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Darkness on the edge of Tone
I have to actually test this at rehearsal this Friday, but I've come up with a simplified live rig that I'm hoping I can use for the Lynch Mob show on Sunday. If it goes well at rehearsal, I will have a live rig that will fit in my back pack!!
1st off: why even bother with this, when I have three "full sized" rigs? The reason is because I don't have access to a vehicle for this gig, so I'll be taking the subway in for the gig. (Living in NYC, I don't own a car). The thought of bringing a head on a cart thru the subway does not fill me with much happiness ... I've done it before, but by the time I get to the venue, I'm exhausted. So, as they say desperate times call for desperate measures.
So, what is this rig? Simply, it's just my Engl 540 preamp! Engl preamps come with a 1.5W SS power amplifier, so that you can plug directly into a cab for practice situations.
I tested the rig out last night. Here's the way I set it up:
Gtr --> Engl 540 --> FX Loop to Fulltone Full-Drive 2 (for solo boost) --> 4x12 cabinet.
The biq question is: WILL THIS BE LOUD ENOUGH? The short answer is: YES!
Going into the 4x12, the volume is easily loud enough to play a gig like Sunday, where the guitars are being reinforced, the sound man knows what he's doing, and the venue is small.
The downside: The sound is very dark and compressed. Of course, I would expect zero dynamics using 1% of my normal wattage. Plus, without a big power supply sucking up all that current, the sound is going to lack dynamics right off the back.
The upside: A - The rig is portable: 2 boxes, 4 cables, and you're set! B - For this gig we're only playing high energy stuff; no clean guitars, so the restricted dynamics will work in my favour, instead of against it. C - It's very, very quiet! The signal:noise ratio is incredible!!
Playing the rig at home it got plenty loud. I will be testing it at rehearsal tonight, and will post a follow-up!
1st off: why even bother with this, when I have three "full sized" rigs? The reason is because I don't have access to a vehicle for this gig, so I'll be taking the subway in for the gig. (Living in NYC, I don't own a car). The thought of bringing a head on a cart thru the subway does not fill me with much happiness ... I've done it before, but by the time I get to the venue, I'm exhausted. So, as they say desperate times call for desperate measures.
So, what is this rig? Simply, it's just my Engl 540 preamp! Engl preamps come with a 1.5W SS power amplifier, so that you can plug directly into a cab for practice situations.
I tested the rig out last night. Here's the way I set it up:
Gtr --> Engl 540 --> FX Loop to Fulltone Full-Drive 2 (for solo boost) --> 4x12 cabinet.
The biq question is: WILL THIS BE LOUD ENOUGH? The short answer is: YES!
Going into the 4x12, the volume is easily loud enough to play a gig like Sunday, where the guitars are being reinforced, the sound man knows what he's doing, and the venue is small.
The downside: The sound is very dark and compressed. Of course, I would expect zero dynamics using 1% of my normal wattage. Plus, without a big power supply sucking up all that current, the sound is going to lack dynamics right off the back.
The upside: A - The rig is portable: 2 boxes, 4 cables, and you're set! B - For this gig we're only playing high energy stuff; no clean guitars, so the restricted dynamics will work in my favour, instead of against it. C - It's very, very quiet! The signal:noise ratio is incredible!!
Playing the rig at home it got plenty loud. I will be testing it at rehearsal tonight, and will post a follow-up!
Justa idea?
