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Where is that speedo pic
Picked up a used HDRX 20 Thursday.
After being disappointed with the tone of the mt15 I was certain this would be a different story.
Wife was home Friday night so I had to play quietly. I found running amp at low master volume produced a sharpness or glassy tone that I wasn't really fond of. I decided to try the od pedals I own but never use and discovered a decent tone. Blues driver pedal sounded best out of the ones I tried. Had to shut down for the night so there are a few more od pedals to try yet.
Saturday I was able to make aittle more noise so I set it up using my weber attenuator then into 1960a cab with g12-65s.
Getting master up above 75% completely changed the amp. It lost that sharpness that I really dislike, in fact, it turned the amp into a bass monster which is nice for a change since harsh is how I describe most of the amps I've been through so far.
I actually feel like I am making some progress in the quest for "my amp".
One very pleasant surprise is while HB mode with McCarty is very full, the bridge split sounds fantastic. No compromise either way. Bridge split through this amp is something I can use!
I have several cabs loaded with different speakers so I will run it through all of them and see what happens.
I've also been playing with a variac and I'm mainly using it to get voltage to manufacturers recommended level but I did pull it down to 110 just to see. Wasn't a fan, amp lost a little gain and tone was not as good as 120 vac.
So....at this point I'm excited. I have been asked to do a show with a band that is playing a club thats hosting a RAGBRAI stop. Those are ALWAYS fun so this HDRX 20 couldn't of come at a better time.
I will spend more time getting it dialed in and prepping for this summer show coming up!
After being disappointed with the tone of the mt15 I was certain this would be a different story.
Wife was home Friday night so I had to play quietly. I found running amp at low master volume produced a sharpness or glassy tone that I wasn't really fond of. I decided to try the od pedals I own but never use and discovered a decent tone. Blues driver pedal sounded best out of the ones I tried. Had to shut down for the night so there are a few more od pedals to try yet.
Saturday I was able to make aittle more noise so I set it up using my weber attenuator then into 1960a cab with g12-65s.
Getting master up above 75% completely changed the amp. It lost that sharpness that I really dislike, in fact, it turned the amp into a bass monster which is nice for a change since harsh is how I describe most of the amps I've been through so far.
I actually feel like I am making some progress in the quest for "my amp".
One very pleasant surprise is while HB mode with McCarty is very full, the bridge split sounds fantastic. No compromise either way. Bridge split through this amp is something I can use!
I have several cabs loaded with different speakers so I will run it through all of them and see what happens.
I've also been playing with a variac and I'm mainly using it to get voltage to manufacturers recommended level but I did pull it down to 110 just to see. Wasn't a fan, amp lost a little gain and tone was not as good as 120 vac.
So....at this point I'm excited. I have been asked to do a show with a band that is playing a club thats hosting a RAGBRAI stop. Those are ALWAYS fun so this HDRX 20 couldn't of come at a better time.
I will spend more time getting it dialed in and prepping for this summer show coming up!