06-16-2021, 03:39 PM
(06-13-2021, 03:22 PM)Hangman Wrote: Ampegs are definitely different and often misunderstood. If you approach it differently than you do for a fender or Marshall then you’ll get better results.
I’ve owned v4s and VT22s, but not V2s. I never noticed a big jump in distortion for the treble control, but I was never really driving the amps super hard. I don’t notice that on my other ampegs with the same eq circuit either.
Hey Hangman, as you advised me, I just recorded the preamp out of my Ampeg V2.
You can have a listen here : https://youtu.be/cHi9mYHQLMU
In the first sound clip, you can hear the amp going into an IR. (equivalent to recording the cabinet). You can hear an annoying "fizzle" in the mids/treble, some kind of clipping. Even though that you can hear that the tone is clean behind. I don't really know what's happening or if it's a normal sound.
The second clip is the preamp directly going into my audio interface. And as you hear it, it is crystal clear.
So I don't really understand what is happening in the mic'ed example. Is a part broken and producing this unpleasant sound ? Is the transformer bad ? Some caps maybe ?
I hope you'll be able to help me sort this out.
Thank you for your help again.