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Post subject: Re: DRRI Bias - from Stock GT to EH
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:37 pm
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Albert's hallmark amp was a Quad Reverb loaded with JBL D120F's. And he played with the middle control maxxed out as well. I doubt that any note played through that amp would mimic what a DRRI produces.

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I get some serious AC tone out of my 79 Strat with the Don Mare pickups and the bridge pickup selected through my Spankmaster :D you'd think it's a Tele if you heard it.


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Post subject: Re: DRRI Bias - from Stock GT to EH
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:27 pm
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Yes thanks for posting the clips Cedarblues, terrible playing, not, :D I am new to the DRRI, and to using a Tele. Correct me if am wrong but it seems to me it is maybe harder to get a great bridge pickup sound in comparison to the front and mixed positions. If you agree do you think bias can help get a great bridge pickup sound? Just wondering.

You're welcome! :) proper bias can help with everything IMO. I can get some sweet tones out of the bridge pickup, but my amp is not your average DRRI... what's bothering you about the bridge tone? Too bright? I like to keep the treble up on my amp, so if I find a pickup is too bright sounding I use the tone on the guitar, I don't like to turn the treble down too much on the amp, I feel like I loose a lot of the character of the amp. That's why I make sure my Strats have tone control on the bridge. Albert Collins who plays a Tele :) used to set his vol at 10 treble at 10 and bass at 0! He wasn't playing through a DRRI, I know, but I'm giving you an example of the tone you can get with a Tele and a Fender tube amp :)

Where do you usually set the volume on the amp? IMO it sounds kinda thin at lower volumes, specially with the bridge pickup.


Thanks, I'm only playing in the house at the moment, so the volume never goes above 3 :D I suppose the bridge pickup on it's own does sound a little thin and you're right, I have set the treble on 4 so it's fairly low. I too thought this sucked a little of the character out of the amp. I will up the treble a bit and control from the guitar and see how it goes.


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Post subject: Re: DRRI Bias - from Stock GT to EH
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:52 pm
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I play at home and the volume never goes below 7 :mrgreen: unless I'm playing my 335... I'd much rather turn the volume down on my Strat than on the DRRI. Do not be afraid to turn it up :wink: and use your guitar vol, it's not an off/on switch, so much can be done from 5-10 IMO.


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Post subject: Re: DRRI Bias - from Stock GT to EH
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:13 pm
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cedarblues wrote:
I play at home and the volume never goes below 7 :mrgreen: unless I'm playing my 335... I'd much rather turn the volume down on my Strat than on the DRRI. Do not be afraid to turn it up :wink: and use your guitar vol, it's not an off/on switch, so much can be done from 5-10 IMO.


LOL I did try that once. It certainly changes the way the guitar interracts with the amp!
Also changed the way my OCD pedal works with the amp. It's all good fun. Off topic, so I apologise but the bridge pickup on my Tele came, as new, quite a bit lower than Fender's spec resulting in much less volume than for the neck pickup. Raising it up a little has resulted in a fuller sound that is now on a par with the neck.


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