Members DET1973 Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Can someone Please explain to me the difference of the Nitro and the Supercomp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crwnedblasphemy Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 One has a seperate clean channel, one has no clean channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DET1973 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 yeah that i get, but i've heard that there is a new mode switch on the supercomp and that the resonance control is different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members CenturyStanding Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Because Scott Splawn is a small small company and is very backordered and trying his best to pump out amps quickly, a lot of his amps fit into the same sort of internal workings, if that makes any sense. All of his amps have three switchable functions: Clean/Dirty, OD1/OD2, Solo Boost Clean/Dirty is a channel switcher.OD1/OD2 on the Nitro adds a touch more saturation, and boosts the low-mids a bit.OD1/OD2 on the Quickrod adds a touch more saturation but boosts the upper-mids a bit.Solo boost is a volume increase. On the Supercomp, because it has no clean/overdrive, he filled that first footswitchable function with a "Mode" switch. What this does is boost the upper-mids, similar to the Quickrod, giving it a brighter, more cutting character. So OD1/OD2 acts like the standard function on the Nitro, while Mode acts like the OD1/OD2 selector on the Quickrod. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DET1973 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Because Scott Splawn is a small small company and is very backordered and trying his best to pump out amps quickly, a lot of his amps fit into the same sort of internal workings, if that makes any sense.All of his amps have three switchable functions: Clean/Dirty, OD1/OD2, Solo BoostClean/Dirty is a channel switcher.OD1/OD2 on the Nitro adds a touch more saturation, and boosts the low-mids a bit.OD1/OD2 on the Quickrod adds a touch more saturation but boosts the upper-mids a bit.Solo boost is a volume increase.On the Supercomp, because it has no clean/overdrive, he filled that first footswitchable function with a "Mode" switch.What this does is boost the upper-mids, similar to the Quickrod, giving it a brighter, more cutting character.So OD1/OD2 acts like the standard function on the Nitro, while Mode acts like the OD1/OD2 selector on the Quickrod.Hope that helps. Thank you. that's exactly what i needed to know. I'm torn between which one to get cause i don't play music that really requires a clean channel. so it looks like the supercomp is the way to go for me.Thank you for the informative explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Romanian Reaper Posted April 6, 2009 Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 I thought the Supercomp was 50 watts also whereas the Nitro is 100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chobley Posted April 6, 2009 Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 With mode off its basically regular Nitro , engage it and the mids drop and more crushing low end kicks in . Turning it into a Super Nitro . Switching to OD2 adds gain and a sweet midrange bump . These are all sublte enhancements . With mode off / OD2 and midrange dial up its close to Quikrod gear 3 , but still alittle different because of the gain structure .My SC is 100 with 50 watt switch . The resonance is different than on other amps I've had . With it off there is a ton more midrange and its tight as Hell . Turn it up and the tone kinda softens out alittle with very sublte lows . I have 2 short clips on Scotts site if you want to hear it. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CenturyStanding Posted April 6, 2009 Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 I thought the Supercomp was 50 watts also whereas the Nitro is 100? I'm pretty sure you could get either amp in either power wattage. Splawn's 100 watt amps have a half-power switch on the back that pull the two outer power tubes out of the circuit, reducing it to 50 watts. Their 50 watt heads have a pentode/triode switch in that spot instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Argh! Zombies! Posted April 6, 2009 Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 Almost: Nitro is 100 watts only (with 50 watt switch); Super Comp is available as either 100 (with same switch) or 50 (with a Triode switch). Note that, for reasons I don't understand, Splawn's single channel amps are typically a bit more aggressive than their two channel big brothers, as is the case with my Competition vs. a Quick Rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CenturyStanding Posted April 6, 2009 Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 Almost: Nitro is 100 watts only (with 50 watt switch); Super Comp is available as either 100 (with same switch) or 50 (with a Triode switch).Note that, for reasons I don't understand, Splawn's single channel amps are typically a bit more aggressive than their two channel big brothers, as is the case with my Competition vs. a Quick Rod. I think that is typically the rule for all single-channel vs. dual-channel amps. The Soldano Avenger is noticably angrier than the SLO and the internal workings are almost identical. Not sure why, just is what it is I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LA-Ü-RA Posted April 6, 2009 Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 Just buy a used Nitro and be done with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DET1973 Posted April 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 Just buy a used Nitro and be done with it... Love you too Laura. Thanks again for all the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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