or seattle. I haven't been to seattle but Portland was right up my alley, loved the atmosphere vibe and people there. But they could learn a thing or two from Florida strip clubs....

dark dark cleans, no bass cut, no treble peaking + some fuzz or the right pedal in general

new05002 wrote:dark dark cleans, no bass cut, no treble peaking + some fuzz or the right pedal in general

You want an example of my ideal clean tone.....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnijxVBQ1A4[/youtube]

[quote="Ancient Astronaught] I still need to get my hands on an ape blaster....
[/quote]

Yes, Yes you do. I use it a bit differently than darren does but it's so damn good, you really cant go wrong with a well tuned one knob. He's got it so it just sounds awesome. Best thing for me is the complete definition it has. every other fuzz I've tried looses clarity with more fuzz. his actually seems to add it.

[quote="Ancient Astronaught] Stop subconsciously trying to convince me to move to the PNW.... It's a dream of mine to move to portland or seattle. I haven't been to seattle but Portland was right up my alley, loved the atmosphere vibe and people there. But they could learn a thing or two from Florida strip clubs....[/quote]

No, come join our band.

its just a Matamp thing. I have always hated using certain amps with fuzz pedals if the amp peaks any treble. Fuckin grating high end harmonics

AxAxSxS wrote:

Ancient Astronaught wrote: I still need to get my hands on an ape blaster....

Yes, Yes you do. I use it a bit differently than darren does but it's so damn good, you really cant go wrong with a well tuned one knob. He's got it so it just sounds awesome. Best thing for me is the complete definition it has. every other fuzz I've tried looses clarity with more fuzz. his actually seems to add it.

Ancient Astronaught wrote: Stop subconsciously trying to convince me to move to the PNW.... It's a dream of mine to move to portland or seattle. I haven't been to seattle but Portland was right up my alley, loved the atmosphere vibe and people there. But they could learn a thing or two from Florida strip clubs....

No, come join our band.

That's what I hear!!!! I like clarity with more fuzz, once I pay off the verellen the ape blaster and a wizard fuzz are next on the list. All though I'd really love a Wizard Fuzz tube pedal, but that is near impossible.... what makes the wizard amp so awesome is the whole topology of the amp, changing anything changes the tone....

hahahaha We'd be as loud as Sunn at that point. Can you imagine all of us running stereo rigs? we'd have near 2000 watts of tube power on stage.