alphadog808

I may have an epsi(my spare)loaded with tons of IRs for sale...

I might be wrong, but I believe the ownhammers(at least) have mics and power amp choices. But yup, no cab recording or eq.

You might also want to consider a Logidy Epsi, it will allow you to load IRs and it's stereo(I just go mono-I think Torpedo is stereo) and it's cheaper, about $200 new. I, like many others, was hating my tone and all the work and tweaking... and was ready to sell my HD500; until I used the Epsi. As many agree, the cabs seem to be the weak point. Once I had the Epsi, it was so much easier to dial in what I wanted. No fizz, no weird, loose bottom end. I have the Epsi in my effects loop, that way all my outputs on the HD500 have the IRs. I go through an Alto ts112 and have one xlr from the HD500 go to the house. I did a few clips a while back, maybe it might help. This was my original patch before I got the Epsi https://soundcloud.com/alphadog808/original-jcm800-patchno-epsi Then the patch with the cabs off and Epsi on https://soundcloud.com/alphadog808/jcm800-patch-with-epsi-on Then I took another forum member's patch and this is his original, no Epsi https://soundcloud.com/alphadog808/joel-no-epsi Then I removed his cabs and added the Epsi https://soundcloud.com/alphadog808/joel-epsi Note, it's not really the Epsi that makes the difference, it's the IRs that do. I was using Ownhammer ones, but I can't remember which one. Hope it helps. Oh, and I think one potential downside of the Epsi is that you won't be able to change cab IRs per patch. It's more of a choose one IR and roll with it. Doesn't bother me, but some users want one IR for clean, then one for lead, etc. I think the torpedo will allow you to change IRs on the fly.

Well, I checked last night, one was set to RF2, the other one is older and didn't blink so I think that's RF1. I changed the other one to RF1 and we'll see if it gets better...Thanks for the heads up.

Hey guys, I have a G30 set up and it's been running fine. So well, that our bassist got a G30 bundle as well. Even though we were on different channels(I was on 6, he was on 1) I noticed that when I walked past him while he was playing, it would drop out. I think we temporarily remedied it by making sure that when I walked by the bassist was closer to his receiver than I was. But shouldn't this not matter as we are on different channels? Note, the dropout happened 3 times...always when I walked past him and his receiver...

Alto TS112A...I use both left and right inputs, but I just have the same signal on both channels. Chose it due to price range and stellar reviews from others. That coupled with an epsi sounds miles better than my previous am setup.

I have a ts112a with my HD500. It sounds great and isn't too big/heavy. One thing to mention...YMMV, I wasn't getting enough volume with one 1/4" cable going to the alto...so I did 2, one from left and one from the right on the HD500 into the alto...now it's loud...and sounds good :)

Never mind...

Yah, I used to have it before the amp. it was harsher. It's more...integrated, less harsh, almost airy now. Then again, I have an epsi after it, so that might make a huge difference.

I dunno man, whenever I use other people's patches, I'm super disappointed. :( But in a nutshell, I'm using the divided by 9 amp just with some break up and then a tubescreamer after the amp....Tone on the TS is pretty high but the treb and lows are about 50%. Gain is about 65%.

Thanks for the confirmation...I guess I'm not crazy! :D Hurg, I have an Epsi in my loop, so the cab emulation is actually after the pedal...It's like...static around the notes...but it's kind of in a nice way? Hard to explain.

Hey guys, Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried putting a drive pedal(TS) after the amp in their chain? As weird as it might seem, and you'd never do it in a real setting, I tried it the other day, and man...it sounds great to me. This was for a higher gain blues thing, like a SRV/John Mayer kinda thing. It's weird cause you can really hear the clean side of the amp and also the gain from the pedal at the same time. The only thing is that I noticed that there is a...kinda fuzz around the sound, so you don't get a really smooth tone...just wondering if anyone else has had success doing stuff like that...

Weird, I thought the same thing, but it didn't affect my rig. Then again, I did have guitars set for both inputs.

I also had this problem. Using the pad switch(on) fixed it for me. I guess my Seymour Duncan JB was too much signal for the HD500...

Please let me know if you get this resolved, I also has/have issues with feedback at higher volumes. I've done a lot if testing, and I noticed that using the pad switch and distance from the amp helped the most. I am running in line mode and stack mode on a hd500.