It's time to make the ceiling cave in
Posted Jul 17, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC
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That’s seriously awesome
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Thanks! :)
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Youre gonna need a bass for such things...:)
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Haha good point, though lemme say even with a 2x12 the dual rec moves a ton of air
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Lol...no doubt...
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My dumb ass sitting here trying to figure out how you're using a printer as a head
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HP makes the best amps, man.
I set the cab aside from the head because the head dwarfs the cab and makes it look all funny :( someday I'll get my hands on a 4x12, till then I've got a 2x12 with v30s
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Yeah I definitely understand, and a 2x12 is still gonna be loud as balls with a dual rec indoors anyways so the house is still coming down.
How do you feel about the vertical layout vs how usually 2x12 cabs are horizontal?
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Oh yeah, it's still able to get way up there in terms of volume. Since each subsequent speaker added doesn't linearly increase the volume, I'd say a 4x12 would still be louder but not twice as loud.
I really like that the top speaker is angled, so when I'm playing in front of it it's projecting towards me a little better. In that respect, it's nice. The traditional horizontal orientation makes the amp a tad squat, so I'd likely angle it to get the most satisfaction from playing anyway. Instead of aiming at my feet it'd be aiming at my head/ears
My issues with it are exculsively aesthetic, I just think it doesn't look as cool as a 4x12 half stack or a horizontal 2x12 but it's all about the music anyway.
Oh also, I specifically bought this cab because it has a ridiculous 4 year warranty where even if you send them a video of you destroying it they replace it, so I can beat it up and drag it around to gigs no problem
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That sounds really cool. I haven't tried anything from Traynor yet so I'll definitely check it out. I see a lot of upright mesa 2x12s on reverb so I'm gonna have to pinch one soon. Thanks for the review!
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I have the same cab paired with my silver jube. I just lay it sideways and the head on top. Doesn’t look bad imo.
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Im drunk...
Maybe a road case that holds the cab in tight and has a shelf big enough for the head and theres castors so it rolls around more the louder you play. That guitar would be my #1 forever and i hate strat bodies. Love...
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Been recording some stuff with a friend's Dual Rec. Never been a huge fan of the high gain channels, but the clean channel is awesome. Dime the gain, mids, and treble. Master around noon. Bass and presence set according to guitar and cab, somewhere below halfway. Rippin.
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I was soo surprised by the clean channel on these things, I always assumed these high gain heads had bad cleans but it's very fender-y!
I also find that the high gain channels are extremely sensitive in terms of dialing them in, it can very easily go from great to horrendous sounding with the smallest of changes. Once dialed in though, it becomes really really nice. Apparently also helps to use a tube screamer in front, though I haven't bought one as of yet
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The tubescreamer can clean up the low end because it has a high pass basically built in.
I mainly just don't get along with the Rectos for metal rhythm sounds. They just always sound blurry and squishy to me and just naturally have a kind of scooped frequency response. It's way easier to get a tight low end with a Peavey or something. For leads, the Recs are great. And yes, they are very touchy to dial in. You breathe on the controls and everything goes to hell.
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Can you guys tell where I spent most of my time on the neck? Hahaha
I'll get it cleaned up soon, I promise it's not always dirty
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Fully thought the printer was an amp
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Yeah, I've got an endorsement deal with HP, best amps
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Awesome rig! I've got a similar setup - USA Charvel + Mesa Dual Rec Tremoverb. Sounds killer. Specs on your Charvel?
I anything checkered is alright with me
Did it myself with a spray paint can and painter's tape, turned out nice!
Sweet! Thanks for the compliment, Ive heard that tremoverbs sound better, what do you think? Do you have the head or the combo?
My charvel's interesting, its a bunch of parts I bought seperately and assembled together. Neck is from a 2016 San Dimas, body is from a 1984 Charvel model 4. It's got an evh Frankenstein humbucker in the bridge and a Killswitch.
It's also got an original Floyd Rose, a big 42mm brass block, and a d-tuna. It's set to only dive, so it's non floating. That way I can do double stops and my tuning and string changes don't give me an aneurysm. Love it to death.
I love my Tremoverb, it's a 2x12 combo with a custom tan leather finish. I sold my Triple Rectifier head/Orange 2x12 cab to get it, I think it sounds better but obviously very similar. I may have also just dialed it in better. As good as the channel 2 distorted sounds are on the Rectifiers, I think the channel 1 cleans are the hidden gem of those amps. I rarely use the tremoverb effect to be honest, but its fun to have.
Your Charvel is fantastic - Charvel mutt's are way cool. I've got a couple Model 1 bodies and reverse headstock builds I'm doing at the moment too. They are great guitars to buy parts and just put em together however you want em - that was really how the company started in the late 70s, using Boogie bodies and custom/Fender necks. Makes sense. Would never part out the 1983 USA San Dimas I have though!
The cleans are really underappreciated, they sound super fender-y. Big fan of it
They really do work well in terms of parting them together, I'm on the verge of getting another neck and body and building another that's more versatile, as this one's just for hot rodded stuff but it does it super well.
Yeah! Definitely keep it as is! That's one hell of a guitar!