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justin3am wrote:Well the pre-amps will be normalled with a buffer, so if you only connect input 1 it feeds input 2 without signal loss. Most of the signal processors I use are stereo though, and I'm just as likely to use the amp with a synth as a guitar.

So the amp will take a mono or stereo signal. Right now I just have a single channel of the preamp. I'd like to make it so you can use it as a traditional switchable two-channel mono amp or as a stereo non-switchable amp. The circuit that allows me to use a single set of controls for both amps in stereo mode, while using independent controls for each amp in mono mode, is kinds tricky though. I may end up using a pic or atmel processor to control everything digitally.
Oh and one extremely important feature not to forget to add - A horn/tweeter bypass/defeat switch or a level control on the cab/cabs btw as distortion through a horn/tweeter is nasty ear bleed material and not in a good way as you will already know (akin to DI'ing a Boss MT-2 MetalZone :lol: - Some black metal types might like it...) but just incase you have not added it to your spec list Justin my friend

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NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:
justin3am wrote:Well the pre-amps will be normalled with a buffer, so if you only connect input 1 it feeds input 2 without signal loss. Most of the signal processors I use are stereo though, and I'm just as likely to use the amp with a synth as a guitar.

So the amp will take a mono or stereo signal. Right now I just have a single channel of the preamp. I'd like to make it so you can use it as a traditional switchable two-channel mono amp or as a stereo non-switchable amp. The circuit that allows me to use a single set of controls for both amps in stereo mode, while using independent controls for each amp in mono mode, is kinds tricky though. I may end up using a pic or atmel processor to control everything digitally.
Oh and one extremely important feature not to forget to add - A horn/tweeter bypass/defeat switch or a level control on the cab/cabs btw as distortion through a horn/tweeter is nasty ear bleed material and not in a good way as you will already know (akin to DI'ing a Boss MT-2 MetalZone :lol: - Some black metal types might like it...) but just incase you have not added it to your spec list Justin my friend

which will optimize it for acoustic guitars or keys in a generally intimate setting
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Hink wrote:...but I found it's like going from the east coast to west coast by heading east. You go a long ways and it aint that big a deal when you get there :hihi: YMMV of course and I do like an old school stereo guitar rig with a wet side and dry side, but would that sound good too widely spread?
Ha! Most of my electronic projects are more about the journey than the destination anyway. :hihi: I'd only be using the rig for recording and mostly for stereo chorus/phasing, ping-pong delays, big reverby drones and stereo synth patches. It's just another way of achieving an effect which I normally achieve by mic'ing my monitors. Sure, I could get the same results ITB but I take such pleasure from mic'ing speakers. :tu:
NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:Oh and one extremely important feature not to forget to add - A horn/tweeter bypass/defeat switch
Of course! I learned that lesson when I added a horn to my bass amp. It sounded fantastic clean but as soon as I kicked on the overdrive, I got squealing feedback. :lol:

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justin3am wrote:
Hink wrote:...but I found it's like going from the east coast to west coast by heading east. You go a long ways and it aint that big a deal when you get there :hihi: YMMV of course and I do like an old school stereo guitar rig with a wet side and dry side, but would that sound good too widely spread?
Ha! Most of my electronic projects are more about the journey than the destination anyway. :hihi: I'd only be using the rig for recording and mostly for stereo chorus/phasing, ping-pong delays, big reverby drones and stereo synth patches. It's just another way of achieving an effect which I normally achieve by mic'ing my monitors. Sure, I could get the same results ITB but I take such pleasure from mic'ing speakers. :tu:
NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:Oh and one extremely important feature not to forget to add - A horn/tweeter bypass/defeat switch
Of course! I learned that lesson when I added a horn to my bass amp. It sounded fantastic clean but as soon as I kicked on the overdrive, I got squealing feedback. :lol:
I use to say on FL forums that there should be a contest for the biggest workaround that accomplished the smallest task :hihi:
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.

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Ditto when i used a bass cab and forgot to turn the level of the squealer down! AAARRRRGGGG....Too high Fidility. Luckily it was in the rehersal room only thank feck!

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I'm baffled...I ordered the amp yesterday had two emails saying it would ship soon, one confirmation call from AMS mid afternoon verifying my address...then nothing, no other emails but he last one said if the item is out of stock. Well it said on the web page 'in stock' so I was a little nervous (MF did this to me twice and why I dont shop there). I get up this morning wondering but had to drive my wife to work, naturally I expected the worst and wondered if I would have to call. I check my bank statement and the money had been taken, so why no notice of shipping? I check my email and sure enough there is the shipping notice, ups, good so I go check when I can expected it to be delievered (remember I went with ground shipping to save 30 bux, but hoped it would get before xmas vacation ends because my daughter is home to help watch for the driver incase I have to go out and I do not have to go out as often with her home) What do I see 'out for delivery', it's already making it's way to my door step...not only has it shipped but it's on the delivery truck...overnight service free :D
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Ahhhhh, there it is! :party:

Now record something already (sheeeeesh, you are not dealing with patient people here :wheee: )

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hibidy wrote:Ahhhhh, there it is! :party:

Now record something already (sheeeeesh, you are not dealing with patient people here :wheee: )
right back at yah ;) :hihi:
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Hink wrote:
hibidy wrote:Ahhhhh, there it is! :party:

Now record something already (sheeeeesh, you are not dealing with patient people here :wheee: )
right back at yah ;) :hihi:
DOH!

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Egnater Rebel Head wrote:Hey Hink honey i am home...
Nice turnaround you got there mate and saved money on the same instant dispatch kind of thing :tu:

Looking forward to hearing how the EG works for you/your guitars/pickups...etc. General nerdism per-usual.

@hibidy - Isn't that nice and look at how little space it takes up dude ;)

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hibidy wrote:Check out my new amp

http://www.box.net/shared/5szp9g8bfo

:hihi:
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this amp really pushes my 4x12 nicely, but I really need to add a 1x12. The weber sounds good with my emu speaker sim so I can only imagine how good it will sound with impulses. The fx loop is okay for jamming using my midiverb4 (wouldn't record it that way though). I haven't moved the 4x12 to the closet yet because I figured it would better to try it with the amp out here. This little amp really has some character to it and volume is not lacking, I dig the bag it came with :tu:
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@ hibdiy - I promise no more 'buy real amp' talk your way (for awhile) :tu: Nice one man

@ Hink - good stuff, its like a mini padded gymn bag but better quality. Chuck in a moisture soaking crystal thing (silica) and perfect to travel :D

Good stuff chap's and all my best to you both. Dean

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