Stereo Amp Setup

BlackhawkRise

BlackhawkRise

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Whats the allure of stereo amps and how do I access it? I currently have a nameless 110 combo amplifier and 212 modeling amp- I don't remember the name on that one either- and I have a PN-2 and a Dimension Chorus that I don't feel I'm getting the full use of. My two amps sit next to eachother. I have a slew of other effects too, but those are the only two stereo effects.
 
If you put those last in the chain and go out of both outputs to both amps, you'll hear the effects in stereo. You could go into the mono input in either one, then run the two outputs into the two inputs of the other one.

The real fun for me is having different effects per side - running different drives, delays, reverbs, etc, and even having pitch effects on just one side for a more convincing dual guitar effect. You could put one of these earlier in your chain and try running stuff after it into one amp only. The drawback there is, at least for me, I don't like tremolo or chorus before my main distortion so it would be a bit limiting. You could get a dedicated splitter pedal (I would recommend something active instead of a passive ABY) and not have to worry about that. If you start trying different pedals per side, keep an ear out for phase issues.

I really love the HX Effects for this. It's easy as pie to set up and reorder parallel signal paths for dual outputs, and being able to combine different effects on a single switch means you can minimize tap dancing.
 
I run a stereo rig with a Marshall/Vox setup. I run the lows-mids through the Marshall for thump and the mids-highs through the Vox for sparkle.

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Here is a clip of the setup

 
I love the sound of stereo for a guitar rig, but for me it is too much gear to bring to a show unless I am using my Fractal. It allows me to reconfigure L and R in an instant.
 
Mincer said:
I love the sound of stereo for a guitar rig, but for me it is too much gear to bring to a show unless I am using my Fractal. It allows me to reconfigure L and R in an instant.
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Would the Fractal allow me to run two different amp sims in parallel?
 
running a stereo rig live only makes sense in the right circumstances. 90% of my gigs, it wouldnt matter, and no one would hear much difference. two amps, sonic separation, a sounds system and scape that allows the difference to be heard and appreciated along with the use of stereo effects contributing to the sound of the band... can be cool, for sure, but not anything im gonna use. recording is a whole different world
 
I run a stereo delay as the last pedal on my board and then just run cables to 2 different heads.(Sometimes 3 or 4 with another stereo pedal)
Generally I use both The Engl (6L6 tubes) to hit hard and the JVM (EL34's) sizzles on top.

Together they fill each other out and can sound quite glorious!
 
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It's funny, I don't really think of it as stereo but my recording rig definitely is at times...

I use a Dunlop pedal to split signal between my music man HD 130 and my spawn.

Ignoring effects, when the pedal is all the way up, it goes to the spawn which is set to the clean channel for a really clean clean clean clean.

As the pedal goes toe down, it shifts over the hd130 to get thick fat clean fender, and once it's 100% hd130, I'll usually switch the splawn over to the crunch channel and add in splawn crunch as I bring the pedal all the way back.

So most of the time, both amps are on, but I've never really thought of this as stereo.. it's just a great way to get just about any tone I can imagine.

BUt I do have buds who use stereo effects running into 2 different amps for the more traditional stereo impact.
 
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