WHY?

[redhouse]

Same guitar, tubes, cables, speaker, room etc...

Why sometimes my Mesa Single Head sounds good and sometimes it sounds lifeless to me?

 

[CoG]

probably volume

 

[phyrexia]

wall voltage varies during the day. it drops at ~6pm for dinner, it's highest during the night when nobody's using any power.

 

[jman7272]

Why not?

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

 

[Charlie]

Yeah... I wonder about this sort of thing myself. I'm never sure if it's just a psychological thing or what.

 

[redhouse]

wall voltage varies during the day. it drops at ~6pm for dinner, it's highest during the night when nobody's using any power.

Im thinking about that.

What you recommends? Power Conditioner?

 

[CoG]

This interests me. I've never had this problem with my current rig with or without the power conditioner; however, it's also the lowest-output rig I have ever run (20/20 so only 40 watts, I rarely crank it past noon, and I am only driving a pair of 1x12s.)

Is it possible, for example, that I've basically always got enough juice for my 4 EL84s pushing 2 12-inch speakers no matter how crappy the power is, while if the OP is diming a single rec into a 4x12, he's hitting the wall? Is that how it would work?

 

[MrMarkIII]

Same guitar, tubes, cables, speaker, room etc...

Different hangover?

 

[MrMarkIII]

wall voltage varies during the day. it drops at ~6pm for dinner, it's highest during the night when nobody's using any power.

Im thinking about that.

What you recommends? Power Conditioner?

No. You need a Voltage Regulator, such as a Furman AR-1215. No matter what comes out of the wall, it gives you 117 volts. Very useful at outdoor gigs with gas generators, which often supply over-voltage that makes your Boogie sound like a solid-state Crate!
Of course, lower voltage is what supposedly is a major component of the so-called "Brown Sound", so, six-of-one...

 

[fishyfishfish]

It has to do with humidity and temperature, and what kind of abuse you have been putting your ears through before you turn on your rig. Do an experiment: wear some -30db foam earplugs for a hour before you play for a couple of days. This should stabilize your ears enough before you turn on. Another factor is Humidity. Believe it of not, in a even mildly humid environment your speaker cones can suck up enough water to sound fat and flabby. Get some silica gel-packs (the large ones that come with a refrigerator) and put a couple inside the cab when not in use. Even overnight can make a difference. Another factor as mentioned before is voltage. Before spending some big bucks, get or borrow a voltage tester and keep tabs on the power. If it is real drastic you might need a quality power conditioner/voltage regulator. Since our band uses an expensive keyboard/computer set up, it is more out of protection from spikey generators and sketchy wall power.

 

[tiktok]

What you recommends? Power Conditioner?

No. You need a Voltage Regulator, such as a Furman AR-1215. No matter what comes out of the wall, it gives you 117 volts.

I used to have one of those in my rack. I'd take the wall current, feed it into that, then plug my Furman power distributor into that, and have all the gear run off that. This distributor had a voltage readout on the front, and it still varied, so I became skeptical.

 

[cellardweller]

Same guitar, tubes, cables, speaker, room etc...

Different hangover?

better ganja?

 

[Murphy Slaw]

It's people, man.

Different rooms sound different, but the same room can be totally different on the next night.

There is no sane reason.

You just play it like you know it. I would never use earplugs.

I WANT TO HEAR IT!

Humidity in a speaker?

Sheeze.

What is really is, is a different class of hairspray in the babes standing in front of the stage.

And thongs!

In the old days the babes had bigger panties, and cotten absorbs sound better than this polyester crap. That's why older recordings have a bigger sound. Fatter.

But, as I ponder this, the butts are actually bigger now than I remember, so this might be off a little.

Hang on, I'm gonna go get a beer.......................

Murph.

 

[cellardweller]

Murph may be onto something here....

Perhaps it has something to do with the bass-trapping effects of modern day thug-wear and gangsta-clothing?

That conical Marge Simpson do worn by ghetto-trash-bitches is actually quite useful!

 

[stadidas]

I used to have this problem all the time, basically just because I wasn't really happy with the sound. I used to get it sounding great, then the next day it would suck. Keep on playing around with the amp until you find something that always sounds good.

 

[Murphy Slaw]

Where is Killinois?

 

[danvortex]

i used to ask myself the same question and i found out that humidity and temperature make a difference, the more refined your ears are and the more you know your amp the more you will notice it.

Also when playing with my band i noticed that the nights i don't like my tone as much as i usually do correspond with the nights our bassplayer plays too loud. Ha ha !!! this is not a joke, a too loud bass player really can make the rest of the band sound horrible.

 

[ja22y]

No wonder the Grateful Dead can't sound the same every night :lol: :lol:

 

[cellardweller]

Where is Killinois?

Just south of Illinois.

 

[cellardweller]

Where might I buy a container of some tasty Murphy Slaw?
Or do the containers always implode?