!!! Justin thanks man...Sounds massive. Can't wait for Cygnus to port to my FM3 to try it with the new PVH amp block. Testing on my real 5150 and my FM3 on 3.02 beta for now. Any reason the 414 didn't make the cut? I like blending that mic on the M20 pack.
Yes!!!! I am on this like stink on
Well done. Well done!
Cygnus doesn’t play around.
I think you’ll love the 5153 cab. There’s something very special about it, and my beta team came back with glowing reviews, so I’m very excited about this one and can’t wait to hear what everyone else thinks about it.
Hahahaha! Thanks man! To be honest, I didn’t even try the 414 on that cab. There were several mics that didn’t make the cut. I find that the 414 can get really cloudy in the low end and extra fizzy in the top end without EQ’ing it, so I went with the Neumann TLM 49 in its place to have something a bit more balanced and usable. If a mic needs a lot of EQ to sound good, it’s the wrong mic for the cab.Yes!!!! I am on this like stink on
Well done. Well done!
I completely agree! I’m going to make some Plexi clips with it, but felt like using a 5150 head was an appropriate choice for the first clip. It really does sound like an older cab with vintage Greenbacks, and the low end makes it a great pairing with thinner sounding Plexi amps.
I think several factors come into play on why the 5153 sounds so much better than the MRSH M20. The updated capture method plays a big role here, but I also think a large factor is that I only used the MRSH M20 cab on a single tour, so the speakers aren’t as broken in as they are in the 15 year old 5153 cab. The MRSH M20 will get the V2 treatment sometime in the future, but I have a lot of other great cabs and speakers I’d like to capture first.Just A/B'd to the M20 pack and the EVH sounds punchy and clear on the typical 57+121 mixes. The top end just pushes out a bit more without the need of additional help like with the M20 if you're looking for more voice range. It has a good amount of thump without the bottom end boom. Justin, do you think this is more due to the newer V2 captured methods unlike the M20 or more the cabinet or both? Is the M20 going to be updated with a V2? It's still great but I am really digging this EVH pack alot and I haven't even gotten to the single mic captures yet to listen closely on them. Having fun with just the mixes at the moment.
My last note in the post above talks about this. Technically, the EVH and the Heritage M20 Greenback are the same speaker but with different plastic covers on the back. If you’re talking about the differences in packs, the 5153 isn’t as sizzly as the M20 and has better midrange definition along with more mics, an updated capture method and honestly, a better sounding cabinet.
I felt the same way when I made the demo clip. I just used the PVH Block model and set the EQ knobs and Depth at 6 (presence at 0.30) and pulled up Mix 01... done. I didn’t even audition the other mixes when creating that tone. It just works. It also sounds pretty awesome with the Plexi 50w Jump model.Bought VH20, loaded the Mix 01 and boom! Not sure if I'll even bother trying the others.
That’s a good question. I’m always experimenting and changing things up because each cab deserves its own treatment rather than a copy/paste approach. I think possible future V2 packs would be the MRSH M20, DXVB, ZILA, and maybe the MES TRAD.
