Name:    florian
Email:   wenz@arch.ethz.ch  
Subject: more overdriving
Thread:  20
Time:    Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:45:17 GMT

hi steve and all,


i just read your reply to the overdrive question and i have a similar thing im trying to understand.


i own a 212HD-130 and a RD-100 head that i run through an old 70s 410 fender cabinet, both a very different sounding amps as to overdrive sound qualities.


im very happy with the RD-100 and the way it sounds through the high gain channel. sort of like a SF twin reverb on steroids. i dont quite understand how this overdrive works, is it the solid state preamp that is overdriven or the 4xEL34 power stage?
it feels like the power stage because you can easily find settings where you can play the guitar soft and clean or distorted by just hitting the strings harder. this is my prefered mode of playing because the overdrive thus becomes part of your musical expression.


the HD-130 i just aquired lately and im not so happy with. it has sovtek replacement tubes and the original musicman speakers (EVs?). the highs sound really harsh and the bass end is kind of flabby and it is difficult to get a clean pleasant sound out of it. this improves somewhat if i run it through different speakers. it also seems to me that it overdrives to early at medium volumes and the overdrive is rather harsh and "solid state" sounding. any ideas how i could get this this amp to sound warmer?


many thanks!


florian


ps: musicman rules!