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smallface wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:04 am My new rig got an airing on the weekend.
Ampeg V4B head and 2 Ampeg 112s
More than happy with it!

100w work well enough? That was always my trepidation with V4B's

I’m quite keen on the new EB flatwound guitar strings. Not sure when or whether they will land here though… https://www.ernieball.com/guitar-strings/electric-guitar-strings/flatwound-electric-guitar-strings Love the packaging. With TI flats available though, it’s probably not going to win for me

AiRdAd wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:48 am

JoeBlow wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:59 pm Gibson Firebird, with stop tail.

EBMM Stingray.

there's an amazing firebird on trademe

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=0VxkykV5

This is love that I’m feeling

I am angry at Ashdown for not being more aesthetically minded with those preamp tube placements

Even so, looks infinitely cooler now

jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:28 am

That looks really nice!

For me, I use a compressor (Diamond or Empress), a drive of some sort (a Rogue, a DP3X, a Pork Loin, or something), an MXR Bass Octave, a Fuzz going into a preamp of some description (Tonehammer, HX Stomp etc). Preamp is really because I never play with an amp and use in-ears.

Compressor I could see Any love for hpf ? I’m hoping the little bastard (amp not my illegitimate love child) will bring enough drive without dirty work HPF is a bit niche imo - I’d only bother if there’s a huge need, and you’d be trimming below 30hz-60hz to prevent amp/pa from trying to reproduce t...

Compression and their different types can bring much joy.

You might want a drive pedal of some description

How do you find the Setzer neck? Perhaps vs a Classic?

https://voxamps.com/product/ac15hwr1/

Tube spring reverb, FX loop, don’t mind if I do!

Could get something like this:

https://www.tp-link.com/au/home-network ... co-x80-5g/

But you’d probably want to get its own sim and plan and things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXuTgkAEkMs I have one of these on my board - it’s absolutely BRILLIANT! For those with modellers in their rigs it’s pretty amazing - you can put your whole setup in the loop and send with the XLR out. If the battery runs out, you can just plug in to the unit. You re...

I really should collect instead of liquidate

Haven’t watched, was it drugs?

It's only the MIDI control for those of us that way inclined. V2 Bluesky is probably the only one I’d take over the v1 (as I want stereo, not midi) - I like the shimmer being on a knob vs a switched mode. Oh yeah, NPD - I have a Cloudburst. It’s excellent although I wish that it had two mono output...