Double Verb (Twin) how to get super clean no distortion?

zentman

zentman

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No matter how much I lower drive, lower master or up master, cut input trim etc I can't get it to not distort when I hit the low E with any force. I toured with a twin for years and couldn't get it to distort at any reasonable volume. What gives?


EDIT Never mind. It was one of my EMG strats. Might need a new battery. Two other strats and a tele were fine.
 
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Never mind. It was one of my EMG strats. Might need a new battery. Two other strats and a tele were fine.
 
I agree the Fender's seem a bit gainy to me. Cliff has stated that the have the same gain structure as the models he has matched, so I'll take his word at that.

That being said, it seems pretty darn clean for me at mv 8-9, drive 3
take the bright switch off compensate with treble and presence and you get more head room

With my prs tremonti in middle position I like drive 3, bass 6, mid 5, treble 6, pres 6, master 8-8.5, bright OFF, input trim .75 - cab (doubleverb d120 and double verb c12 - see stock preset 4)
 
I have been really impressed with the Double Verb range of tone with no effects other than reverb, just using the amp controls (Drive Boost, Bright).
I can go from very clean to nasty and gritty just with the amp controls alone.
A little more gain with humbucker axe, of course.

I was playing around with the range of this amp trying for a Tab Benoit tone straight into amp with no pedals.
He uses Category 5 amps I guess which are based on Fenders and used to use a Twin sometimes I believe.

His tone on Medicine is awesome. Maybe Cliff can get a hold of a Category 5 amp sometime.

Medicine - Tab Benoit (Medicine) - YouTube
 
This was on a youtube description:
Hey, I just came accross this post for "Shelter Me". I was Tab's road manager and guitar tech for about two years... I tuned all his giutars standard (440 hz), always with GHS 11's (custom gauge with a heavier big E string), and his guitar always went straight into a Super Reverb and a Music Man 2 x 12"... Later, a Twin Reverb was used instead of the Music Man amp. This was before he got the Category 5 signature amps. The 70's silverface Super Reverb was his main amp, and my favorite tone (vol anywhere from 4 - 9 depending on the venue, treb 7 - 9, mid 6 - 8, bass 3 - 4, reverb 2 - 4)... The settings vary from gig to gig. The other amps were always added just for a little extra power and low end, again depending on the size of the stage and show. I've seen him use just the Super at "Stevie Rays" in Louisville, KY, and at the end of the night the volume was almost on 4. It was a smaller club, but he had the same sound still. We did a few casinos, and he had to watch his stage volume there, too.
Anyway, this was around 2002 - 2003, and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, so I'm sure a few things may have changed, like his new amps, but that's probably about it. My first job with him was at the recording of his 2002 CD, "Wetlands", on which I received a mention in the thank you notes of the CD cover...
Hope this info gets to the right person. Sorry so long, but I like to share. It was a magical part of my life...
Steve Warren

Edit:Sorry got off topic a bit, but I was diggin Tab's sound
 
jsletner said:
This was on a youtube description:
Hey, I just came accross this post for "Shelter Me". I was Tab's road manager and guitar tech for about two years... I tuned all his giutars standard (440 hz), always with GHS 11's (custom gauge with a heavier big E string), and his guitar always went straight into a Super Reverb and a Music Man 2 x 12"... Later, a Twin Reverb was used instead of the Music Man amp. This was before he got the Category 5 signature amps. The 70's silverface Super Reverb was his main amp, and my favorite tone (vol anywhere from 4 - 9 depending on the venue, treb 7 - 9, mid 6 - 8, bass 3 - 4, reverb 2 - 4)... The settings vary from gig to gig. The other amps were always added just for a little extra power and low end, again depending on the size of the stage and show. I've seen him use just the Super at "Stevie Rays" in Louisville, KY, and at the end of the night the volume was almost on 4. It was a smaller club, but he had the same sound still. We did a few casinos, and he had to watch his stage volume there, too.
Anyway, this was around 2002 - 2003, and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, so I'm sure a few things may have changed, like his new amps, but that's probably about it. My first job with him was at the recording of his 2002 CD, "Wetlands", on which I received a mention in the thank you notes of the CD cover...
Hope this info gets to the right person. Sorry so long, but I like to share. It was a magical part of my life...
Steve Warren

Edit:Sorry got off topic a bit, but I was diggin Tab's sound
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Tab Benoit is a mojoman. He plays and sings the blues like every note is his last.
The guy is a monster player.
 
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