Guitar Amps

[londonleatherboy]

Got some early year GAS...got a Laney Cub Super top Head..it is bloody sensational

[Rosco]

I've always had a DSL100, modded it a bit here and there but it's been my go-to for over 20 years and it's never let me down. However, more recently having to consider fly-gigs, I picked up a Victory V4 Kraken (the Rabea Massaad one). Two channel full valve preamp and a 180 watt solid power section to plug straight into a speaker, or a Two Notes cab SIM on a DI out. And the whole thing takes up a quarter of a pedalboard, it comes with me in hand luggage. Has a headphone jack for backstage practice, and even a 9V-out to power the other pedals on the board.

https://www.victoryamps.com/product/v4-the-kraken-guitar-amp/

It is the fucking ticket, I must say. All the travel handiness and most of the gig/recording versatility of a digital modeller but with the clout of a real amp.

I got one of these as a backup amp before the last tour. The hired 6505's died after 2nd show and I ended up using it for the entire time.
Great bit of kit. I went DI to desk and went through a 4x12 at the same time.

[Josh20b]

Hi I will be back in Ireland during the summer and looking to sell and ENGL Richie Blackmore sig 100. It needs new valves, looking for a quick sale if anyone wants to make an offer? Cheers.

[Brokenbanjostring]

Currently I have a V30 loaded Kitty Hawk 4x12 that I run a modded Jet City JCA22h head into. Other rig is an Orange CR120 head that runs through a Barefaced Radical 2x12 (also with V30's). I recently purchased a Radial Bigshot ABY to run the two amps together for gigs (one guitar in the band). I'm hoping this will fatten my overall sound by blending the amps. Any tips from any of ye for doing this? Cheers.

[Shardknife]

Currently I have a V30 loaded Kitty Hawk 4x12 that I run a modded Jet City JCA22h head into. Other rig is an Orange CR120 head that runs through a Barefaced Radical 2x12 (also with V30's). I recently purchased a Radial Bigshot ABY to run the two amps together for gigs (one guitar in the band). I'm hoping this will fatten my overall sound by blending the amps. Any tips from any of ye for doing this? Cheers.

I know a few people that do this. You did a good step by getting the ABY so you can get rid of ground hum or phase problems, loads of guys don't and end up having problems at gigs even if they don't in the jam room. I would aim to have a good idea of what you are trying to achieve with the 2 amps, as in going cleaner with one for clarity and good distortion for heaviness in the other or having one for a mid heavy sound. Are you looking for a stereo spread? Will you be using just one amp at times and bringing the 2nd in for impact for example? Just throwing 2 amps on stage on it's own won't sound bigger by default you need to have goals for a sound and learn steps towards achieving them.

[Brokenbanjostring]

Cheers Shardknife. Just looking to thicken my sound a bit. I only use a small bit of chorus in song parts I don't use reverb or delay at all. Looking at using the CR120 for heft, and the JCA for a bit of high blend as the CR120 is a very dark sounding amp.

[Bürggermeister]

Currently I have a V30 loaded Kitty Hawk 4x12 that I run a modded Jet City JCA22h head into. Other rig is an Orange CR120 head that runs through a Barefaced Radical 2x12 (also with V30's). I recently purchased a Radial Bigshot ABY to run the two amps together for gigs (one guitar in the band). I'm hoping this will fatten my overall sound by blending the amps. Any tips from any of ye for doing this? Cheers.

I would say think of the overall sound of the band rather than your guitar in isolation. The bigger your guitar sounds, the less room there is in the frequency spectrum for the bass and drums. Any time you do a solo, assuming you do solos, the arse is going to drop out of the sound of your band if the guitar is a huge sounding thing. Ideally, you'd work on a guitar tone which will work with your bassist's tone, sounding big when all together, and one which still has some heft when you're on the thin strings. It's possible to have a big guitar sound and a big bass sound, but you've got to work on the overall sound of the band, the frequenceies allotted to each instrument, as a band. A big guitar sound is fuck all use outside of a bedroom, if the bass and drums don't also carry a lot of weight.