I had the volume of the Ampeg V4B a little over 3. Which is fairly loud. Beyond that point you only get more and more drive. But of course it is only a 100 watt amp.
The Orange AD200 is a whole lot louder. I haven't tried the slave output of my AD200 as a DI yet.
Did you use a passive DI box for the slave output Rob? I'm curious of using it on my Orange.
No, just a balanced stereo jack plug into the amp and on the other end an XLR straight into the desk. The result was so good I immediately made a balanced Jack plug for myself to use live on stage. I remember telling Chris P Dekker this last summer. Because he too needed a pre-amp out for gigs. He doubted if that would work on the Orange AD200B Mk3 he has. Maybe Chris can chime in and tell us if it worked? Chris, are you there?
Some of you may remember the modification I did to the Epiphone Jack Casady Signature of mine. Those who don't: I replaced the Elektar pickup with a Gibson Lo-Z pickup from a Les Paul Bass/Triumph.
Recently we (Superfloor) finished our new album. And there's one tune that features the JCS. I used the middle setting of the tone selector. The treble rolled of just a bit. Plus I used my Ampeg V4B (1972 I think) and an Eden XLT210D cab.
Three signals went into the soundboard: - a DI signal (Avalon U5) - a microphone signal (can't remember type nor brand) - the external amp out on the back of the amp. Which is officially meant for a slave amp. But it sounded surprisingly good.
Our good friend Rob Lamothe joined in on the second part of the song. I always think Floor and Rob is a very special combination.
Show Posts
