Fabio KTG
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AOTW: Week 2 EURO UBER (based on Bogner Uberschall)
OK, so the poll for week 2 was a draw between the Uberschall and the Boogie Rectifier. Being the thread starter, I decided to pick one and stuck with my initial choice. The Rectifier Orange will be in next week's poll to be picked again.
So, the Bogner Uberschall....
Amp: all models - Axe-Fx II Wiki
Bogner Amplification | Uberschall
This amp, to put it lightly is a BEAST. The bottom end on this thing can kill small children and assault listeners with an instant bowel rupture. I have the real life counterpart and the axe is faithful to 95%, but i'm only comparing my amp and not Cliff's. The thing that I love about this amp is the huge bottom end that works really well with the bass and kick drum. It has a really sweet top end that isn't harsh and brittle, but more "full bodied" in the upper mids. At some point today, I will create a medium gain and high gain preset using the factory cabs to demonstrate the genius of this amp.
Turn down the gain and it's great for light rock with it's sweet articulation, crank up the gain and watch heads turn. I never favoured EL 34's until I bought this amp. My all time favourite high gain head. If you've never used it before, go do it today.
TIPS!!!--------->>
Turn down the bass!
Yeah, this thing is RIDICULOUSLY bassy. I use a bass cut on page 1 of the amp block and the power amp block and usually do some creative subtractive EQ-ing with a PEQ block at 105-110 Hz. I deal with "woofing" by boosting the suspect frequency with a tight Q and moving the frequency around until I find it, then drop it out by a few Db and expand the Q a little.
The gain is a bit of a strange one, as the presence knob sounds like it has an affect on the gain. Perhaps that's just my interpretation of it. Anyhow, turn up the presence before you crank the gain to ear splitting values.
Boost the mids to compensate for the heavy bass and high presence values.
Pick the right cab. As with any amp, but more so for high gainers, the correct cab is more important than anything. My Uberkab has V30's and G1275T's and works well, however I have a Mesa 212 that has K100's in it and work really well at handling all that bass. Try to pick a cab that is soft in the bass and treble and more defined in the mids to compensate for the natural characteristics of the amp itself.
Sound clips and presets to follow...
Have a great day folks!
OK, so the poll for week 2 was a draw between the Uberschall and the Boogie Rectifier. Being the thread starter, I decided to pick one and stuck with my initial choice. The Rectifier Orange will be in next week's poll to be picked again.
So, the Bogner Uberschall....
Amp: all models - Axe-Fx II Wiki
Bogner Amplification | Uberschall
This amp, to put it lightly is a BEAST. The bottom end on this thing can kill small children and assault listeners with an instant bowel rupture. I have the real life counterpart and the axe is faithful to 95%, but i'm only comparing my amp and not Cliff's. The thing that I love about this amp is the huge bottom end that works really well with the bass and kick drum. It has a really sweet top end that isn't harsh and brittle, but more "full bodied" in the upper mids. At some point today, I will create a medium gain and high gain preset using the factory cabs to demonstrate the genius of this amp.
Turn down the gain and it's great for light rock with it's sweet articulation, crank up the gain and watch heads turn. I never favoured EL 34's until I bought this amp. My all time favourite high gain head. If you've never used it before, go do it today.
TIPS!!!--------->>
Turn down the bass!
Yeah, this thing is RIDICULOUSLY bassy. I use a bass cut on page 1 of the amp block and the power amp block and usually do some creative subtractive EQ-ing with a PEQ block at 105-110 Hz. I deal with "woofing" by boosting the suspect frequency with a tight Q and moving the frequency around until I find it, then drop it out by a few Db and expand the Q a little.
The gain is a bit of a strange one, as the presence knob sounds like it has an affect on the gain. Perhaps that's just my interpretation of it. Anyhow, turn up the presence before you crank the gain to ear splitting values.
Boost the mids to compensate for the heavy bass and high presence values.
Pick the right cab. As with any amp, but more so for high gainers, the correct cab is more important than anything. My Uberkab has V30's and G1275T's and works well, however I have a Mesa 212 that has K100's in it and work really well at handling all that bass. Try to pick a cab that is soft in the bass and treble and more defined in the mids to compensate for the natural characteristics of the amp itself.
Sound clips and presets to follow...
Have a great day folks!
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