my amp mod (and a couple questions)

[Misanthrope189]

All I can think of is that those solid state 350 watts just...can't keep up with ultimate tube power.

Cheers,
Nick

[horns666]

I think it's awesome!!!!

Put THREE in there and buiit in glory hole so you can fuggit!

That would be 1,050 watts of head!!!!


Heat Sink..Meat Pink..Shove your pud in there I think!!

[nateb]

RacerX (Ron) did not post in this thread.

I usually see Racer and immediately thinking it is Ron =) My bad

[horns666]

You should buy a set of Tung Sols for that thing!!

VANFANGU!!!!!

[jgcable]

That heatsink is keeping your internals from a melt down. Mainly.. the output transistors. Mess with it.. and you will have a box full of melted and fried parts. You can't move it.. make it smaller or add fans to compensate for it. Thats not the way SS amps work bro.
Abandon your idea. It ain't gonna work.
Well.. actually it will, for a few minutes. Maybe even an hour tops.

[jgcable]

Where are you playing where you need the volume of TWO full stacks?

I do the original band thing, and find that 1 50 watt tube halfstack is more than sufficient. I'm lucky if I can turn it up halfway before the sound guy bitches.

You guys crack me up...

+ 1,000,000,000

I wonder if he pays his roadies VERY well??

[khabibissell]

[Niccolai]

People are misreading.

I'm not going to remove the heat sink.

I don't want to run two full stacks at the same time. (just two half stacks at the same time)

One of these heads is PLENTY powerfull. (any tube purist is welcome to set their rig up next to mine and try their luck, but I got rid of a solo rec head for this rig, and it was a 100% improvement.)

The idea is mainly to have a backup head in the same chasis, and to run each head into a seperate cab so I can EQ them differently.

[mab8485]

I agree with most others here. Cool idea, but realistically, I don't think it'll work. Having 2 heads in 1 chassis and potentially dealing with alot of problems would be more hassle than just lugging around 2 amp heads.

[horns666]

People are misreading.

I'm not going to remove the heat sink.

I don't want to run two full stacks at the same time. (just two half stacks at the same time)

One of these heads is PLENTY powerfull. (any tube purist is welcome to set their rig up next to mine and try their luck, but I got rid of a solo rec head for this rig, and it was a 100% improvement.)

The idea is mainly to have a backup head in the same chasis, and to run each head into a seperate cab so I can EQ them differently.

Oh, you're treading on sacred ground now mister!!

Hey, I'll trade you my Tung Sol injected Uberschall for that Crate...straight up!!!!!






















































NOT!

[Niccolai]

Yuck! No way.

=p


You wouldn't believe how many people are skeptical of these amps, and I do get alot of shit for it, but I've played through quite a few heads (tube and ss) and I've owned a handfull of them. I am very happy with my tone with my current rig though, and I suppose that's all that matters. Crate does use some cheap component, but I have no complaints with the sound yet. It's a very good amp for grindcore/deathgrind.

Thom Kieffer put the guts of his VH/SS series ampeg amps into the Crate GT3500H head. The old Ampeg solid state guitar heads (ss-150, vh-140c) are what bands like Suffocation, Assuck, Eyehategod, Dying Fetus, Death, Misery Index, Pig Destroyer, etc etc have built their sound on and have scoured Ebay picking these things up, so some of my favorate bands made it big using amps like these.





anywho, as for the amp mod, I won't be going through with it. it would be possible to do without removing the heat sinks, and any other issue can pretty much be worked out except for two: interference from one amp to the other, and ventalation.

I think I'll probably just haveto buy a dual live-in case for them. easy as that.

[horns666]

Dude..I'm just bustin' yer grapes man..you'll get to know me better as we go..

I know about those bands..Death used Marshall Valavestate 8200s..Glen Drover still does.

"Yuck..no way"...

Dude, if you heard me playing Death and those bands thru my Uber..your grapes would be truly busted.

I'm Bill Z Bub..people know me..I have many leather bound books and my home smells of rich mahogany.

[RacerX]

So, in short, listen to Ron.

-Nate

RacerX (Ron) did not post in this thread.

Hey, it's great advice anyway!

[jgcable]

People are misreading.

I'm not going to remove the heat sink.

I don't want to run two full stacks at the same time. (just two half stacks at the same time)

One of these heads is PLENTY powerfull. (any tube purist is welcome to set their rig up next to mine and try their luck, but I got rid of a solo rec head for this rig, and it was a 100% improvement.)

The idea is mainly to have a backup head in the same chasis, and to run each head into a seperate cab so I can EQ them differently.

I agree 100%. As a matter of fact, I was contacted by Mesa Boogie because they were concerned why so many paople were trading in their Rectifiers for Crate GT3500H's.
Just kidding!!!
If you like the sound of your Crate thats very cool. I have always been a fan of Crate. Made in St Louis I believe. I would imagine that your amp is perfectly suited for death metal. At the Crate forums.. they call it the Ubershall killer. D you hear that Bill????

[horns666]

I agree 100%. As a matter of fact, I was contacted by Mesa Boogie because they were concerned why so many paople were trading in their Rectifiers for Crate GT3500H's.
Just kidding!!!
If you like the sound of your Crate thats very cool. I have always been a fan of Crate. Made in St Louis I believe. I would imagine that your amp is perfectly suited for death metal. At the Crate forums.. they call it the Ubershall killer. D you hear that Bill????

No I haven't..But on the Crate Forum I'm sure it does say that..and also performs backflips, blow jobs and cartwheels..too..

But I'd eat it and spit it out like chewed bubblegum!!

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