ocnor
Lord Of The Thighs
Welcome to the club brother. The fun really begins when you start swapping tubes.
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
Oh yeah? What are you using? (And which way do they take the amp?)
ocnor
Lord Of The Thighs
I swap tubes so often that I keep the front off the amp. One word of caution don't use 12AU7/ECC82,12AT7 or you will burn the resistors and possibly the traces on the circuit board.
At the moment my tube compliment consists of:
V1= EI Elite Gold Ecc83
V2= Tung Sol 12Ax7
V3= Tung Sol 12Ax7
V4= JJ Ecc83 [this tube is for reverb which I never use]
V5= Tung Sol 12AX7
V6-V9= Svetlana EL34
This gives me a good hard rock tone sort of like a hot-rodded Marshall plexi only fatter. My favorite in V1 is a ribbed plate Telefunken but I'm saving that one for special occasions. Another tube that works really well in V1 is a Shuguang 12AX7 which is quiet with a crap load of gain. YMMV
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
First bit of tracking with the Legacy. Both the recording and the playing are just meh--but hey, it's the first time I threw a mic (or two) in front of the thing. I'm not even close to dialing in my own tone yet, but for what I just did tonight, this was an easy amp to record.
Volume's on one, gain's on five. Yeah, you're right, I need to turn it up some and really do some recording. Maybe this weekend.
Here's the noodling
Volume's on one, gain's on five. Yeah, you're right, I need to turn it up some and really do some recording. Maybe this weekend.
Here's the noodling
Kingofpain678
Returned from the dead
ocnor
Lord Of The Thighs
Your amp sounds quite different than mine. Which speakers are you using? This is a test clip of my Legacy with volume on 1 and gain on 7.
philbagg
Just Killing Time
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
That sounds great--recording and playing.
I'm using V30's. How are you micing yours? I think that's the big variable that I need to spend some time working on.
DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
ocnor, can't got onto soundclick from work so no comment yet...
WS - cool clips. It sounds VERY different from what I'm used to hearing from a Legacy - a little less lower-mid-y and a bit crunchier, and more Marshall-y - and that's cool.
WS - cool clips. It sounds VERY different from what I'm used to hearing from a Legacy - a little less lower-mid-y and a bit crunchier, and more Marshall-y - and that's cool.
true-eurt
Maneater
Sounds like one of the best investments you could make in your axe world...now, I KNOW, there has got to be more to that rock down noodling than what you posted, cause no true axeman alive that has that kinda self-control...and I, for one, would love to hear it.
I love that nasty tone you are getting out of it..and you have just begun playing with it! Your playing style is a perfect fit!..damn, that is some badass sounding stuff. I think you have taken your playing to another level with this baby...seems to have turned the monster loose..
By the way, thanks Strat...this is just what my soul was needing.
...and I, for one, would love to hear it.I love that nasty tone you are getting out of it..and you have just begun playing with it! Your playing style is a perfect fit!..damn, that is some badass sounding stuff. I think you have taken your playing to another level with this baby...seems to have turned the monster loose..
By the way, thanks Strat...this is just what my soul was needing.
ocnor
Lord Of The Thighs
Thanks you are too kind. It sounds ok for being recorded at such low volume. I used an MXL 990 about 1-2 inches off center and about 3-4 inches from the grill cloth. The speaker is an Celestion G12H30 blackback. I've found that pulling the mic back a few inches sounds far better than close mic'ing. Also if you are able to crank the amp you will get much better results. I wish that I had a ribbon mic to experiment with but alas I'm poor and forced to make due with my el-cheapo setup.
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
My track was a 57 right on the grill and a condenser further back in the room. I'll try a condenser as the main mic. Also gonna play with a ribbon mic on it this weekend.
acidrock
GO PACKERS!
Both clips sounded great!
DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
As they say, your mileage may vary....
But I grabbed one of these a year or so back when it was MF's "Stupid Deal of the Day."
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Nady-RSM4-Ribbon-Studio-Microphone?sku=277107
It's not a "good" ribbon, as it's hardly what I'd call transparent, but the thing is just magical on my Rectifier. It smooths out the highs a little bit, rounds out the bass, and is way less position sensitive than a SM57. It's sort of like "perfect lead guitar tone in a box" for me, I'll have to EQ out a bit of low end tubbiness generally (though I need to spend more time experimenting with the impact of proximity effect), but other than that I haven't found anything I like more.
And, it's cheaper than a SM57, to boot.
If you're in the same boat as I am, where you like your amp's sound but often find yourself wanting to smooth out the high end a little bit, just to tame it a hair and make it a little darker, this is definitely a possible answer.
Sonixx
New member
congrats on the Legacy. I own a Legacy combo
thanks for the clip and it's nice to hear others but the tone seems distant and blanketed. I like what you have going on there, just an observation.