Only 3 times??

are you gay or something?

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ok so first off im not a gear head...that said

@ def or dislexic mostly(cause they know all)
where is a good place to start with as far as getting a rack goes?
what exactly does a rack do(completly creats the sound, just kinda shapes the sound from the head...?)
and you use a rack with the head right

oh and what goes into a rack i know its gotta be different for all but just a general idea would be nice

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Well, I have to be easy on you, or the harem...i mean, your friends would get all jealous.

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a rack is an amp built from a preamp and power amp in the most basic case. so there is no amp head involved.

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it is! but just wait untill I get a powerball! \m/

the savage is going to be my home amp, its great because you can crank it a bit without blasting all the walls to the ground...

a good place to start is getting a rack case

a 'basic' rack would be a pre-poweramp configuration, thus meaning you have a seperate preamp and poweramp much like my own rack, its the simplest form. But even this combination can get really expensive depending on what you get in your rack.

the preamp shapes your tone and the poweramp just amplifies it.

BUT. the poweramp is important for your tone too, getting a kickass preamp with a shit poweramp will still sound shit, and vice versa.

theres different types of preamps, SS, semi-digital (with a tube in it to colour the distortion) and full tube. I like full tube the best because of their true tube tone, but some people prefer semi-digital ones because they're more versatile in most cases. (more setup options)
And then there's midi preamps, but I won't get into that because that's prolly not something that you'de need to know, midi is for top knotch gear like the new engl e580 preamp. that'll set you back a lot of money though.

Ofcourse you can expand your rack with a lot of crap, like stage tuners (Korg DTR), sound shapers, fx units, eq's, you name it. you can get as crazy as you want. But if you want to start a rack, start out with a good pre and poweramp and build up from there if you feel the need for more options.

yeah, well actually we've got some empty rooms, which I could rent you haha.

the sweet engl deals are all in germany though. ebay.de baby...

yeah, but we gotta speak german to know what the hell theyre talking about right?

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well yea

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yeah, hey def, if i paid you to buy a savage or something for me and ship it to me, would you?

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totally


totally


totally... i can't stress the importance of the poweramp enough.... i kinda like super high wattage s.s. poweramps because they're sooo clean.... but i also like alot of tube poweramps.



with the different types, i think this needs revising.
s.s.
you have digital s.s. ala line 6...
or analog s.s., like tech 21
tube,
you have "valve"/"hybrid" which is either a digital or analog s.s. signal using tube(s) for more warmth, color, and gain.

or... you have true tube... which is just an all tube signal.


alot of preamps have midi... the mp-1 has midi... and it's cheap as fuck(though top notch imo).
so does the jmp-1. and h&k access....

the e580 and e570 are just to kick ass to not have midi, because if they didn't have midi people would shit there pants over how you could make such an amazing preamp and not give it a feature like midi.




totally

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Nah, because you never know what might happen with shipping and you won't have ebay buyer protection then.. And ofcourse a european amp won't work in the US, you'de have to get it changed to a different voltage and shit. (my poweramp had a switch for that, I don't know how my Engl top works, but it probably needs something changed)

as for preamps with midi, IMO only preamps with a lot of options have midi, right? like the mp1 3tm, jmp-1, acces, triaxis, etc. a simple analog preamp usually doesn't have it, though the high end analogs do have them from time to time. the ADA mp1 is allready considered top knotch here because you pay a lot for them over here. the 3tm was the only one I ever saw in real life even. its more of a shred preamp.

not really.. hell, your engl 620 preamp has midi right? it's only two channels with a shared eq. one of the cheapest they make/made and it's pretty old too huh?

my old bogner/hafler triple giant had midi... it was a three channel analog tube preamp.

some mesa preamps like the vtwin rack i had can have mods to have midi mapping installed on the back... though mine didn't have that feature and i didn't wanna pay for it a the time(i was still a pedal guy).

it's not all preamps with savable presets, though almost all of the preamps with presets have midi, it'd be retarded not to.

with some amps/preamps it's just a feature for channel switching...


they're cheap as fuck around here... modded or not... it's a very high preamp, excellent for shred and metal imo.

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My 620 didn't have midi, the higher version of it had, it did have the ports on the back so I think it could be modded for it?

most simpler preamps don't have midi, like those simple marshalls from back in the day, soldano's, rivera's, you name it. Most boutique preamps don't even have it, though if you look at the top end models, they often do have it...

I've played the mp1 3tm, I didn't like it much, but if you're into shred its neat, for metal, meh. not enough of an agressive punching tone. But ofcourse I'm spoiled at that aspect..

oh shit, i forgot you have different plugs. Damn, well i guess the prices there arent that good. 1.666 euro is like 2000 american.

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ahem... keep in mind that's a Savage special edition your talking about and thats a shop selling it, it's new.

a normal savage 120 would go for that in the US man.

prices here are way lower, I might be buying a powerball this weekend for 1000 bucks with flightcase and engl footswitch.

you guys can't even get a new fireball for that

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3759777619&rd=1

580 allready for sale.. damn.

yeah, but isnt mesa stuff over there really expensive?

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Yes.. but who wants a Mesa when they have Bogner's, Engl's, H&K, Deizel.. ect

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how does a rack differ from just a head anyway?
can i run an eq through my head? or do i need a rack for that? if i can what would be a good one also how drastically will it change to the tone of the head?

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