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Topic: Combo amps popularity. Why? |
Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Jun 2018 6:59 am |
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[quote="George Kimery"]
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You often can't get the specific sound of a combo amp in a split head/cabinet due to differences in cabinet configuration and speaker mounting.
If I build a cabinet for the chassis of a combo amp and build a speaker cabinet the same size as the combo amp cabinet and take the speaker out of the o!d cabinet and mount it in the new cabinet I just can't believe I would be able to hear the difference. I wouldn't do that anyway. I would just use the old combo cabinet and speaker as my extension cabinet.
If I would go to a different size cabinet or a closed back or used a different speaker, then I would expect it to sound different. I just don't buy into the idea that you can't get the same sound from a split system that you can from a combo. Even if that is true, different could be better just as well as worse. |
When I split my NV400, I had Rick Johnson build a cabinet forthe head. I was going to have him build a matching cabinet, but funds became an issue. I still use the NV400 cabinet for the speaker. I currently have a Telonics speaker in it that I don't like half as much as my Black Widow 1502. But, it's a whole lot lighter.
I do set it to my right on a case I have for it. I also have a pedal board that sits on the head. Everything is within reach, and I can see every knob on every pedal. With my back and hip problems, I can't bend down to adjust pedals on the floor. I rarely run into bad problems fitting on stages.
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2018 1:20 pm
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| I just don't buy into the idea that you can't get the same sound from a split system that you can from a combo. Even if that is true, different could be better just as well as worse. |
So you don't agree, but then if you DO agree it might be better?
It sounds like you really don't know. But having done countless combo splits (and head/cab into combo conversions) for players over the last 50 years - and having studied acoustic theory - if you change the cabinet configuration you *will* change the sound.
I never said it would be worse - but it won't be the same.
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1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2018 1:28 pm
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| Jim Sliff wrote: |
| But having done countless combo splits (and head/cab into combo conversions) for players over the last 50 years - and having studied acoustic theory - if you change the cabinet configuration you *will* change the sound. |
Nowadays, the sound in the room is more dependent on mic placement than cabinet selection.
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2018 6:10 pm
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| Nowadays, the sound in the room is more dependent on mic placement than cabinet selection. |
Well, that does assume the player is 1) out doing gigs in 2) venues that have sound systems 3) with engineers that understand mic placement.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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