Members BootRoots Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Which is pretty much every place I ever play. You other guys are gigging in the lap of sonic luxury. i don't think we play anywhere that supplies any kind of PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3 Headed Moses Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hell yes! I use mine all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Yeah, Mr. Metallica is usually on point, but I don't get his logic here, either. Maybe all the drummers I've played with have been weenies, Apparently. Unless you were in a very tiny venue with a jazz drummer I find that hard to believe. No way I could gig with 5 watts unmic'd either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hell yes! I use mine all the time. same here one is retubed for cleans & goes past 9 before breaking up the other for crunch & starts breaking up at around 3 cab has been rewired as 2 2x12s play through an ernie ball passive pan pedal & have either amp or a combination of the two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Interesting rig meandi. I like that concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3 Headed Moses Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 same here one is retubed for cleans & goes past 9 before breaking up the other for crunch & starts breaking up at around 3 cab has been rewired as 2 2x12s play through an ernie ball passive pan pedal & have either amp or a combination of the two F'n Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shire Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 I used mine with a 2x12 cab for a gig with about 100 people and it was fine. As already mentioned though, you'll not get a very clean tone once you get the volume up to an acceptable level I think I might invest in a cheap solid state head for the cleans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ronzo II Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 High-power Valve Junior Configuration: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buddhapaugh Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 In my opinion Meandi has it all set up. I currently own and run 2 Epi Jr. heads and have retubed one with a 12AT7 preamp tube for more clean headroom. Now I can maintain a clean volume all the way up to about 75-80%... and then after that the break-up is only marginal. I really like this set up now. I just used pedals for any dirt (a Fish and Chips EQ with about 5 to 10 db boost for minor grit and an Yngwie Malmsteen overdrive to really push it over the top). With those 2 pedals it is like having a 4 channel amp. Clean without any pedals active, rhythm grit with the EQ pedal active, a higher gain rhythm lead with the YJM active, and total reckless abandon with both the EQ and YJM active. I have found that this set up completely solves the problem of that flubby low-end when running a 12AX7 in the preamp stage of the Epi. I hated the thing until I came up with this latest setup. I've yet to go stereo like Meandi... I am just using the other head as backup now... and because I scored a great deal on it:lol: Cheers,David Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LPSlinger Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 They're pretty loud, but I'm not sure it'd cut it if you had a heavy-handed drummer. Depends on the cabinet you use and how much headroom you need. I've gigged mine through a 2x10 in a medium sized, open room and it was just a little bit underpowered for that situation. If I was running it through a 4x12 or even a more efficient 2x12 it probably would have been enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 F'n Nice! for those that are interestedi have aspen pimans "the tube amp book" & when i got the heads i researched the different tubes available for use in a clean/dirty setup clean ampgroove tubes 12 au7..."will yield most clean headroom, while imparting a softer touch"groove tubes el84 hardness #8 dirty ampgroove tubes ecc83groove tubes el84 hardness 3 everyone who has heard/played this rig is amazed at the tone, especially considering how much $s i don't have invested in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members randy rhoads jr Posted December 21, 2007 Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 you may get away with it, but i always prefer to have volume to spare, especially when playing un miced. do you have any other amps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted December 21, 2007 Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 it's always been more than i need in my situationsmy son giged it once in a fairly large room, but they always mike stuff to keep stage volumn down, so i can't say how it would do un-miked in a larger roomwith 2 kids in college, this is about all i can afford at this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted December 21, 2007 Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've played lots of gigs with smaller amplifiers. On a duo gig in a small restaurant I used a ValveTrain 205 tweed Princeton clone- about 5 watts with an 8 inch speaker. For a little extra I used a treble booster. I have also done several gigs with a Pro Junior and with a Trace Elliot Velocette- 15 watts with a 10" speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted December 21, 2007 Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 like so many things it's all relativestadiums require much more than coffee house showsactually most of the stuff i do could be done, volumn wise, with my v.j. combohowever i like the versatility of sound available with the dual head setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bennintexas Posted December 21, 2007 Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 Corrected sentiment would be "there aren't any cleans when it's dimed". ahhhh, what sentiment is it if i dont give a {censored}??? :freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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