Mack amp and my SX Strat

[Robert]

I played fairly loud on this clip. I tried to give an idea what the Fender CS '54 pickups sound like too.

 

[SuperSwede]

Its a great sound! The mack amph tone is quite compressed, me like

 

[Robert]

SS, thanks. You know what, I think my camera microphone is doing that compression, due to me playing fairly loud. I suspect it is automatically changing its sensitivity based on me playing soft one second, and hitting the strings harder the next second. The jump in volume at such situations makes the camera squish the volume a bit. At least that's what it seems like to me. What do you guys think, am I right? The only thing to do is to record at lower volume, I guess.

 

[duhvoodooman]

Yeah, that makes sense to me.

Amazing how good a $100 guitar sounds! 'Course, it's got a $150 pair of Fender CS pickups in it, too!

How would you describe the playing feel of the SX vs. your Suhr?

 

[MichaelE]

My camera does the same thing. Turn the audio auto level off and try that. You'll just have to be sure not to overload the DSP.

 

[Robert]

Thanks MichaelE, that would make sense. I'll look in the manual and see what I can figure out.

Vood, it's a huge difference. The SX feels cheap and awkward, compared to the Suhr. The SX sounds good though, but it needs work. The frets need to be leveled, the bridge needs work because it doesn't stay in tune, the electronics give me static crackle noise, etc. Basically, the difference in feel can be compared using a 486 with DOS, compared to a brand new Mac! You can type on both but ...

 

[oldguy]

Sounded great, even with the camera squishing the volume some. It shows the pure, clean tone the Mack is capable of. That amp sounds great cranked like that.
(nice playing, too, btw.):AOK:

 

[sumitomo]

Nice Robert,I like the neck middle,for me that is a great tone.Sumi

 

[piebaldpython]

Damn, that Mack really smokes. Nice playin'. That new Mack GEM is callin' my name pretty loud.

 

[bigG]

Great stuff, Robert! Tone(s) and playing! A powerful argument for anyone considering the Mack Gem! oke:

 

[helliott]

Great tone and playing. What does the amp sound like driven a bit?

 

[Robert]

Thanks, volume was almost half way up. All the way, it's honkin' loud and more dirty. This video has the volume all the way up towards the end (at about 9:20).

 

[ibanezjunkie]

that heatseeker sounds great when its cranked.

i cant find anything on them...EL84s or 6l6s? or maybe KT88/77?

 

[tunghaichuan]

that heatseeker sounds great when its cranked.

i cant find anything on them...EL84s or 6l6s? or maybe KT88/77?

It's similar to a Marshall 18W circuit, it uses two EL84s.

tung

 

[Robert]

Go to Mackamps.com and read about it - http://www.mackamps.com/products-Heatseeker-HS18/

 

[tunghaichuan]

Interesting. The first 12AX7 has its triodes in parallel. The classic 18W circuit uses the triodes cascaded one into the other give lots of preamp distortion. Not so witht the Heatseaker. Parallel triode configuration is supposed to be fatter sounding (though less gain) than cascaded configuration. It explains why the Heetseeker is cleaner sounding than 18W circuits.

tung

Go to Mackamps.com and read about it - http://www.mackamps.com/products-Heatseeker-HS18/