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I had a Two Notes Torpedo Cab M+ arrive yesterday.
This has a SF Bassman pre-amp, power amp options (6L6/EL34/EL84/KT88/Single End or Push Pull/ triode or pentode), 8 single/blended micing options, EQ reverb and gate, 32 stock cabinet IRs + loader for importing. Also tuner, aux in, headphones, DI out, power amp in, speaker out (it's not a load box).
Only had a chance to go through the presets so far. They're all clean ones, and clearly intended to be a canvas for distortion etc added separately. There's not much of use as a jazz clean out of the box, but unlike the Iridium there's so much tweakable that it can probably be coaxed out eventually. Will report back from the rabbit hole in a few days.
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08-14-2020 07:47 AM
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Do start a separate thread on the 2Notes Torpedo Cab M+, bndivine. Would love to hear your thoughts.
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Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
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Originally Posted by Spook410
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Originally Posted by christianm77
I think it's simple speaker physics. Open back cabinets vs. closed. and full range speakers versus the typical guitar cabinet.
I do compare against an older Fender Concert which is a valve amp. But also with a newer tech Roland Blues Cube Artist and a Quilter 201 into a guitar cab. (I know.. too much gear around here)
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Originally Posted by Spook410
However the audience perception of this may be different to the player... after all the way speakers radiate
in the room and so on and how amps sound from a distance etc.
I also wonder how much this has to do with what you are used to?
Anyway this is all irrelevant to me in the long run. As cool as they may be, amps that heavy aren’t going to be an option for most of us in London; this is a city that is becoming increasingly hostile to drivers. It no longer makes financial sense to drive to gigs in the centre (when and if they return.) OTOH did I mention our public transport is basically bankrupt? Should be fun.
Anyway thing that plugs into the pa or my wee TOOB and sounds good is the way to go. Perhaps I can use the Fender for out of towners. Or recording. Or sell it to someone who doesn’t gig.
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I'd like to see a roundup of these devices with just clean tones. To my ears, amp modeling has arrived with the IR technology well enough. I'm just interested in something for recording and practice. For now, I favor the Iridium.
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I'm humbled by this thread's technicality. I spent years moving away from technology to a simple guitar-lead-amp set-up. To be honest, it works and I don't really understand all these simulation pedals and don't see why I should move away from my Gibson/Mesa Boogie. What's the deal?
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Portability is the deal for me.
Also, sound engineers.
Otherwise, fine. Why not a nice valve amp?
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Is this in the same category:
DSM & HUMBOLDT SIMPLIFIER, first zero watt stereo amplifier
For me these are not useful but apparently there is some kind of market for these... (I don’t even know what is the word for these!).
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by Irishmuso
The deal is this equation: My Boogie Mark III = 80lbs > AFB + FRFR = 21lbs.
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Originally Posted by Herbie
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Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
TBH I just DI and use a plug ins; the iridium or something like it would be convenient for reamping (as probably sounds better) which is something I’ve got more into than recording a wet signal. (Take a dry signal from the guitar when actually recording. You can of course monitor through a conventional amp.)
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Originally Posted by bleakanddivine
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by xavierbarcelo
I think it sounds nice
obviously I’m not looking to simulate an amp with all its complexities in this situation. YMMV. I just record at a losing level using the acoustic sound of the guitar and a touch of monitoring
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Originally Posted by Stevebol
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Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
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Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Two notes sounded good to me.
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To my ears;
Iridium
Firebox
Two Notes
Humboldt
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A question for those of you have hands on experience with the Iridium ... As I understand it the "Room" control adds some ambiance to the sound. Is it actually reverb or something else? I guess what I'm really asking is if someone can just explain what the "room" control actually does. Would I need to run a reverb pedal with it in a live situation?
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So, I think anybody with an Iridium should really post some clips online, I'm especially interested in jazz guys using the Vox settings in a fairly classic jazz way... I'm gonna have to get one of these when I have money
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