Full Stack Cabinets- Slanted and Straight

[swarfrat]

That Marshall MG412 I bought for $100... I'm still contemplating gutting the baffle, and making it a 2x12 that's the size of a 1965A. (Since 1966A's are kinda scarce).  Kinda sorta related to the topic, since it gets a slant top with a ton more breathing room per speaker inside.

 

[TBurst Std]

While I can understand the desire for a full stack, you do realize all that great tone you have heard live for decades are delivered by PAs.

 

[Torment Leaves Scars]

And here's some other trivia!  Chrysler did NOT have the first hemispherical-headed engine, Ford did!  Did you know that Ford and Chevy both offered 427ci engines?

Ford first offered a hemi in 1947.

Hemispherical cylinder heads have been used since at least 1901; they were used by the Belgian car maker Pipe in 1905 and the 1907 Fiat 130 HP Grand Prix racer.
The Peugeot Grand Prix Car of 1912 and the Alfa Romeo Grand Prix car of 1914 both were four valve engines also, Daimler, and Riley were also using hemispherical combustion chambers.
Stutz, beginning in 1912, used four-valve engines, conceptually anticipating modern car engines.
The BMW double push rod design, taken over by Bristol Cars, the Peugeot 403, the Toyota T engine and Miller racing engines are other examples.

D'OH!  You sure are right!  I'm going to go back to my corner and sulk now.  :doh:

Get ready to pull a Marty McFly:

Nearly had that happen to me a few weeks ago when a buddy visited!  He brought his full-stack and it was cranked up to about 8.  He plugged in and nearly shook the house down.  He scared the hell out of himself, his girlfriend, me, and my four cats.  :laughing11:

While I can understand the desire for a full stack, you do realize all that great tone you have heard live for decades are delivered by PAs.

Indeed, I do, but a PA system is a bit too much for a music room unless I planned on mic'ing up the entire house!  :toothy12:

 

[jackthehack]

Understand the appeal of the look of a full stack - or wall of them for that matter - but in regards to "all that great tone you have heard live for decades are delivered by PAs." you'd be surprised how often the actual sound came from a SuperReverb or other smaller amp hidden behind the wall of full stacks and miked...

 

[Torment Leaves Scars]

Understand the appeal of the look of a full stack - or wall of them for that matter - but in regards to "all that great tone you have heard live for decades are delivered by PAs." you'd be surprised how often the actual sound came from a SuperReverb or other smaller amp hidden behind the wall of full stacks and miked...

When it comes to Rock 'N Roll and Metal, NOTHING would surprise me!

 

[swarfrat]

More often than not it comes from a tube screamer plugged into an amp throttled way back, well below any possibility of the power section or even phase inverter clipping.

 

[Torment Leaves Scars]

More often than not it comes from a tube screamer plugged into an amp throttled way back, well below any possibility of the power section or even phase inverter clipping.

Stupid question, but would it benefit me to pick up a tube screamer, even though I already have a tube amp?  I'm always looking to add something to my sound.  Right now, I have a Digital Reverb, Super Chorus, Tera-Echo, DS-1 Distortion, and a Dunlop "Original" Wah.  Given the super-high amount of gain I get from the head, I do not use the DS-1 with it, I only use it with my Crate 1x10 (solid state) and Crate G.212 (solid state).

I have a Pedaltrain pedalboard and my goal is to fill the entire thing. arty07:

 

[swarfrat]

I happen to like TS  and it's descendants as one of the few distortion pedals I actually like. Rat, Sans Amp. That's about it.

While there's a lot of truth in it, my comment was mostly made in sarcasm. Oh I play non master volume 100w Marshalls...  on 2 with a distortion pedal. But my amp at least is all tube and isn't polluted by master volume or any sort of throttling.

 

[Cagey]

I love "polluting" with the master volume. For many years, I preferred that distortion to anything I could get out of any box. Much more natural and organic sounding. In fact, I rarely ever even owned a distortion box once I got a real job and was able to buy better amps. Maybe an overdrive from something like an MXR 6-band GEQ when I could tolerate the noise, but that would be about it. I was pretty much a plug straight in kinda guy, with the exception of some delay/chorus here and there.

Of course, back when I started playing, distortion boxes were pretty crappy. A "Big Muff Pi" was considered a Good Thing. So, that's kinda what put me off the things. Nowadays, they make much nicer units.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I find the TS to be very polarizing.  Some swear by them and would never dream of not using one (or 2) of them in any rig.  Others think they are the worst thing ever made.

 

[Cagey]

Yeah, that's been my observation as well. I had one at one time and couldn't get next to it. Made things sound too "artificial" for my taste. But, I could see how some could like it. I know some pretty famous people have used them to good effect, so it's not like they're useless. Surprisingly pricey for what they are and what they do, though.