Frank,

Here's an alternative: if you are looking for more bass consider replacing the Super Champ XD and extension cabinet with amp simulation/multi-fx unit. It will give you much more tonal/spectral control, and there will be a much lighter gigging solution in the end. You can take out the Super Champ XD - leave it at home basically, and swap in some kind of multi-fx/amp simulation.

Take your pick on the brand, there's really no terrible makers of these. You'll be surprised at how much they sound like the classic amps. Nearly every brand, whether it's Digitech, Line6, Zoom, Boss, Vox, Fender, simulates the twin reverb, bassman, plexi, ac30, jc120, etc.

A question I would have for you is how you end up mixing your amp sound with the L1 sound. Buying more speakers for the guitar amp can be counter-productive, as you add more 'punch' with the amp/cab combo, you are going to have to balance that with your sound from the L1/backing tracks/vox.

You can do an easier job of controlling the whole mix out of the L1 just by itself by running amp simulation into it, instead of mic-ing the guitar amp. And it's going to lighten your overall load by probably 50 lb (if you leave the Super Champ XD and an expansion cabinet at home).

Here's a little sample of my Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Reissue, in 'Strat' mode and simulation of a twin reverb, if I'm not mistaken, using my Zoom G5 multi-fx/amp simulator:
https://soundcloud.com/rockstar_not/tim-fatchen-ravensea-collab

Here's a different 'song' that I wrote one night just messing around with the minor 4 - someone posted on a forum that with this song I had won the 'Golden Pick Of Destiny', as a joke - and I recorded the song as a sort of a joke, but again, this is purely amp simulation:
https://soundcloud.com/rockstar_not/the-golden-pick-of-destiny#t=1:28

This was my old Fat Strat into a really cheap amp simulator - the Behringer V-Amp 2. https://soundcloud.com/rockstar_not/scott-lake-cerulean-sky#t=2:28

What kind of tone are you looking for? Is it as simple as needing more bass response? Why not just give a try of putting some type of EQ after the mic into the L1?





Last edited by rockstar_not; 03/01/15 05:33 PM.
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