stevebonamassive wrote:Iv been thinking of using my marshall dsl and my fender supersonic by blending them together the same way as joe does .
i would like to know how i can do this step by step!!!
how would i do it using a 2x12 cab!
Do the amps have to be the same watts? marshall 100w fender 60w
anyones advice would be much appreciated! thanks
steve
I'll lend a helping hand here (love your sig name BTW). Okay I'm assuming both of the amps are heads? So step by step here's what I would do...
1) You will need a STEREO cab. There are plenty of them out there but unfortunately most of them are 4x12s. Being that your Marshall is 100w you will likely need a 4x12 cab. Another option is to buy a Marshall 1936 cab and put EV12Ls in there.
2) You need to have a really good amp selector ABY pedal to avoid phasing and ground loops. Voodoolab makes a great one, as does Radial. Joe also highly recommends the Lehle units and I also believe he uses the ones by Palmer. Most of them are going to cost you around $200 so suck it up and drop the cash on a quality one. Ground lift switches are a BIG PLUS.
3) You need 2 speaker cables (duh)
4) Pedals and pedalboards... You have to figure out which effects you want feeding one or both amps. If you want an overdrive to hit both amps you must place it prior to your amp selector. If you want it to hit one for example Joe and his Fuzzface/Superlead, you must run it after your amp selector and into the specific amplifier. A great Joe Bonamassa survival kit would include:
a) Tuner- I like the Planet Waves or Korg ones. Peterson Strobostomp if you have crazy money to spend on a tuner...
b) Wah - Hard to beat a standard Vox wah for tone and value
c) Tubescreamer - TS808 RI or TS9 on a budget. I also highly recommend the Fulltone Fulldrive 2.
d) Fuzz - run this to your "variable amp" (Supersonic). The Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz is cool, and I also like the Tonebender stuff out there. The Fulltone Catalyst is a pretty sweet pedal and very tweakable. Also the Octafuzz has some gnarly fuzz tones.
e) Delay- Boss DD3 for digital or Ibanez AD9 for analog on a budget. Both pedals sound great and are very reliable. Also if you need a bunch of different delays the Line 6 DL4 is pretty good. Run the delay through the effects loop of the Marshall.
f) Reverb- Your Marshall has some which helps but you may need some for the Supersonic. I like the Spring Chicken reverb or the Fuchs Reverb unit. Also Joe recommends the Boss Reverb pedal.
g) Chorus- you don't need anything really fancy here. A TC SCF would be nice but they are so expensive. I just picked up an Ibanez CS9 and it sounds very very good. The Boss Chorus is also decent on a budget. I'd run the reverb/chorus through the effects loop of the Supersonic to create a width and "spread" to the sound.
So lets recap:
Marshall DSL- Green Channel mild crunch overdrive. Slight reverb dialed in with the delay in the loop.
Fender Supersonic - Bassman or Burn channel set for moderate overdrive and sustain. Think smooth Dumbley or Robben Ford type tones. Also the Reverb/Chorus pedals in the loop of this amp.
Tubescreamer- boost both amps
That should get you close to what you are looking for. I hope this post has helped.
'67 and '74 Fender Twin Reverbs, '74 Marshall 1987 lead mkII, Metro Superlead 100. Pedals from TC Electronic, Ibanez, Dunlop, BK Butler, Electro-Harmonix, Fulltone, Maestro/Gibson, Loopmaster switching, VoodooLab, Boss. Gibson and Fender guitars, Dimarzio pickups.