Playing a real amp after a long break…

mattgreenrocks said:
I haven’t made it to Chuck Levin’s shop yet, but I keep telling myself I will (I’m in northern VA). Did you buy them there?
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Yes! :) I ordered them online yesterday afternoon — head/cab package — and it was ready for pickup today.

I set the head/cab up after I got home and played for a couple hours. The “voice” I spent the most time on was: 60’s Clean Tone 1 (more “mid-scooped”): Vol 3; Treble 10; Bass 10; Master 10. I played that a long time. Great feel.

I tried all 7 of the “voices” in the manual. The hottest one is: Saturated Plexi: Vol 7; Treble 0; Bass 0; Master [as desired]. But I found I liked cranking the Volume up to “E-LEVIN” and the Master to about 2. That created a thick, meaty, chewy overdriven sound. I tried a couple pedals on that. I especially liked the OneControl Little Green Emphaser set just a tiny smidge before noon. That took it to full Metal territory. Pretty cool.

I used the cabinet. I’ll eventually run the head into the OX for recording, but for now I’m having fun with the cab.
 

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Only thought about the other night, but having a real amp also gives me something to do while the latest firmware is loading into the Axe FX III, so that's a bonus.

Liam
 
LanceZ said:
Yes! :) I ordered them online yesterday afternoon — head/cab package — and it was ready for pickup today.

I set the head/cab up after I got home and played for a couple hours. The “voice” I spent the most time on was: 60’s Clean Tone 1 (more “mid-scooped”): Vol 3; Treble 10; Bass 10; Master 10. I played that a long time. Great feel.

I tried all 7 of the “voices” in the manual. The hottest one is: Saturated Plexi: Vol 7; Treble 0; Bass 0; Master [as desired]. But I found I liked cranking the Volume up to “E-LEVIN” and the Master to about 2. That created a thick, meaty, chewy overdriven sound. I tried a couple pedals on that. I especially liked the OneControl Little Green Emphaser set just a tiny smidge before noon. That took it to full Metal territory. Pretty cool.

I used the cabinet. I’ll eventually run the head into the OX for recording, but for now I’m having fun with the cab.
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Great looking amp. During the development of the models, Mark Bartel was posting a lot of interesting little videos and photos of his testing and progress. He is such a stickler for the details, and his work is beautiful and he definitely knows his stuff.

https://www.facebook.com/bartelamps

Like, seriously, look at his workmanship… circuit board… control knobs… and the tone….
 
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Greg Ferguson said:
I could say more about the Imperial but you said it well.

I leave mine on the lead channel, gain between 8-10, tone and mid-bite at ~5, depending on the guitar and my mood. Turn up the mid-bite… heck dime them all, and the amp is insane, and, oddly I haven't seen anyone do that in a video. So much for videos actually testing amps.

Plug in a Strat and set gain to 10, raise the tone and mid-bite to 6 and see what happens as you roll up the guitar's volume then hang on tight. Flip through the pickup selector's settings and you'll have fun. I do that occasionally at a jam I attend when I'm in a Hendrix mood.

If you have Dyna-Cabs running try the attached preset. I haven't had a chance to run with it live through my EVs so it might have too much gain or reverb, but it sounds good through my Ollo S5X headphones…
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Thank you for the preset @Greg Ferguson !
 
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