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Post by porkchops on Jun 26, 2010 15:18:58 GMT -5
Will the Street Rod cover modern rock tones?
I am just looking to do a good heavy rock tone (Godsmack and the like)in a more portable package. I know the low-end will not be as devastating as the Nitro but I am okay with that.
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Post by chops on Jun 28, 2010 18:11:52 GMT -5
I would like to know this myself as I'm wanting a Nitro for the bottom end and modern tone but would just assume have a street rod if it could get close to the Nitro tone. Maybe with KT-88's it would help? Not sure if the preamp is different in the Nitro and the QR. I know the Street Rod is based on a QR so maybe a version could be made with the Nitro specs to make it more modern sounding? I'd get it instead of the half stack if that could be done.
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Post by ronmail65 on Jul 5, 2010 20:45:55 GMT -5
I don't play a lot of modern rock, but to my ears I think the SR is capable. I also have a ProMod which is considered a more modern tone. By comparison, I think the PM (a KT-88 amp) has a little more bite, is slightly more dynamic, but has less gain on tap. In general, the SR is little darker, more compressed, and has more gain.
If you have another OD pedal with tone controls or an EQ, you can tweak the gain character and tone of the SR if it's not quite there for you. I'm really happy with the SR.
As far as running the SR with KT-88s or 6550s -- call Josh or Scott and see what they have to say. I'm sure there's a way to do it.
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Post by chops on Jul 6, 2010 19:10:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the info ronmail68. I did call Josh and he said it won't work with the KT-88's. He explained it but I'm not an expert in that dept. so not sure how to rephrase it. Basically it would mess up something and be too powerful that way or something to that effect. That is a good idea about a pedal in there somewhere to maybe change it somewhat. You say it gets a darker tone which is what I'm after. I'm sure it's awesome.
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Post by porkchops on Jul 6, 2010 20:20:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply. I would probably be fine with the amount of gain the amp produces without a pedal. If it is darker than the QR then that is probably what I am looking for. I will hopefully be able to pull the trigger on a SR in a few weeks. Any suggestions on a speaker?
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Post by joshsage on Aug 8, 2010 13:59:26 GMT -5
Scott and josh both said the big block was what they recommended in them.
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I have since been corrected. They have changed and adapted the Street Rod to the Small Blocks. Thanks Scott!
Josh
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Post by richedie on Sept 13, 2011 14:12:12 GMT -5
I think modern tone has more to do with how you play. I bet if you took the Streetrod with EL34s or my Shiva for example, set it for more bass and dropped your guitar to drop C# and play the right chords.....you could compete with a modern high gain monster and still get great heavy modern rock tones for any cover band situation for example. Problem I run into with most of the modern rock monster amps like Dual Rectifiers, Diezels, Bogner Uberschalls, is I don't like em as much for playing lead and that is important for me. I also much prefer a 50 watt amp and a lot of those high gain modern monsters are 100 watters. The Uberscahll is 150 watts!
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Post by sasquatch on Sept 21, 2011 10:32:36 GMT -5
A good EQ would be a good place to start IMHO since the SR is more compressed and saturated than the QR (at least that's what I've read). I played Boogies for years as well as a Framus Cobra and to me one of the signature sounds of a lot of these types of amps, besides massive saturation and compression, is mid-cut. I think setting your EQ to what Boogie always calls the "Flying-V" will give you that mid-cut. Don't know that you'd get the signature low end "chugga-chugga", but you might get close enough for rock n' roll.
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