I've decided my rig needs to go stereo, my mobius and timeline are both begging to be used to their full potential and now I'm the only guitarist in my band I'd like to broaden my sound by adding another amp.
I'm wondering what amp would best compliment my AC30HW2. The Vox is on the normal channel set just at the point it gets a little hairy but still 'clean' so I'm thinking something with similar volume but actual clean would pair nicely.
An option suggested to me was the 68 Custom Vibrolux Reverb. What do you guys think?
EDIT: The Vox has greenbacks.
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You can do some really interesting things in Stereo by putting different effects in each channel.
I've seen a guitarist who had a stereo rig, where the (very) driven tone had a slow, deep tremolo and the clean had a delay. It was sort of chaotic, but sounded really good with the song.
I've used a V.1 100W as a stereo complement to other amps and it's worked really well.
I'd toyed with the idea of selling the 30 and getting 2 handwired 15s to run in stereo but I really think I'd like some sort of contrasting tones.
Pedals are already used for my gain stages, the Vox is clean with just a touch of very light grit if I really dig in.
Sick As MK2 for low gain
Rook for higher gain
What are the contrasts going to be? I mean, you'll get a ping pong delay, one side will sound different to the other, same with reverb and mod. I'd understand if you were going to be playing with them both on at the same time, one amp could fill the EQ void left by the other, but your plan sounds like you want a stereo field for the pedals to use. In that case, I'd definitely have another Vox.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
If you’re fixed on stereo, two identical amps make more sense. If you go wet/dry then two very different amps might be better. I run a 65DRRI and a JTM45(ish) in my wet/dry set up. Does sound great, particularly if I’m the only guitarist (apart from the quality of my playing of course).
There’s no right or wrong answer to this, just depends what works for you.
As far as I understand it, I set the volume insert to be after my dirt pedals, before my mobius and timeline. In the volume insert goes the Humdinger, and then take my dry signal from that to the amp 1. I then use output 1 to take my wet signal to amp 2
That way, both amps receive my dirt pedals, and only amp 2 gets the wet stuff.
If I'm only using one amp at home or at smaller gigs I just use the wet output.
I played a Vibrolux today and really liked it in the low input of the Bassman circuit. I think it would go well with the AC30.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself