Accept "Balls to the Wall" = Tubescreamer into Marshall?

[Aceman]

Earl Scheib, while not an artist, is a very wealthy man...

And he made a lot of cars look good.

 

[Aceman]

No one involved will be scarred for life.

Oh yeah, not because of this. We all know sparky started out scarred...

 

[beaubrummels]

Regardless of who/what/why/when, competition brings out the best.

Or are you one of those who grew up during the time when every kid got a trophy?

And sometimes, it reveals inconvenient truths. Especially truths hidden by the usual veil of internet anonymity.

Ace wanted to play the game; he opened his yapper and slapped down his gauntlet.

No one involved will be scarred for life.

You assume way too much, and rely on the anonymity of the internet to do so.

 

[LLL]

You assume way too much, and rely on the anonymity of the internet to do so.

I definitely assumed (and correctly so) you would attempt to come to the aid of your buddy Ace; of whom you just sold some pickups to.

Show's over, kid - move on.

 

[beaubrummels]

I definitely assumed (and correctly so) you would attempt to come to the aid of your buddy Ace; of whom you just sold some pickups to.

Show's over, kid - move on.

False. Has nothing to do with it. It’s your arrogance that you seem to think only you are the arbiter of how to make a sound, and dismiss and disrespect all the others on here who have spent the better part of half a century performing, recording and producing music.

 

[Aceman]

Well - back to the particular sound. I think it is clear that there is in fact more than one way to do it...

And that at a Fundamental level, just a Marshall OD channel is sufficient, if imperfect.

 

[LLL]

False. Has nothing to do with it. It’s your arrogance that you seem to think only you are the arbiter of how to make a sound

Ah, but the clips tell all, don't they. No arrogance there - just the inconvenient truth. And Ace wanted it.

You complain here, but where is your contribution? Do you even know how to make a sound? A guitar tone? I've never heard it.

and dismiss and disrespect all the others on here who have spent the better part of half a century performing, recording and producing music.

Now who's measuring penises? You are.

I've spent the better part of half a century playing (38 years - some live), and am also a few decades into building/modding tube amps and guitars, plus recording & studio stuff.

With that experience in mind, give me one good reason why you're insinuating that I should be kissing your ass, because I'm not seeing it.

 

[jeremy]

thats enough guys, no more with this back and forth.

 

[LesStrat]

:yawn:

 

[NegativeEase]

Can we still talk about each other's balls?

 

[Securb]

 

[Aceman]

Correct Beers - it WAS a compliment.

And thank you. I spend literally 95% of the time doing those trying to get from amp to computer. The dialing in was like reflex almost. I could have use different delay or Studio (?) reverb to get the album sound.

As I have always said - and while not always true - I'm sticking with 90% of a sound is knowing how to set the gain/BMT for your guitar. So few people play the amp! I think I could get that Accept sound like 5 or 6 very different ways.

Can we have, if we have say over 25k posts,

A theme song the plays when we log in? I'd like that to be mine. Like in baseball when a batter steps up?

 

[LLL]

Can we still talk about each other's balls?

Only if you're gentle.

 

[LLL]

I forgot how killer that little AMT M2 amp-in-a-stompbox sounds; which I used for clip.

 

[devastone]

I forgot how killer that little AMT M2 amp-in-a-stompbox sounds; which I used for clip.

I have a B2 and P2, need to pick up a M2 for a (hopefully) less gainy version. I'm also amazed at how good the built in cab sim and how good the clean channel sounds are with the set EQ.

 

[LLL]

I have a B2 and P2, need to pick up a M2 for a (hopefully) less gainy version. I'm also amazed at how good the built in cab sim and how good the clean channel sounds are with the set EQ.

Indeed. Those AMT guys don't **** around.

"From Russia" - with love.

 

[NegativeEase]

Indeed. Those AMT guys don't **** around.

"From Russia" - with love.

I know nothing about AMT....

You guys make me awfully curious.

Can't to Mooer stuff though -no matter what -pronouncing that word makes me nauseous and my balls not to "the wall"

 

[LLL]

I know nothing about AMT....

You guys make me awfully curious.

Can't to Mooer stuff though -no matter what -pronouncing that word makes me nauseous and my balls not to "the wall"

AMT amp-in-a-box stomps will inflate your balls to epic proportions.

