Hi,

I'm sure there are more than a few here who have experience with this. I recently picked up a 2nd Blues Jr for a backup. I thought it might be fun to try running them together to get a more 'expansive' version of my current sound. I'm just not sure what some different approaches are, and I'm hoping that posting here can save me a few hours of trial and error. So far I've tried running out of my Ibanez AD9 into both amps, playing with slightly diiferent EQ settings on each one, and experimenting with and without reverb on one side or the other. I'm encouraged enough to play around with it more, but would welcome any advice from people who are already doing it.


Many thanks,

Scott

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I don't actually use 2 amps much, but running one dirty and one clean might be good. One with effects and one dry?

yeah kinda...one with low gain(but some gain) and one with alot of bite (crank it) use reverb out of the low gain amp, EQ to your prefs ect. im not an expert on it myself id think you wouldnt want the volume differential way too out of whack.

Dude, if you're running 2 amps you need one of these
http://www.tonebone.com/re-bigshot-aby.htm
Built in transformer to eliminate ground buzz and a reverse polarity switch so the amps or the 2nd channel if you are using it that way, are in correct phase.

great call jaydee

I sometimes use 2 amps at the same time and I second all above suggestions. One set for a cleaner, brighter tone and the other set for some distortion with more bottom. A tad of a short delay between them and you can get a huge, huge sound without too much saturation. Really depends on what you are looking for but there are myriad ways of making a 2 amp setup work for you.

And I always use the Radial Tonebone ABY, nice little unit which can help you kill ground loops between the amps.

Cool topic. I use the stereo output of the EchoTap to run two amps. I have a Lehle Dual, but don't use it as I have one amp plugged in an isolated power supply. That seems to take care of any pesky ground loops.

I have one of those Big Shot deals too, as well as a Barber Launch Pad, which allows you to set the volume on each amp & disable one amp when not needed.

Lately I've been using 3 amps; the Dr. Z Stang-Ray, my old Mesa MKIV and my even older Fender Quad Reverb.

I love the spank of the Stang, and the lead focus of the MKIV. I added the Quad Reverb to make the overall sound bigger. It's a killer setup.

I run my distortion boxes into the loops on my G-system, and trigger them from it. I run the output of the G-system to a Roger Mayer Crossroads A/B, and have one out going to the Quad and one going to the MKIV. I then run a short cable from the 2nd in-jack on the Quad over to the Dr. Z. Using the RM Crossroads isolates the MKIV from the other amps, ground-wise.

I've used this setup a few times live, and have had great luck with it. For the really small venues, I'll just bring the Stang-Ray and the MKIV, and split the signal with the RM Crossroads.

Oh, and I've also been using this setup with a Roland GR-20 guitar synth as well at times.

Holy Sheet. Do you gig with that rig?! The Quad alone is a beast of an amp.

H

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Originally posted by Headshot LLC:
Holy Sheet. Do you gig with that rig?! The Quad alone is a beast of an amp.

H

Cool rig; those Quad Reverbs are humongous, cool amp though...Albert Collins!

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Originally posted by Headshot LLC:
Holy Sheet. Do you gig with that rig?! The Quad alone is a beast of an amp.

H

MeZa

omg. My back hurts just looking at that quad. That and the super six had to be the most insane combos anyone could have thought of making. It's the amp equivalent of the 70's caddy or town car that got 7 mpg. Totally excessive, totally uneccessary and totally badass.

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Originally posted by telemonk:
omg. My back hurts just looking at that quad. That and the super six had to be the most insane combos anyone could have thought of making. It's the amp equivalent of the 70's caddy or town car that got 7 mpg. Totally excessive, totally uneccessary and totally badass.

The MKIV weighs more than the Quad (at least in it's flight case). The Quad's easy to carry around as it's easy to pick up using the upper back panel as leverage. And both the Quad & MKIV are on wheels, which definitely helps.



MeZa