Hallo to all..
I know i bored to you guys through more than enough topics about this or that amp, wattage, blah blah..
As I have already said, i have rg7620 and Boss gx700..so, i needed an amp..
So, i wnt to the store yesterday..(although i thought that my tight budget wont aloud me to buy anything decent..i thought maybe just to try a few amps..)
So, i came with the intention to try out the line 6 spider II..since i have red so many good stuff about line 6 on the net, and never had cahnce to try it out..
So, i plugged my guitar in 1x12, 75w spider..it was funny, when it was turned on, it looked like a christmas tree, since all the bulbs on it have lightened..i must admit that it looks very naive, somehow made in china! And, so on..i started to try out the models..cleans are fine, although i have never been too harsh when clean its about clean sound, as long it remains clean..add some chorus, a bit reverb, right pu position, maybe a bit tone rolled of, and it can suund pretty nice..
But, the distorted tones were not convincing at all..I remember that green crunch channel was somehow the most naturally sounding..it needed just a bit more geai to be really noce..the green metal i sbetter than red one..massive..but,again, somehow hollow..
And so, i was listening to all of that, for about 2 hours, and started to wonder..Since i am owning my boss gx-700 for 3-4 years alredy, maybe my ear has lost its refference..since i am used to boss..so that i am not used to amp-like made distortion..since line 6 models are highly accepted..but still, i didnt like it..at all..really, i am not some tube snob..neither have the tubes, neither play through them at any ocassion, but i simply didnt like this..yeah, maybe it needs a lot of tweaking..but i am very very sceptical at getting something somethinmg REALY massive from it..
And so, i packed my guitar in the case and wanted to go out..
But, thankfully, i remembered that the salesman have told me that they have some randall with the similar price in the offer too..
So, although the salesman was a bit like -the line 6 is for sure the best you can have in that price range..blah blah..like, he wont bother with other amps...-
Still, i wanted to try it just for a sec..
I plugged the guitar, turned the distortion channel on..added gain, scooped the mids..and WOW..! The sound my ears wanted to hear so badly..real, healthy, massive distortion..no plastic in it, only meat..really nice beefy meat..!i coudlnt stop playing for half an hour..the sound was there..and my 7 string has finally became alive! That was the dist i was looking for..
So, i bought it..!
BTW, the model is Randall RX75R..!
I decided to sell my Boss..(i need some cash, and i dont need it for dist any more..)..
But, i will need some -cheap- unit when i sell it..
I was thingink about using Zoom 9002 in the send return chain..? Since, as i remember, it has decent ,or the price, ambience and chorus effects..delay..reverbs..What do You guys think about that..? does it has a good bypass..?
Also, would You recommand me some pedal to use with the amps dist for solos..? maybe some compression, sustainer pedal..to use it maybe before the amp for solos..or something like that...? Or maybe a tubescreamer..i am not sure what does it do..? i Have plenty of gain..but i could use something that will give more fluid, and more sustainy tone..? If possible..?
My budget is highly limited now..actually, i dont have it..but i dont care..i am finnaly happy with my sound..!
I know i bored to you guys through more than enough topics about this or that amp, wattage, blah blah..
As I have already said, i have rg7620 and Boss gx700..so, i needed an amp..
So, i wnt to the store yesterday..(although i thought that my tight budget wont aloud me to buy anything decent..i thought maybe just to try a few amps..)
So, i came with the intention to try out the line 6 spider II..since i have red so many good stuff about line 6 on the net, and never had cahnce to try it out..
So, i plugged my guitar in 1x12, 75w spider..it was funny, when it was turned on, it looked like a christmas tree, since all the bulbs on it have lightened..i must admit that it looks very naive, somehow made in china! And, so on..i started to try out the models..cleans are fine, although i have never been too harsh when clean its about clean sound, as long it remains clean..add some chorus, a bit reverb, right pu position, maybe a bit tone rolled of, and it can suund pretty nice..
But, the distorted tones were not convincing at all..I remember that green crunch channel was somehow the most naturally sounding..it needed just a bit more geai to be really noce..the green metal i sbetter than red one..massive..but,again, somehow hollow..
And so, i was listening to all of that, for about 2 hours, and started to wonder..Since i am owning my boss gx-700 for 3-4 years alredy, maybe my ear has lost its refference..since i am used to boss..so that i am not used to amp-like made distortion..since line 6 models are highly accepted..but still, i didnt like it..at all..really, i am not some tube snob..neither have the tubes, neither play through them at any ocassion, but i simply didnt like this..yeah, maybe it needs a lot of tweaking..but i am very very sceptical at getting something somethinmg REALY massive from it..
And so, i packed my guitar in the case and wanted to go out..
But, thankfully, i remembered that the salesman have told me that they have some randall with the similar price in the offer too..
So, although the salesman was a bit like -the line 6 is for sure the best you can have in that price range..blah blah..like, he wont bother with other amps...-
Still, i wanted to try it just for a sec..
I plugged the guitar, turned the distortion channel on..added gain, scooped the mids..and WOW..! The sound my ears wanted to hear so badly..real, healthy, massive distortion..no plastic in it, only meat..really nice beefy meat..!i coudlnt stop playing for half an hour..the sound was there..and my 7 string has finally became alive! That was the dist i was looking for..
So, i bought it..!
BTW, the model is Randall RX75R..!
I decided to sell my Boss..(i need some cash, and i dont need it for dist any more..)..
But, i will need some -cheap- unit when i sell it..
I was thingink about using Zoom 9002 in the send return chain..? Since, as i remember, it has decent ,or the price, ambience and chorus effects..delay..reverbs..What do You guys think about that..? does it has a good bypass..?
Also, would You recommand me some pedal to use with the amps dist for solos..? maybe some compression, sustainer pedal..to use it maybe before the amp for solos..or something like that...? Or maybe a tubescreamer..i am not sure what does it do..? i Have plenty of gain..but i could use something that will give more fluid, and more sustainy tone..? If possible..?
My budget is highly limited now..actually, i dont have it..but i dont care..i am finnaly happy with my sound..!