Full length amp rig Demo (Page 4 of 6)

That's cool Alex, I had a feeling that it would be hard for you to wait .  Okay, here's exactly how I set mine:

I'm plugged into the HI Input

Volume-7 (pushed in, not pulled out.  That is the bright switch when pulled, sounds FANTASTIC for cleans, but to me I can hear some unwanted treble on my OD tones so I have to comprimise)

Deep switch- OFF (the Marshall has PLENTY of thump already, but it does sound okay with the deep on, worth a try on your rig when you get your cabs)

Mid Boost-ON
Rock/Jazz-ROCK
Treble-5
Middle-7
Bass-5
Drive-4
Level-2 ( you can set this wherever, just depends on how loud you want to be!)
OD trimmer- 9 o'clock (from looking at the back of the amp)
Master (your clean volume) - 2 (you'll want to match this or make it slightly less than your overdrive sound to get a good level match to the OD tone)
Presense-0 (I hate extra treble, it makes more of a Mesa Boogie type sound when you start to crank this up, adds more of that Boogie "sizzle" on the notes.  Not my cup 'o tea)

    I use the DSL's clean channel and HRM's clean channel at the same time (since they both share EQ's I basically get the same sound just really clean ) hence the modded Footswitch, but for my OD sounds it's the Marshall's Crunch channel and the Ceriatone on it's gain channel with the mid boost engaged.  The green and red light on the pedal should both be on with the green being the mid boost.  You can reference the video for the effects and stuff, really not needed but add icing on the cake .
     
       And that's pretty much it man.  It's what works for me but don't let it prevent you from experimenting.  I tried to copy Joe's settings off of his Van Weelden...NOPE.  WAYYYY TOO LOUD, and sounded pretty bad for my personal rig.  I had to go with my own settings but I'm glad I did because it's a great sounding amp.  Congrats Alex and Derek, welcome to the OTS HRM family!  Check out www.ceriatoneforum.com for more info and threads on the amps.  Off to work boys...

          -Justin

Very cool guys. Looking forward to a nice, long, GAS-inducing video clip

You guessed right Justin. I sold the Jub to a close friend of mine.
I had to do this as I needed the money to finance the HRM.
And as you said, I'm very happy with the 2550. No point for me to keep the Jub.
But my friend live close to my place so it will be still around.
The Budda will stay for the first. One more unused amp.
I also have a Marshall 1974x which I almost never use.

I find gigging with too much stuff annoying.
Especially if another band gigs before or after you.
Too hectic too build up the rig.
My plan is to use for the big gigs the two ceriatones, the 2 cabs
and the pedalboard. Then at least 3 guitars. Enough to carry around...
For smaller gigs I use only one 2x12 cab (stereo, each amp to one EV12L)

I will probably not have any clips on tuesday because I have to put the speakers in
and configure the whole amp family and see if my plan with the speaker choice works out.
But I will defo make some pics and report about the results.

Alex

Thanks Mat, no I haven't miced my stuff up yet because for the last few years I've been a fulltime student/worker 7 days a week so I haven't gigged this thing yet.  I was hoping that it's loud enough and big enough sounding to not need a mic .  If I had to mic it though, A Shure SM57 would be my first mic choice and I'd like to use two optimally.  However, most sound guys would prefer to only have to use one and in that case some experimentation on placement would be neccessary.  I would probably distance mic it inside the baffle towards the center of the cab inbetween the two bottom 12'' speakers maybe 6'' away or so.  That way it could pick up both amps and you wont get that super biting treble from micing the center of the speakers.

Thanks for the flattering compliments, but no I have not done any multitracking or pc recordings of the rig.  I would like to learn how to do something like that, like what kind of PC--->guitar interface I would need and how to download the backing tracks etc.  Also, what are some good recording software that you don't need 4 years at FullSail to learn how to operate?  Any suggestions would be cool.  Thanks in advance!

        -Justin

Any PC suggestions?  I would mainly need a decent but user friendly Pro Tools type of program and a mic --> PC interface right?  The whole PC recording thing is a mess...I was lucky enough to figure out how to operate a friggin' camera and put it on Youtube!  I'm decent with guitar gear, anything else...it's pretty pathetic.  Thanks for sharing how you record though.  Any more suggestions?

Mat, sounds like your rec stuff is good enough to prevent latency.
I have to admit beeing a pc recording idiot.
Tried several times to get familar with cubase or samplitude but for some reason
it just wont work with me. Even ok hardware. Maybe I loose patiance with the gazillion parameters and midi stuff.
I had the idea of recording song ideas by programming the drum pattern, playing a simple bass over it
and then the guitar stuff. Maybe I'll pick this up again one day.
I roughly can work now with garage band on my mac and play over a backing track.
But the inbuilt amp models doesn't sound that good.
Here i'm like Justin, I rather stick with the real gear which I can handle way better...

Alex

Good stuff Justin. I like the "Tea for One" licks. Hey, did you buy your Ceriatone (?sp) from their Website. Kind of a strange website, only pictures of parts.

Tom