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Re: Dummy Loads, Line Outs, and thangs like that
doug,
>I know you have much experience with Rivera amps and racks of gear,
well..... i use one rack w/4 single-space units in it.....
i do use a rivera m100 head, quite often, which was modified by paul
rivera
sr.
>so
>I
>thought you'd be a good resource for this question.
we'll see!
8-)
>I have a Knucklehead 100 watt. I also have a GR-1,
gr-1 is a roland synth-gtr unit w/hex-pickup?
>2 EDPs, and some other
>stuff, that encourages me to run a stereo setup.
right.
>My current preference
>is to run stereo into 2 JC-120s. But... I *love* the tone and
>flexibility
>of my Rivera, and am exploring ways to get it into my setup.
gotcha.
>My goal is to
>treat the Knucklehead as the tone shaper of my guitar signal, while
>keeping
>my synth guitar and stereo capability.
there is at least one alternate path --- if yer willing to haul everything
around:
dual mono or 3-point stereo:
gtr> knucklehead> dedicated knucklehead cab
(line out of knucklehead> small mixer)
(gr-1> small mixer)
(edp's on fx sends @ small mixer)
(small mixer out> power amp ins of 1 or 2 jc120's)
this separates the tone and soundsource of the gtr from the synth and
loops
etc; in this case, if you have (for example) a thd hotplate, you can
control
(& balance) the overall output level of the kh w/the controls on the
hotplate
(www.thdelectronics.com) while sending a consistent level to the
loop-dealie.
(NB, though: using the hotplate to drive your kh cabinet at only
'whisper'-levels will not allow the kh speaker cab to contribute to your
sound.....)
>I'm toying with the idea of doing
>this:
>Guitar -> GR-1
>GR-1 Guitar Out -> Knucklehead (preamp) -> KH Effects Loop with a few
>goodies -> KH Effects return -> KH power amp -> KH Line Out -> GR-1 Guitar
>Return
okay.....
>GR-1 Stereo Outs -> the rest of my stereo setup, including an EDP on each
>side, ending into two JC-120s
sounds reasonable, but then you'll not be getting the best out of the
knucklehead through the 'high-efficiency' jc-120's, i think.....
>This will require me to have a dummy load on the Rivera.
right; and most dummy-loads still require the amp to be connected to an
actual speaker cab.....
>1st question
>- any
>experience with the common dummy load devices? Any idea which will give
>me
>a true dummy load, while maintaining the beautiful tone of the Rivera?
quick answer:
well, there's no quick answer to that.
if you wanna maintain the sound of yer kh, yer gonna need to play it
through
a suitable spkr cab.
i have, myself, a few pathways to that end:
1) my current setup uses the thd hotplate: very good-sounding & reactive,
very flexible w/a variety of selectable spkr-output-levels and one pure
dummy-load,
2) my rivera m100 has a built-in switchable dummy-load, which does the job
well so long as the line-out eventually ends in a suitable gtr spkr-cab,
and
3) a switchable dummy-load w/compensated line-out made by mark bartel (of
toneking amplifiers) that functions much like the rivera, but in a
transportable box.
i don't know if this'll help ya, but over the years i've developed this
system as my 'direct-recording' rig:
gtr>pedals>toneking comet 40 amp & cab>thd hotplate(set at -12dB, so
there's
still some gtr sound in the room)>ada ampulator (reactive power tube
tone-shaping)>small mixer (loops, fx, etc)>ada microcab2 (speaker
emulation)>
recorder.
>2nd question - do you have success with taking the Line Out from a Rivera,
>running it through rack gear, and going out to other guitar amp(s)?
that has worked for me, in the past, but:
i would think that jc120's are not gonna be the perfect match for what i
presume is the KH's original tone.....
but:
experimenting is the *only* way to find out what might work for ***you***!
>Is
>my
>tone gonna sound like doo-doo? I can't really test this until I have a
>dummy load.
as far as i can tell, the 2 major available choices would be:
1) the thd hotplate (which i quite like, myself), and
2) the palmer stuff..... ( available at http://www.palmerdirect.com/ )
hope that helps!, and sorry if it doesn't.....
best,
dt / splattercell