Ampage Inquiry Help

[vwall]

Well, im no amp guru so i could use some input..

Last nite at band practice, I cranked up my Mesa Dual Rec a little louder than normal and the tone just seemed to SQUASH!
The cab (4x12) sounded muddy and it sounded like a cheap rig.

What Im wondering is why?

It sounds so warm and smooth before I tuned up the vol.

Is there something I need to do to compensate for when increasing volume to get that sound i had before???

Input please...

[power freak]

Re: Ampage Inquiry Help

Originally posted by vwall guitars:
Last nite at band practice, I cranked up my Mesa Dual Rec a little louder than normal and the tone just seemed to SQUASH!
The cab (4x12) sounded muddy and it sounded like a cheap rig.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">By Squashing do you mean compress? This is waht happens to all amps when cranked. Although the tone should Warm up rather than go the other way! Did you compensate the gain when cranking? The gain should be reduced as the volume is increased for a less grainy sound.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Re: Ampage Inquiry Help

here is a link to another recto question where i went off in proper tone with these amps.

just read my posts and try that. its the only way with recto's IMO.

http://www.jcfonline.com/ubb/noncgi/...;f=12;t=001642

[vwall]

Re: Ampage Inquiry Help

Thanks for the link bro!

I will check that out this weekend.

Hmm, i guess squash is a little obscure.

When I turned the amp vol louder, the sound seemed more broken up, less warm and more garbled and distorted- not in a good way..

I did not reduce my gain to compensate for volume..