The Tremoverb is one versatile beast.

[jazzblaster]

Nice to know that this amp shines for almost all type of music and not just metal!

Nick McCabe from the Verve Think so!

''My main amp is a Mesa/Boogie Tremoverb, which was given to me about the time of Urban Hymns. It’s really versatile, with a glassy sound somewhere between the clarity and nuance of a vintage Fender, and the heft of a Marshall.''

''The Mesa Boogie Tremoverb is basically my favorite amp ever and without that I don’t know what I’d do, really.''

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/inte...usly_saw_as_weakness_is_now_our_strength.html
http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/the-verve39s-nick-mccabe/8895

 

[94Tremoverb]

Very interesting.

The Verve are an awkward band for me - I always liked McCabe's guitar style but hated the songs. I think Richard Ashcroft was the cause of that .

The Tremoverb is certainly a very versatile amp - in fact, it's not really a metal amp at all, although it can get close. It's much more than just a Dual Rectifier with reverb and tremolo, but it doesn't have that in-your-face attack that the true Recto does.

 

[Stratocaster]

Good shots of McCabe with the amp here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq1OH16z_Cc

Strat

 

[Nitrobattery]

Of all of the Mesa/Boogie amps I've had over the years, my Tremoverb is hands down my favorite. Incredibly versatile.

 

[70 Cam Guy]

The Tremoverb is certainly a very versatile amp - in fact, it's not really a metal amp at all, although it can get close. It's much more than just a Dual Rectifier with reverb and tremolo, but it doesn't have that in-your-face attack that the true Recto does.

While it is a different flavor from a traditional Dual Rectifier, I wouldn't say that it's not a metal amp at all, but maybe I'm misinterpreting your statement. Perhaps it wasn't intended to be the metal amp, but still is with the right settings. The head has a huge amount of gain that retains the note clarity. Lots of mids and grind, and still has plenty of punch/bottom end. I really love the complexity of the tone from the Tremoverb, it has its own character when the gain is up on Vintage High Gain or Modern.

This amp has incredible versatility and still has the qualities under high gain that I wanted from the traditional dual rec.

 

[Nitrobattery]

The ToV can definitely do metal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-Fxy8Tw5s

 

[94Tremoverb]

What I meant was that while it *can* do metal, it isn't really a 'metal amp'. A metal player would more likely buy a Dual Rectifier, which *is* a metal amp (that's also more versatile and can do other things as well). The Tremoverb is a much more versatile amp that can do metal, but I don't think it's an amp you'd buy if you wanted to play metal and nothing but - or even mostly metal probably. It doesn't have quite the aggression of the standard Dual Rec, even with the reverb and tremolo turned off. I recently A/B'd a friend's Rev G Dual to my Tremoverb, and the Rev G had a directness and attack that the Tremoverb couldn't quite get. Equally, the Tremoverb had an extra depth that the Dual Rec couldn't get either. I don't play metal, but having heard the two side-by-side I think the Tremoverb is less of a metal amp than it can give the impression of, if that makes sense! When you hear the plain Dual Rec next to it the difference is quite noticeable. (Both amps were running through the speakers of my Tremoverb by the way.)

 

[70 Cam Guy]

The ToV can definitely do metal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-Fxy8Tw5s

That's awesome, and pretty different from how I've eq'ed mine. I've never been too successful getting it to sound like that. That actually reminds me more of the 2CH solo head than mine does. I'm curious how he's eq'ing there

I get what you're (94Tremoverb) saying though. I think Mesa had other things in mind with the Tremoverb but it gets its own flavor of dual rec metal tone. I stumbled on mine on Craigslist a few years ago and when I read the reviews about the differences, knew I would like it. The extra mids and the grindy goodness are what I love in my own high gain tones. The style in the the above video is another I really like, but it seems like when I am playing, I gravitate towards a different tone.

This was a somewhat informal one of mine right after I got my nady mic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXDX1h8hyk&hd=1

And yeah, I love the clean and blues voicing on this amp. I'm still getting used to having the high gain on my orange channel :lol:

 

[Koreth]

The ToV can definitely do metal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-Fxy8Tw5s

That's awesome, and pretty different from how I've eq'ed mine. I've never been too successful getting it to sound like that. That actually reminds me more of the 2CH solo head than mine does. I'm curious how he's eq'ing there

I get what you're (94Tremoverb) saying though. I think Mesa had other things in mind with the Tremoverb but it gets its own flavor of dual rec metal tone. I stumbled on mine on Craigslist a few years ago and when I read the reviews about the differences, knew I would like it. The extra mids and the grindy goodness are what I love in my own high gain tones. The style in the the above video is another I really like, but it seems like when I am playing, I gravitate towards a different tone.

This was a somewhat informal one of mine right after I got my nady mic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXDX1h8hyk&hd=1

And yeah, I love the clean and blues voicing on this amp. I'm still getting used to having the high gain on my orange channel :lol:

I suspect pickups can have a large part to do with it. In the video description and the comment replies, it comes out he's using an EMG 81x, and no boost pedal. A passive high output pickup like a Seymour Duncan JB or a Dimarzio Tone Zone would have different EQ and dynamics going into the front end, even after a common OD boost pedal like a TS808 or SD1. That different pre-gain EQ on the front is probably going to have effects you can't compensate for with the post-gain EQ on the Tremoverb.

 

[70 Cam Guy]

I suspect pickups can have a large part to do with it. In the video description and the comment replies, it comes out he's using an EMG 81x, and no boost pedal. A passive high output pickup like a Seymour Duncan JB or a Dimarzio Tone Zone would have different EQ and dynamics going into the front end, even after a common OD boost pedal like a TS808 or SD1. That different pre-gain EQ on the front is probably going to have effects you can't compensate for with the post-gain EQ on the Tremoverb.

That's a great point. My guitars with passives sound quite different from the Jackson with the active 81. I have an LTD Hybrid-400 with a DiMarzio Super Distortion. Compared to my Jackson or Epi Les Paul, it sounds darker and smoother under gain. The tone I get with that guitar reminds me of Devin Townsend's sounds (not a bad thing at all). I almost always have my Fulltone OCD boosting the front end on the gain channel.

It's always a little surprising how sensitive the amp is to a guitar change. More drastic than I usually expect