Amp for Sludge

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JacobThe13th

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I'm looking at the new 6505 mini and I own a Vicks Audio 73 Rams Head (muff style fuzz) but I fear even with the muff the 6505s low end will be too tight for sludge metal.

I even looked into bass amps and such.

6505 mini into bass cab?

ideas. GO!
 
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I don't know exactly about sludge and the 6505 mini, but I used to play music like Electric Wizard, Sunn O))) and Down with a regular 6505. I was very happy with the amp.
 
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Yeah a 6505 green channel with crunch and bright switches on and pregain cranked with a good fuzz is a great ticket. If you're looking for more low end, you could also try a different fuzz pedal than the muff, preferably one with some kind of eq or switch to boost the low end more, a lot of bass fuzzes have features that do this. Bass cab could do it too I suppose, but I can't think of anyone I know that needs more bass in their guitar tone than what a dimed bass knob on the green channel of a 6505 will give them.
 
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There's an amp everyone overlooks, that actually switches between a tight metal sound and good Orangey sludgy tone. The Egnater Vengeance. It's the only amp I've ever owned that can morph from a Soldano to an Orange with the flick of a switch.....the Tight switch.

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ramsheads are tighter in the low end than russians. if you want to blow out the low end of an amp, russian style muffs are the way to go.
 
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JacobThe13th said:
I'm looking at the new 6505 mini and I own a Vicks Audio 73 Rams Head (muff style fuzz) but I fear even with the muff the 6505s low end will be too tight for sludge metal.

I even looked into bass amps and such.

6505 mini into bass cab?

ideas. GO!
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Sounds like you NEED a Hovercraft my friend :headbang:



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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hovercraft+amps+falcon



. . . ooo 0 ooo . . .




Saying that, i get 'decent' Sludge tones from my (((stereo))) rig.

Thunderverb 50 + block letter 5150. (resonance knob dimed)
 
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TwilightOdyssey said:
The most low end I have heard from muff style fuzz is the Death By Audio Fuzz War. More bass than you will ever need is on tap!!
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W O W . . . OK . . . can't remember that my Fuzz War could 'out-low-end' my ZVEX Mastotron.

Gonna plug the Fuzz War in again tonight !
 
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What cabinet are you using? The cabinet could be the first limiting factor. I don't see why a 6506 mini plus a muff would be problematic if your cabinet is up to the task. I've never known a muff that couldn't cough up a loogie on demand.

Not big enough: 1x12, small box 2x12. Good enough to start with: oversize 2x12 or 1x15. Best: 4x12 and up. The fewer speakers your cabinet has the better the individual speakers have to be.
 
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Get a hovercraft bro! It's amazing how much ground they can cover, I can get great old sludgy orangey tones from mine to more refined old school mesa mark style stuff...and for what you spend there's nothing better out there...
 
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Here's my .02: What I use, for sludge, is a Bass Big muff, or Big Muff, into the low input of a JCM800. It's killer. Essentially, It's just all pedal through a squeaky clean amp channel. That being said, I think multiple variants of this same setup would work great (i.e. Ram's Head into 6505 mini clean channel/etc.) I don't think the low end will be too tight? A bass cab would probably sound cool. Hope this helps.
 
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