what are some good amps that blend or combine the two channe

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:57 am

*channels?

my peavey deuce has 2 channels which can also be combined, which is all sortsa fun. why don't all two channel amps have this option?

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:24 am

Sunn Beta Lead did this amazing well.

As much as I love my blackheart, and as much over kill as it was for a "practice" amp... I miss it desperately.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:30 am

are those about the same era as the deuce (late 70's early 80s)?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:46 am

Big fan of the jumpered inputs, here.

Trayor YBA-1s (weapon of choice) do this fantastically

Ampeg SVTs, too

Fender Twins

and of course, Marshall JTM45s

There's plenty of others, too...

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:28 am

gaybear wrote:are those about the same era as the deuce (late 70's early 80s)?

Yessir.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:36 am

embarrassingly enough, i dont know what jumpered jacks are?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:42 am

Whoops, where I come from, people say "jack" to mean "input".
Essentially, plugging a jack bridging the two channels on these two channel amps allows you to blend both channels' (bright/normal) high/low gain settings by means of seperate volume controls. I thought this is what you were referring to.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:46 am

actually I'm jumpering my sovtek now. however the blended sounds suspiciously just like teh high channel.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:54 am

Try plugging your guitar in the bright-high and jumpering the bright-low to the normal-high.

Anything?

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:56 am

laterallateral wrote:Whoops, where I come from, people say "jack" to mean "input".
Essentially, plugging a jack bridging the two channels on these two channel amps allows you to blend both channels' (bright/normal) high/low gain settings by means of seperate volume controls. I thought this is what you were referring to.

i'm not sure, honestly.
i guess i've never actually used blend, just combined.
por ejemplo, my deuce has 2 channels, 2 inputs. one input is normal, where i can switch back and forth from the pedal. the second input, called 'automix' allows me to switch channels, but also to have both on at the same time. does that make sense?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:58 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:actually I'm jumpering my sovtek now. however the blended sounds suspiciously just like teh high channel.

Shit, do mig 60's have 4 inputs?
How are you doing this? Y Splitter?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:00 am

gaybear wrote:i'm not sure, honestly.
i guess i've never actually used blend, just combined.
por ejemplo, my deuce has 2 channels, 2 inputs. one input is normal, where i can switch back and forth from the pedal. the second input, called 'automix' allows me to switch channels, but also to have both on at the same time. does that make sense?

Yeah, totally. I think the Automix function jumpers the channels internally instead of having to bridge them with a jack cord. Same thing, more efficient.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:11 am

laterallateral wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:actually I'm jumpering my sovtek now. however the blended sounds suspiciously just like teh high channel.
Shit, do mig 60's have 4 inputs?
How are you doing this? Y Splitter?

no 2 inputs. I had mike build me a custom switcher taht does A/B/Y with built in saltboost. I then had to jumper the low so that it's always on, because normally when you plug into the high it shuts it off. so both the low and high have cable coming out running to my custom switcher.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:21 am

Oh. That's pretty neat. Too bad blending doesn't make that big of a difference with your amp, though I guess this generally works better when you can control the channels' volumes independently.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:23 am

laterallateral wrote:Oh. That's pretty neat. Too bad it doesn't make that big of a difference with your amp, though...

If I had sperate volume control I could turn down the high and shape it a little better. The problem is the high gain is so out of control demonic on the mig 60 that it totally over powers the low.

You can still here a difference, oddly it's a bit more bassy with both active, just not as colorful as I'd like it to be.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:27 am

Maybe pop a volume pedal between the A/B/Y switch and the High channel?

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:28 am

laterallateral wrote:Maybe pop a volume pedal between the A/B/Y switch and the High channel?

Fuck, why didn't I think of that...

Know any cheapo volume pedals? Does behringer make one?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:30 am

POW!

Looks cheap but set it, forget it, right?

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:40 am

love this thread.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:01 am

i got a rogue volume pedal that sucks butt.