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Red,
Try swaping those Groove Tubes for a good set of Svetlana 12AX7's. I've
heard rave and poor reviews of the CT amp. Some sound great, some
complain of the same poor sound like yours . If it still doesn't sound
good after a good tube swap, off load it and fix your Marshall.
Chris
red_thundr wrote:
>
> Hey out there,
>
> I just got a new Fender Cyber-Twin amp, and I'm really jazzed about
> using it with my Strat. I used to use a DigiTech RP300 pedal and a
> clean Marshall 8080V amp, and that gave me the sickest most incredible
> surf tone, even with a cheapo Mexi Strat. Believe me, everyone was
> asking me my secret, but I'd just point to the pedal. I even had a
> guy with a $5000 custom rig calling my little setup the "Holy Grail",
> honest.
>
> My main reason for switching is that my 8080V is dying and I'm not up
> for getting it serviced, plus I'd heard many good things about the
> Cyber-Twin and I got it at an incredible price.
>
> Now, I'm trying to dial in this Cyber-Twin and I'm finding out that
> the tubes have a mind of their own. While the reverbs available are
> incredible, it's dialing in of the uneffected base tone that is really
> difficult. There is a midrange "quack" that I can't get rid of, and
> there's a definite shortage of bite or presence. I used it recently
> at rehearsal, and the Cyber just doesn't cut through easily on tone
> merits alone, I have to crank the volume to painful levels to
> compensate. Even then, it's muddy and indistinct. I even tried
> Fender's "Hang 10" surf sound preset, but that was really muddy too.
>
> It just seems to me that the DigiTech RP300, in trying to emulate
> tubes, inadvertently created some really cool tonal element and feel
> that tube amps can't compete with. While the tube element has a very
> nice organic feel to it, it lacks the immediacy and consistency of the
> RP300.
>
> Does anyone have a usable patch for the Cyber-Twin that I can try?
> Else, I'll be forced to run the Cyber dry and use my RP300.
>
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