elvis
Well-known member
Yup, I'm an idiot.
I had rehearsal last night and wound up playing my MV25 into a widebody ported and ran a stereo feed into my HT-20 just to get some low-end. I A/B's the amps and the MV25 output was really anemic, while the HT-20 had huge low-end, but lousy highs. Sounded pretty good together, though.
Today I went back to the store I got my MV25 from and plugged back into the same cabinets from my original demo, and A/B'd my head with one they had in stock. Their head was actually a little BRIGHTER than mine. Guess mine is working fine. Their cabs: Theile on the bottom, slant MR1x12 on top.
Played with the tone and GEQ trying to boost low end, got a bit confused. Then :idea:
Turn down the treble and turn up the amp.
It worked! Then tried the Presence. It DOUBLE worked!
Background: I have never had an amp where the presence did much, and I usually set it at noon or a little above and then forget it's there for the rest of the time I own the amp. I also tend to set treble at like 1:00 and lower mids and bass on Mesas. I have been dialing this amp with those assumptions in place.
Once I killed off some highs (eventually set Presence almost at Zero), I as able to get the floor to literally shake. There is nothing wrong with this amp. Me, not so much. Ch2 with GEQ switched off also sounded less honky that way.
As a followup, I also tried each cab separately. The Theile thunders and stood up really well all on its own, and the MR1x12 was pretty decent as well. Might have been even better on the floor. I think that the floating floor of this particular store helped, as it had a ton of low-end resonance. So now I have to try this again at home to see how much is the cabs I am using, the floor they are sitting on, and the amp itself.
I had rehearsal last night and wound up playing my MV25 into a widebody ported and ran a stereo feed into my HT-20 just to get some low-end. I A/B's the amps and the MV25 output was really anemic, while the HT-20 had huge low-end, but lousy highs. Sounded pretty good together, though.
Today I went back to the store I got my MV25 from and plugged back into the same cabinets from my original demo, and A/B'd my head with one they had in stock. Their head was actually a little BRIGHTER than mine. Guess mine is working fine. Their cabs: Theile on the bottom, slant MR1x12 on top.
Played with the tone and GEQ trying to boost low end, got a bit confused. Then :idea:
Turn down the treble and turn up the amp.
It worked! Then tried the Presence. It DOUBLE worked!
Background: I have never had an amp where the presence did much, and I usually set it at noon or a little above and then forget it's there for the rest of the time I own the amp. I also tend to set treble at like 1:00 and lower mids and bass on Mesas. I have been dialing this amp with those assumptions in place.
Once I killed off some highs (eventually set Presence almost at Zero), I as able to get the floor to literally shake. There is nothing wrong with this amp. Me, not so much. Ch2 with GEQ switched off also sounded less honky that way.
As a followup, I also tried each cab separately. The Theile thunders and stood up really well all on its own, and the MR1x12 was pretty decent as well. Might have been even better on the floor. I think that the floating floor of this particular store helped, as it had a ton of low-end resonance. So now I have to try this again at home to see how much is the cabs I am using, the floor they are sitting on, and the amp itself.
