Re: Amp for guitar and keyboard?

[stanitarium@earthlink.net]

in my simplified mind and love of tube amplification-you will lose the 
characteristics and tone of that rivera unless you throw another rivera at 
the end...power amp in.
lots of guitarists do that and it a way to continuitize(!) your unique, 
singular tone.
staninsanfran


>Hmm, that might be a bit problematic. I am trying to accurately reproduce
>the tone of my Rivera, and I want to find an amp that will not color the
>tone too much. The echoplex is only mono though, so I think the tone will 
>be
>affected no matter what. I wish it was stereo, so that I could send the
>synths to one input, and the guitar to another (throw a tube buffer in 
>line
>before it hits the amp).
>
>Here is my current setup.
>
>Rivera line out -> Rane sm82 mixer -> echoplex -> whatever amp
>Softsynths -> Firebox -> Rae sm82 -> echoplex -> whatever amp
>
>
>
>On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Travis Hartnett 
><travishartnett@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I've been using a Roland KC-300 for a while, it's a full-range 
>"keyboard"
>> amp with four inputs.  However, if you're using a guitar amp to generate
>> your guitar tone, you'll probably find that an accurate reproduction of 
>the
>> signal from your line-out on the Rivera doesn't sound like the amp, 
>since
>> the power section and speaker color the guitar sound more than a little.
>>
>> TH
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:12 PM, marcus kirby <nrvana8775@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to find an amp that I can run in stereo with my rivera
>>> knucklehead. I will be running the line out of my rivera, as well as my
>>> softsyths, into my echoplex. I was wondering what kind of amp would be 
>able
>>> to accurately replicate the tones. I don't need it for a monitoring 
>system,
>>> just for myself.
>>>
>>> I've been looking at the roland jazz chorus, or some of the larger 
>cubes,
>>> but I don't know if they can handle the frequencies of the synths 
>(minimoog
>>> and arp). I know that the ideal amp would have a 15" speaker, but that 
>would
>>> require me buying an amp, and then a 15" cab.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions from people who do this live?
>>>
>>
>>