Granted, the M2 (one I have) isn't a real tube Marshall JCM800 with 4x12 mic'd up, but it sounds pretty damn close. And in a stompbox size.

IIRC they "model" (but not like a digital modeler) the amps circuit (preamp, tone stack, PI, etc) using analog components.

There are 3 outputs on the "2" series stomps:

- drive out so you can use it like a distortion box in front of an amp
- preamp out so you can use it in an amps FX loop return or hook to power amp
- cab sim out so you can go direct FOH or DAW

 

[devastone]

I know nothing about AMT....

You guys make me awfully curious.

Can't to Mooer stuff though -no matter what -pronouncing that word makes me nauseous and my balls not to "the wall"

Those little Mooer preamps actually sound pretty good, but they are digital. The AMT stuff is all analog, replacing tubes with FETs and they have a built in analog cab sim, nothing digital in them. The ones we are talking about are the LA 2 series, which are "models" of high gain amps, with a clean channel (with preset EQ, but sounds fine to me). The P2 is great, and basically VH in a pedal, the B2 I'm not sure I'm sold on, has some weird midrange going on, but I haven't played a Bogner enough to know how accurate it is. I've used the S2 also and really like it. Again, I can't speak to how accurate they are, but there are lots of good sounds available in them, which I care more about than how accurate is models something else. I just wish there was more of a mid-gain one available, so I could use that for church and the high gain for my own shenanigans.

I've also used their SS preamps, the SS-11 (a and b) are tube, the SS-20 is 1/2 tube and 1/2 FET and the SS-30 is all FET, they are all good, the SS-11 is great, basically the front end of a 3 channel tube amp in a pedal.

Their F1 is also cool, with a side channel for one of the "1" series high gain pedals (or 2 series on the high gain channel).

Oh, and Sergei used to work for Russian defense designing missiles or something, kind of cool that he created AMT - https://amtelectronics.com/new/company/

 

[NegativeEase]

Those little Mooer preamps actually sound pretty good, but they are digital. The AMT stuff is all analog, replacing tubes with FETs and they have a built in analog cab sim, nothing digital in them. The ones we are talking about are the LA 2 series, which are "models" of high gain amps, with a clean channel (with preset EQ, but sounds fine to me). The P2 is great, and basically VH in a pedal, the B2 I'm not sure I'm sold on, has some weird midrange going on, but I haven't played a Bogner enough to know how accurate it is. I've used the S2 also and really like it. Again, I can't speak to how accurate they are, but there are lots of good sounds available in them, which I care more about than how accurate is models something else. I just wish there was more of a mid-gain one available, so I could use that for church and the high gain for my own shenanigans.

I've also used their SS preamps, the SS-11 (a and b) are tube, the SS-20 is 1/2 tube and 1/2 FET and the SS-30 is all FET, they are all good, the SS-11 is great, basically the front end of a 3 channel tube amp in a pedal.

Their F1 is also cool, with a side channel for one of the "1" series high gain pedals (or 2 series on the high gain channel).

Oh, and Sergei used to work for Russian defense designing missiles or something, kind of cool that he created AMT - https://amtelectronics.com/new/company/

AMT amp-in-a-box stomps will inflate your balls to epic proportions.

Granted, the M2 (one I have) isn't a real tube Marshall JCM800 with 4x12 mic'd up, but it sounds pretty damn close. And in a stompbox size.

IIRC they "model" (but not like a digital modeler) the amps circuit (preamp, tone stack, PI, etc) using analog components.

There are 3 outputs on the "2" series stomps:

- drive out so you can use it like a distortion box in front of an amp
- preamp out so you can use it in an amps FX loop return or hook to power amp
- cab sim out so you can go direct FOH or DAW

By the way -I did A/B tests recording using a JCM800 4x12 (with only one close miked mic) and a Strymon Iridium direct with Marshall and all three cabinet options -if you just heard the Iridium -you'd love it -it's sounds great for what it is -but up against the real thing -there really isn't a comparison.. There's a fundamental -I'll call it "Dimensionality" missing from the pedal versus the big boy..

I was actually a little sad -as I though the IR stuff would be a little closer.

But still good and serviceable.