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Post by sentient6 on Jan 29, 2009 0:43:49 GMT -5
I cant find very many videos of the competition. I know the guys from Killswitch engage have used Splawn amps before, probably the Nitro. Im hoping to get a competition but im worried about getting a brutal tone at a bedroom volume. I am so exited about getting an amp thats this kick ass but other heads, even at 50W, have let me down at room volume. any suggestions? I bet with an overdrive pedal and on the 25W setting I could rip it up!
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Post by natemeanie on Jan 29, 2009 1:16:30 GMT -5
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Post by sentient6 on Jan 29, 2009 1:32:35 GMT -5
Awesome! so im guessing that you can push the amp a bit further with the loop volume knob if no effects are hooked up. Is that how it works? The idea of owning a Splawn just keeps sounding better and better!
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Post by Ayton(e) on Jan 29, 2009 11:12:28 GMT -5
I think you might be the same fellow that wrote to me on YouTube, so I'll just answer in here.
The Competition is definitely good for metal. It's percussive, dynamic, aggressive, and tight. Really, it can be made to sound very angry. I just wanted to mention a couple of things. The Triode setting (30 watts) will not give you bedroom br00talz; it's a softer, smoother, more lyrical sound in that mode, without the pissed-off dynamics of full power. Very warm. It's beautiful, but brutal chug-chug palm muted riffs won't punch out of the speakers like full power. For bedroom br00talz I think you'd do much better with the loop trick mentioned above.
The other thing: have you considered a Super Comp? Seems if you're looking for that harder metal sound in a single channel, 50-watt amp, the Super Comp might be a better choice than the Competition, as the SC is basically a baby Nitro.
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Post by jesusdriven on Jan 31, 2009 19:04:44 GMT -5
Awesome! so im guessing that you can push the amp a bit further with the loop volume knob if no effects are hooked up. Is that how it works? The idea of owning a Splawn just keeps sounding better and better! You should still be able to use effects in the loop while taming the amps overall volume with the loop level knob. most effects units or pedals normally have their own output level control. I use an Ernie Ball Jr volume pedal, along with a Rocktron Xpression effects unit in the loop of my Quick Rod, and it sounds great. You need to have the lead channel volume knob set to at least the 9:00 (clock face) position for the amp to sound it's best, but that would be way too loud for many places with out the volume pedal in the loop trick. |
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Post by Panties on Feb 1, 2009 17:21:53 GMT -5
I use my Comp for deathcore styled music. It can easily pull it off. However i do feel like that style of music could benefit from a little more emphasis on the lower mids, just so those palm muted power chords would have more umph behind them. Not that it's laking with the Comp though. The Comp will undoubtedly wipe the floor with with most any other amp you're likely to encounter. Especially at metal! It has a very Lamb of God tone to it.
I find the voicing of the amp a perfect match for thash styled metal. It's a very bright amp. Very tight too. It really ;shines on those fast thrash style licks. every note is clearly defined and articulated. I feel it would be right at home with the technical deathmetal styling of bands such as Psycroptic, TTEOTD, Despised Icon and Neuraxis. It really nails TTEOTD tone when boosted with an OD808. Although I rarely use it because there is soooo freakn' much gain on tap with the Comp as it is.
If you're looking to get that really chunky Whitechapel-esqe sound, I would seriously look at the nitro. Never played on myself so I can 't really say much except that the nitro will likely be my next amp for the just that reason.
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Post by Panties on Feb 1, 2009 23:00:05 GMT -5
So I just tried bedroom levels in triode with the 808. I wasn't impressed. Sounded good at high levels though.
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