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[UK Brian]

Hi friends one and all, for two days now I have been using my guitar>Samson wireless>Magicstomp................and then comes the new bit............i'm using our bands PA system set FLAT everything on my channel, if I want the shadows sound ( which I do for most all my instrumentals ) I just use the bridge setting on the guitar and the appropriate setting on the M/stomp.
I have not got the details of the make/type of Pa system we have but I will post if required,

I now have for sale one Peavey VK100 head, luvly conditon, never had the amber liquid spilt on it at all, it is....as new..

and a beautiful hand crafted cabinet with 2 x 12" neods.

one lead HA HA to tie em together Ha Ha Ha

I am over the moon with the bell like tones I can now achieve in the upper register..roll on next session

Cheers

Brian

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WELL HI ''PHANTOM''-- ER'R'R- I mean UK BRIAN,,, DO you happen to have a horse named ''SHADOW'' out back or a dog named ''devil'' OR have gotten you mixed up wth another fella who's been there& '''back'' sorry mate HA.HAAAR.. not really Mr.WALKER''' !!
WELL that great new's to me not your sound so much as the fact you are doing-it ''GREAT-NEW'S-MATE & I am also pleased you have gotten your ''sound as you like it to be...& feel up to doing it!!!!!!!

I have to tell you brian that whilst you have been away;''CROOK'' charlie has helped me get the sound from my ashton valve amp-head & that's also GREAT,A real honest to goodness vintage sound,, ...

MAYBE that's what your VK 100 needed ,but goodonya-brian & good luck on your next ''SESSION'' & take-it-easy,,,, CHEERS.......................barry..

[markymark]

Hi Brian

I would be very interested to find out what make your pa etc is a s I plug directly into my Mackie pa via a pod. I`ve never tried flattening the EQ etc on my channel but I will have to give it a go to see what I get!!

Cheers

Mark

[UK Brian]

Hi Mark, our gear is stored away from home so it will be a few days before I can get the info, as you may be aware I am housebound at the oment unable to drive, so I rely on other ppl picking me up, but no prob I will get the info
cheers

Brian

[UK Brian]

Hi Mark, as promised here are the details of the PA system we use

Our pa system is as follows : Alto L8 ( 8 channel ) mixing console,
we use powered speakers Alto PS4-LA
The Alto PS4-LA feature a 200 Watt amplifier on the 12 bass driver, and a 70 Watt amp for the high frequencies. The 1 HF compression driver has a polymer diaphragm and is horn loaded via a 90°x45° flare horn. Limiter protection is via analogue electronics, never really felt short on power and as I said before, we run 2 x keyboards my guitar and 3 mike’s...........

The tone I am getting is a real dream, But I did flatten the controls on the mixer unit, the way I did it was as so, set magic stomp at NO EFFECT, and by pass on my compressor, there you have it, I hope this is of some help, about time I put a little something back on here..

Cheers

Brian

[peterbower]

Brian
This is very interesting and good news for you.

We have a guy at my Shads club who plays through the PA with just his Long Tom echo in the loop. He sounds streets ahead of any one else with that sound. No body can put their finger on how he gets such an authentic sound from a tranny powered PA.
It is uncannily better than any of the valve amps members bring along. Maybe there is a lesson to be learnt here and we are all missing some thing?

Peter

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Peter,
I should think that part of the reason is that valves are involved in the Long Tom.
Regards,
Charlie

[peterbower]

Hi Charlie

Your probably right about the valves in the Long Tom.

Peter

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''G,DAY'' -MATE-[brian] sorry to hear you can't drive as yet ,but glad to see you motivated to supply that info for other's here, ..
You are a ''surviver'' brian & with your dogged- determination & get up & go attitude you are a winner & will beat that undeserved illness!!!!

ALL THE BEST brian .......................barry..

[UK Brian]

Thanks Peter, yup I guess we are all missing something, I avoided this setup basically because there were NO VALVES and always understood that we needed a valve amp to get the sound we were after. the sound I am getting now is as good a sound as I have ever had, and I included the days in the 60's when my Vox AC30 was all I ever had, that amp was a blinder, it got chucked around our van along with all the other stuff a 5 pce group carts around the country, and at time we were doing 3 gigs in one evening, I remember Bernard Manning use to always say "right lads when you done her I want you over at the Yewtree then off to the " and I can remember t'others he used to send us to, so no time to let valves cool down before moving the amps.
But as for the pa sound I got to thinking some time ago, that using an amp simulator then putting that signal thro another valve amp didnt quite seem the right thing to do, and now here I am without my Vox Tonelab in the chain, it was just complicating the issue, so as a start I left it out, no doubt I will give it a whirl in the near future and fill you in with the results, in closing I will just say that I am happy with the sound I have now, as a bonus it sorts out the balance between instruments as far as volume levels go, brill

Cheers

Brian