I can't get into VSTs and IRs. I've used them plenty and theyve kept me going but I prefer to record a real amp even if it's something tiny like this. A real amp even a tiny solid state just responds more naturally to me especially when boosting.
The Rage on its own seemed a bit lacking in "oomph" and I would surmise that is because the post gain was so low. I don't know your living situation but I assume cranking up an amp (even a little one) is probably not feasible. However, once the HM2 was engaged it was a perfectly usable tone, so not a huge issue with the low volume. Never owned a rage myself. My first amp was a Ampeg SS70 1x12 combo, which was way more amp than I needed as a starting musician but I am glad I had one once I got to playing shows, wish I never lent it to a friend. Have no idea where in the world it is now. :(
First amp, Marshall Lead 12 practice combo amp. I think I still have it but its buried in my dads garage. I think the HM2 would actually pair nice with that amp. Or any HM2 clone.
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I modded mine with some different value pots, a cab-out a Celestion Ten Thirty and a built in boost. Its... surprising... to anyone thats plugged into it. And yes, I use the CD jack as loop. You can't control the volume, except with the input device, but it bypasses the tone stack and gives you immaculate clean base signal. A tip for any amp, but especially these solid state practice amps, is that they all have a unique 'sweet spot'. You find it by zeroing out all the controls and one by one in isolation, slowly turn it from min to max until you find the ~25% of the range that changes the most/fastest. Then work within that range to find a tone and style that works with it.
I have a peavey rage 15 hooked up to a 10” speaker. It’s pretty good, I want to upgrade the speaker though. The cd input trick is awesome with the right preamp
All the Hardcore and Thrash guys lived for this thing, and then Shoegazers. Death? Why not? edit: The headphone jack doubles as a Line Out, it's just not buffered.
I have a red stripe efx 258. 10 more watts than the rage plus i have it housed in a 1x12 cab with eminence legend speaker. My version is the best death metal amp..the eminence legend 12 inch made all the difference honestly. I run helix preamps in front and it sounds amazing.
what makes me wonder is that when I put my 158 on Lead with my distortion pedal, then turn the pedal on I get a massive screech like feedback and I have no clue why. I've been trying to replicate the tone from Avenged Sevenfold with it but I have no luck either
Gain can only be added on top of gain for so much until it's just all the gain all the time. A great example is if you try using a distortion pedal in front of Channel 3 of the Dual Rec or similar 3 channel high gain amp. The amp is already doing all of the gain duty, so adding more gain will only boost the noise and background artifacts of your guitar pickups instead of the theoretical "moar gain". Guitar signal is only a simple voltage wave (current if you're an EE) so maxxing out the voltage (current) to the amps power section will only saturate the signal with noise and feedback. 🤘
