Multi amp rigs......damn

[theAntihero]

So ive been squirrelling away cabs and trading and buying amps to build this massive ridiculous WALLL OFFFFFF DOOOOOOOOOM and i hooked up half of it last night.....



Wow.....why havent i done this sooner? Ive got a Bugera 1960 feeding 4 cabs, Peavey Standard feeding 2 cabs and it sounds absolutely massive! Cant wait to get the f-800b and Beta Lead back up and running too! I might even connect up a crate stereo chorus for cleans since cleans are the only thing i dont like with the setup so far.

So anyone know someone who can build me a switcher that can connect 4 amps to one switch and 1 amp to another with the ability to Y them together?

[whiskey_face]

I talked to dunwich nick about a 1 into 12'er or 16'er a WHILE ago. he seemed down with the plan but I never gave him the go ahead with cash fronted.

I guess A LOT of rack shit can do this very thing and go for cheap (80s early 90s shit) due to rack crap being dead. maybe look up that stuff?

[t-rey]

I think Voodoo Labs makes a big ole amp switcher like that. Not sure though.

And hell yes, multi amp rigs are just about the best thing since single amp rigs. I have a very low wattage home rig, but still run a dual setup because it sounds amazing even at stupid low volumes.

[whiskey_face]

dual amps rule triphonic set ups rule

walls of cabs, amps and wiring nightmares are the best

[AxAxSxS]

Yeah, adding to the mix is the shit. I love ground loops!
Whisk I did a quick search for racmounts like you were saying, didn't see much. Right now I'm goin on the prowl for one of those hum killing boxes. I may have a. Faulty bigshot as that's the common denominator with the hum. I know I had all 3 running damn near silent when I cut guitar signal. Thinking I ma have fried something in that thing.

[theAntihero]

dual amps rule triphonic set ups rule

walls of cabs, amps and wiring nightmares are the best

LOL, true. Add to that i want to use cheap beaten up stuff for this and......

Basically i have 3 critera:

1. Cheap
2. Old
3. Beat to hell

And if i can hit the trifecta???

[whiskey_face]

U know you want that peavey 300 watt eq amp

hahaha

dude fucking do it the trifecta is upon us!

cheap can sound good too

[theAntihero]

Lol, dont tempt me, im having a hard time resisting anything cheap and Peavey

[new05002]

I have an ABY design that could be made into a ABCD...kind of thing

[theAntihero]

I have an ABY design that could be made into a ABCD...kind of thing

It would be more like:

A is
amp 1
amp 2
amp 3
amp 4

B is
amp 5

So basically 4 connected to the A input and 1 connected to the B

[new05002]

all about the same idea, you need a lot of isolation transformers

[Ancient Astronaught]

I have an ABY design that could be made into a ABCD...kind of thing

It would be more like:

A is
amp 1
amp 2
amp 3
amp 4

B is
amp 5

So basically 4 connected to the A input and 1 connected to the B

Why not use an A/B in to an A/B/C/D? So that the first a/b chooses between A that leads to the 4 way splitter (the A/B/C/D) and B which leads to amp 5?

BTW I can't locate a 4 way splitter but both Morley and Lehle make three way splitters.

[new05002]

Something with 5 isolated outputs is going to be custom no doubt.

[theAntihero]

Im using a Morley A/B already and it seems to work without odd noise, even if there is a little im ok with it. This rig is never going outside the band room, and i doubt i would record the whole wall at once.

The 5th amp is gonna be just cleans, maybe with some stuff added to either amps loop i can get rid of the 5th amp

But man am i impressed with running multiple amps, and both amps i run have jumpered channels so lots of flexibility is had. I have the Bugera set to more mids, and a ton of lowmids. The Peavey is set to be pretty scooped and can sound decent with cleans but......i usually like a bit of livelyness with my cleans, tuned to B and flatwoundss isnt exactly a recipe for jangly liveness

[van_muddlestein]

Soon enough I'm about to go dual amp rig and I doubt I'll ever look back. It just sounds so much more powerful.