Sonic Maximizer reccomendation ?

[emperor_black]

Well, Isn't it supposed to be the "lazy man's eq" ?

seriously, boost high and lows, contour knob...seems its an active eq of some sort...

[DonP]

Well, Isn't it supposed to be the "lazy man's eq" ?

seriously, boost high and lows, contour knob...seems its an active eq of some sort...

It changes the phase relationships of frequencies so that they hit the speaker at the correct time, according to BBE.

[roodyrocker]

Would the BBE 422A Sonic Maximizer, 2ch work well with a
Marshall JCM 800 2204 Lead series with 2x12 Avatar cab with
1-v30 and 1-G12H30.
I never used one.
Would it work with my head?

I don't see why not. I used a 422A in the late 80's in my rack, still have it to this day. Granted I ran it in stereo but all you have to do is use one channel of it for your JCM 800. I also used a simple, single button footswitch available at any music store to turn the thing off/on depending on how I felt while playing it live

[neverdunn]

I have an older BBE 862 that I used with my PROGAP to add some definition and life to a ADA B200s I was using for power. It worked well with that set up as long as you kept the settings scaled back. When I switched to a Chameleon and Peavey 50/50, it became more of problem and I pulled it out. I found it overkill with the tubes. My tone become far more lively without it.

Works great on my PA though........

[///MK]

I have a 422A I use in my rack and I love it. Works great with the ADA 3TM Preamp I use. Agree that it seams to work best in stereo applications. and is fantastic for adding punch to PA Systems.

[Learn Guitars]

The Stomp brings my Marshall DSL to life. It did nothing for the Crate BV I had. But also works well in my Fender Supersonic