twisteramps??????

[Hetfield]

what would you insist on me getting for heavy metal???????

im so confused..

people told me the 5150..offered nothing
crate voodoo-offered me nothing
Ampeg--offered me nothing-
marshall-offered me nothing...
mesa-nothing

please help

[toejam]

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[img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] I think I'm confused now. All of those amps have been used for metal.

[jgcable]

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If those amps gave you nothing than I would think that my Carvin Quad X /T-100 would also give you nothing. With the possible exception of the Blue Voodoo, all the amps are totally "metal" approved. It is tough to find more gain than a Mesa or a 5150 could dish out. My Quad X has more gain than either but not much more. Sounds to me like you might need a Marshall JCM800, a Boss Metal Zone and a GE-7 to get the distortion/gain you are looking for.

[Ace]

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There are people who dislike every amp. Any one of those can be dialed in to a "metal" sound. Of those the 5150 gets the highest reviews around here, but I've never cranked one.

[Twisteramps]

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Originally posted by Black_Label:
what would you insist on me getting for heavy metal???????

im so confused..

people told me the 5150..offered nothing
crate voodoo-offered me nothing
Ampeg--offered me nothing-
marshall-offered me nothing...
mesa-nothing

please help

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What did you NOT like about the amps above?

Pete

[jgcable]

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Agreed, I had a 5150 for around 1 year gigging live and I never had it past 5 ever. Total heavy metal amp and sick crazy loud. It was a real monster. Only 2 reasons why I sold it.
#1. to fuggin heavy (it was a combo)
#2. horrible dry lifeless clean channel. I have heard that the 5150II fixed that problem.

[StuTDavis]

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Black_Label,

If you tried all those amps but didn't hear the "metal" sound you want out of any of them in any form whatsoever, you might have ears like mine. I don't hear the full metal sound I like out of most amp heads or combos, either...they just don't do anything for me by themselves. I resigned to the fact that my taste in sound requires a lot more than just an amp by itself, or a rack preamp by itself. The only amp heads I've heard/played that got me anywhere close were in the ridiculously-overpriced range hehehe. I eventually went the overcomplicated rack route and eventually found pretty much exactly what I was looking for. You might find that you have to do the same in the end.

Stu

[Jeremy]

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My Marshall TSL100 with Boss GT6 gives me a perfect metal sound. [img]graemlins/band.gif[/img]

[raymo]

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Originally posted by Jeremy:
My Marshall TSL100 with Boss GT6 gives me a perfect metal sound. [img]graemlins/band.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah most people's amps give em the metal sound they want. My DSL 401 gives me the metal sound I want. Poor Black Label just cant find his in any amp tho.

Have ya tried Egnater, VHT... Randall, Diezel.. hmmm others?

[Chuckracer]

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Yup, sounds like its time to go to the next level, ie; Bogner Uber, Ecstacy, Soldano SLO, Diezel, loaded VHT, and so on, or as Stu suggested, high end rack stuff.

[Newc]

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ADA MP-1 with an EQ unit in the loop into a tube power amp into a 2x12 cabinet. 4x12 cabs can get muddy, or just plain too loud to be useful. A pair of 2x12 cabs like the Carvin VE212 with a Twisteramps power amp and the MP-1 and external Parametric EQ unit will give you what you want, without the outrageous cost of a Bogner.

If you're one of the less-fortunate can't afford to throw money into the big boutique amps like Diezel and Bogner, try spending a weekend with the setup I mentioned above.
Higher price does not guarantee you'll be happy with it.

Newc

[ November 14, 2003, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Newc ]

[raymo]

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Originally posted by Newc:
If you're one of the less-fortunate can't afford to throw money into the big boutique amps [...]
Newc

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ya mean like us normal people? [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

[Newc]

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Yeah, us normal people [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Must be nice to be able to drop a coupla grand on a boutique amp [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Hell, I'd be happy as a necrophiliac in a morgue if I just had a band to use my "low end" stuff with [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Newc

[Hetfield]

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they never had a black label megadeth sound at high volumes....

i was impressed by the bogner and by some randall amps....
oh yeah i played a carvin and i loved it too....

just want something for a cheaper price...

hey jgCable....carvins are great for distortion....maby they are my sound....never knew that til here not too long ago.......thats why i want yours.....i just wanted more info....

[Hetfield]

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NEVER MIND.....

I found the amp with the sound i want ..
killer distortion and hella' Bass

Behold....

the :
RANDALL CYCLONE....

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