Count Robio
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Hi all, I'm new here and have read all the posts seeking a goal. My "Dream" tone was achieved very early in life (about 14 years ago). I'd been playing for about 2 years and went to buy my first amp head and cab. I walked away with a Peavey Ultra 60 and a used Peavey cab with rear mounted Celestion g12k75's (more on this later). I remember how my pants would shake in the breeze from that amp.
Present day, after years off and many more years of playing and research I found a preamp that I love. The Rocktron Prophesy replaced all my crappy sim. gear (Pods and such). The orange glowing bottle reawakened many memories of tube tone, teeth and power. The Prophesy deserved more respect, I was running it into a Nady 900 (yuk). The sound was good, low end would dim the lights and then crap out! We rewired our studio and replaced the flourescent lights and power is no longer a problem. My tone was still a little shallow so I scoured the local stores and finally found a used Simul 395. The price was great and the player reviews were better. I bought it and was impressed for about 2 weeks. The tight lows, blowing my pants off, were present and I felt complete again. But....
My tight low end has vanished!! Many questions have surfaced now. Maybe through my own stupidity I have caused my dream to die. I want a new sounding dream with better tone, bigger teeth and more power.
Sorry for the long post guys but it 'll get longer when you answer I'm sure.
Questions:
1) The Simul 395 sounded great (maybe awesome if I'd had more time to dial it in) when I brought it home and screwed it in my rack. I placed it in my rack box with the Prophesy and placed it as a trophy atop my stack. Did I screw up? Is a rack's place not on top of a stack of earth shaking cabs? Retorical I know but could this damage the tubes or sockets or circuit boards? Was this the cause? It's now on the floor behind the cabs.
2) Channel A & B's rms lights are no longer flashing in sync. Channel A's lights are almost non-existent at times as B's are constant. Tubes in A are bad? Should I change them out or should I change both together? Change pre amp tubes as well? If so, change them to what? I was looking at Ruby tubes for all.
3) The "more on this later" question. Are cabs with rear mounted speakers inherently more bass defined or does it depend on the speakers and cab construction?
4) Does using the wah pedal with the right foot make your peepee permanently lean to the left? Should I alternate feet?
Ignore question 4 hahaha!!! I need some input.
Thanks after advance guys.
Present day, after years off and many more years of playing and research I found a preamp that I love. The Rocktron Prophesy replaced all my crappy sim. gear (Pods and such). The orange glowing bottle reawakened many memories of tube tone, teeth and power. The Prophesy deserved more respect, I was running it into a Nady 900 (yuk). The sound was good, low end would dim the lights and then crap out! We rewired our studio and replaced the flourescent lights and power is no longer a problem. My tone was still a little shallow so I scoured the local stores and finally found a used Simul 395. The price was great and the player reviews were better. I bought it and was impressed for about 2 weeks. The tight lows, blowing my pants off, were present and I felt complete again. But....
My tight low end has vanished!! Many questions have surfaced now. Maybe through my own stupidity I have caused my dream to die. I want a new sounding dream with better tone, bigger teeth and more power.
Sorry for the long post guys but it 'll get longer when you answer I'm sure.
Questions:
1) The Simul 395 sounded great (maybe awesome if I'd had more time to dial it in) when I brought it home and screwed it in my rack. I placed it in my rack box with the Prophesy and placed it as a trophy atop my stack. Did I screw up? Is a rack's place not on top of a stack of earth shaking cabs? Retorical I know but could this damage the tubes or sockets or circuit boards? Was this the cause? It's now on the floor behind the cabs.
2) Channel A & B's rms lights are no longer flashing in sync. Channel A's lights are almost non-existent at times as B's are constant. Tubes in A are bad? Should I change them out or should I change both together? Change pre amp tubes as well? If so, change them to what? I was looking at Ruby tubes for all.
3) The "more on this later" question. Are cabs with rear mounted speakers inherently more bass defined or does it depend on the speakers and cab construction?
4) Does using the wah pedal with the right foot make your peepee permanently lean to the left? Should I alternate feet?
Ignore question 4 hahaha!!! I need some input.
Thanks after advance guys.
