|
|
Joined:
April 2008
Posts: 2336
Location: Brighty in Blighty | The Compact 60 has two inputs and I wonder what it would be like putting the 1/4" jack output into one channel and the balanced XLR into the 2nd channel.
Also I think I would get bigger bass. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2008
Posts: 2336
Location: Brighty in Blighty | OR...
Adding a 2nd CUB to the Zoom A2.1U to run in stereo. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2006
Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Another alternative would be to use a small personal mixer in front of the Cub. I use two Acoustasonic Jrs when playing in stereo. The effect is splendid, but nobody is ever going to convince me to swap the Cub for a replacement. Supplementing the Cub, o.k., but never outright replacement. AAD had a booth a NAMM. Some amazing products. The Cub is now available in a vintage looking tweed, too. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2008
Posts: 2336
Location: Brighty in Blighty | Here's the thing. I like the sounds I'm getting from the wood tops thru the Zoom and CUB however the 1680 sounds very weak and thin.
There is an Adrian Legg video where he has that classic Adrian Legg tone and he is using a shallow bowl Adamas and going straight from the pickup to a sansamp box with the amp sim off thru a zoom 9000 (cheapo old) FXs unit and the sound is HUGE and that lovely 'sticky' electric Adamas sound. I had a 1597 (for about 10 days) and even that had a 'better' instant Adrian Legg tone.
I **********LOVE************ the feel and tone of the 1680 unplugged just sounds weak when plugged in.
HELP!
I've been using 10s and gonna try some 11s... |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2002
Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | "Man Up" on the strings . . . |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2008
Posts: 2336
Location: Brighty in Blighty | Will do sir, will do. 11s going on right now, next up 12s. But I'm sure Mr Legg said one time that he played with 10s. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
February 2002
Posts: 5750
Location: Scotland | When I bought my Cub the choice was between that and the compact 60. If I didn't own a bunch of outboard the AER would have won. The AER has more bells and whistles but on sound quaity and room coverage the Cub is vastly superior and has comparable if not better bass response. If it ain't broke don't fix it. AAD are now doing some higher powered Acoustic amps with more features. I'd check those out first. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
February 2002
Posts: 5750
Location: Scotland | The other thing would be, instead of trying to replicate someone else's tone, you could try to develop your own. The world already has one perfectly good Adrian Legg, and another would be superfluous. Nothing wrong with having a benchmark, but it should be a reference point rather than an ultimate goal, otherwise you just end up a poor second. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2008
Posts: 2336
Location: Brighty in Blighty | Fair point, I'm not after his exact tone but want that to be part of my sound...at the moment I'm not anywhere close.
For example listen to the Kaki Adamas tone, a similar sort of Adamas sound, I'm just trying to get closer to those tones, surely no harm in that. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2006
Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Based on pics and her one appearance in Denver, Kaki uses a few pedals and a Fender tube amp on stage. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2002
Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | ". . The world already has one perfectly good Adrian Legg . ."
As does Heather Mills. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2008
Posts: 2336
Location: Brighty in Blighty | Hahhahah |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2003
Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | That was generous very of Adrian.
I had no idea. |
|
| |
Thinking of swapping the AAD Cub for a AER Compact 60
