Viet_Hetzer
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I wil be buying RM4 and the matching power amp in the future, and I thought I had all my perfect modules picked out until I started reading about them on this forum. I have questions about them.
Can the Tweed, based on the fender Bassman, get nice and clean? Can I get a full, thick, warm, and also a ice cold edgy tone from it?
This is what I originally had picked out:
Tweed - for clean. If it can't do clean then a Blackface.
Plexi - for the overdrive and light bodied crunch, for you know, my "Bliss by Muse sound." Or Hendrix.
A XTC - for a bright hard rock, solo or even a rhythm tone (
And a Recto - for you know, that gnarly evil tone.
This is what I'm looking for:
Clean - Bell like, full, warm, plenty of mids (but not so much you can't scoop them), clean, and when overdrived, edgy. I need dynamics and the "Clean module" did not seem to stand up to that.
Something for overdrive/lightbodies crunch - Warm, and enough bass for a creamy tone, but I don't want it TOO thick. I want a module that I can boos the treble and mids, pull down the bass, and get a good cutting sound, but isn't ICE PICK, DIE EARS DIE. The plexi seemed perfect for this. The clips on the Randall website showed that it was smooth but still had some bite to it. Perfect examples are Hendrix's preamp distortions, Muses older stuff (like on OOS). Must work well when a fuzz pedal is smacked into it.
Hard rock/metal - Something with punch, and grind, and of course, must have a tight low end. I need something with a lot of crunch. Hot enough to possibly be used for metal, but nice enough for "rock." Nothing really over the top evil. Just balsy. I am not looking for what is described for the next module. I would think a SL+, or even a XTC, since both have a lot of top end cut and sustain. Noisy too.
Rawr - I need something to give me that roaring tight focused low end. You know, like in the Rammstein song Te Quiero Punta, or Keine Lust, when they really dig in the distortion makes this thick tight...it's hard to explain. And when you REALLY cut out the mids and boost the treble and bass, you get something like in Zerstoren or early rammstein (Du Hast) The Recto seemed like the right choice but I noticed that many people claimed it wasn't very tight, and I noticed that the sound clip on Randalls website was rather dull and loose. The Ultra seemed tighter. However, it could be many things, such as the mic, right? Or how they adjusted the power amp? I realize such a hot sound won't be super super dynamic, but I don't want a compressed Dimebag Darrel sound. Again, think of Rammstein. Dynamic but full of sustain and RAWR.
If there are any signature modules that would suit me better than the standard ones speak up. Since they don't cost too much more.
I'm looking for a basic set up, as of now I don't want a module that's actually two in one, unless I need more than 4 tones.
I ran another search and some people are complaining that their older modules give them a fizzy top end when they crank the gain up. If I buy new ones am I going to get any of this as well? Will I need to mod them? I know I ask too many questions D:
Thank you for reading my long post. I appreciate it.
Can the Tweed, based on the fender Bassman, get nice and clean? Can I get a full, thick, warm, and also a ice cold edgy tone from it?
This is what I originally had picked out:
Tweed - for clean. If it can't do clean then a Blackface.
Plexi - for the overdrive and light bodied crunch, for you know, my "Bliss by Muse sound." Or Hendrix.
A XTC - for a bright hard rock, solo or even a rhythm tone (
And a Recto - for you know, that gnarly evil tone.
This is what I'm looking for:
Clean - Bell like, full, warm, plenty of mids (but not so much you can't scoop them), clean, and when overdrived, edgy. I need dynamics and the "Clean module" did not seem to stand up to that.
Something for overdrive/lightbodies crunch - Warm, and enough bass for a creamy tone, but I don't want it TOO thick. I want a module that I can boos the treble and mids, pull down the bass, and get a good cutting sound, but isn't ICE PICK, DIE EARS DIE. The plexi seemed perfect for this. The clips on the Randall website showed that it was smooth but still had some bite to it. Perfect examples are Hendrix's preamp distortions, Muses older stuff (like on OOS). Must work well when a fuzz pedal is smacked into it.
Hard rock/metal - Something with punch, and grind, and of course, must have a tight low end. I need something with a lot of crunch. Hot enough to possibly be used for metal, but nice enough for "rock." Nothing really over the top evil. Just balsy. I am not looking for what is described for the next module. I would think a SL+, or even a XTC, since both have a lot of top end cut and sustain. Noisy too.
Rawr - I need something to give me that roaring tight focused low end. You know, like in the Rammstein song Te Quiero Punta, or Keine Lust, when they really dig in the distortion makes this thick tight...it's hard to explain. And when you REALLY cut out the mids and boost the treble and bass, you get something like in Zerstoren or early rammstein (Du Hast) The Recto seemed like the right choice but I noticed that many people claimed it wasn't very tight, and I noticed that the sound clip on Randalls website was rather dull and loose. The Ultra seemed tighter. However, it could be many things, such as the mic, right? Or how they adjusted the power amp? I realize such a hot sound won't be super super dynamic, but I don't want a compressed Dimebag Darrel sound. Again, think of Rammstein. Dynamic but full of sustain and RAWR.
If there are any signature modules that would suit me better than the standard ones speak up. Since they don't cost too much more.
I'm looking for a basic set up, as of now I don't want a module that's actually two in one, unless I need more than 4 tones.
I ran another search and some people are complaining that their older modules give them a fizzy top end when they crank the gain up. If I buy new ones am I going to get any of this as well? Will I need to mod them? I know I ask too many questions D:
Thank you for reading my long post. I appreciate it.
