HOW TO GET HUGE STEREO FX TONES! Featuring the KOMET AMBIKAB JR.
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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Manufacturers should be lining up to get a demo from Pete. He always comes up with something new that shows of the gear at it's best.
Now that is a solution !
My problem, back in the 80’s was playing tap delays for hours on a Quadraverb instead of concentrating on my playing !
Long live the QUADRAVERB!
Those FM3 effects sound incredible with that rig, killer stuff.
So,,, it starts out with some echoey sqwibbles and the whammy doodad thing, then it sneaks up with this smoothly distorted snuggle, then it goes into this clean squirrel out followed by the clean stumble, and then bam you're into this Predator Drive Groove..... then it ends with the clean nighty night. I'm in dude. I'm totally in. Made my drive home from work pretty nice. Thanks!👍
Pete, that rotary effect = icing on the cake. Great sound!
I dig this video Pete. Thanks for taking the time to explain. I have two Bogners and sometimes run wet/dry or sometimes even throw my avalanche run through one head effects loop and my thermae through the other.
I dial them differently for whatever I'm doing, and I absolutely feel like I'm a pioneer of soundscapes through the guitar. Your sound here is so sonically rich! I've always wondered about these cabs.
Additionally, for the first 31 years of my playing I only had a Les Paul and my first guitar was a yamaha SBG 2000...this past month I purchased a Mario Martin Strat! Man...what an incredible range of tones and I am having all kinds of new pathways with the vibrato arm. Hearing your strat tones here and just kind of observing is very helpful.
I really enjoy your videos and I've learned the answer to many questions just by tuning in and listening. Thanks!
I'm blown away by your creativity, by your compositions...
thanks! I just try and have fun!
Huge...Phat...Melodic madness....and I like it
Man,that whammy work was awesome.
I have an Ampeg VH140C that is the Olde Skoole version of the Ambikab.
You had some real Steve Vai moments in there... it was still totally Pete, but a little bit Steve too.
I was thinking the same
Man I was totally thinking the same thing. Great playing yet again Pete! Especially at 0:51 - just WOW!!!!!
Nice idea. But as I already have a pair of +30 years old 4x10 Marshall cabs and picked up a used Marshall Valvestate 8008 stereo power amp, I am good. The cool thing being I am now again using those cabs that have bin in hibernation for too long.
I really wish I had kept up with the technical aspects of guitar rigs. For me, this is like trying to understand quantum physics.
Great Demo, great sounds and playing. Man I've got to look into this more, my WDW rig is just too complicated. Thanks
oh aim totally going to try that in my DAW!
You look like you had a blast filming this video! Must have sounded amazing in the room! Very clearly explained Pete!
Thank u!
Honestly, this is a tone l could go with forever. I would like to see a video using this with a Kemper
I've been doing this for 25 years, having discovered that effects ruined the pure Marshal sound. But, I don't use the second amp out. I use the send on the effects loop through my effects.module at 100% wet, to a rack tube amp, then to 2 twin Celection cabs. Beautiful.
That would be a cool video to see...
Beautiful, Pete! Hey, RUclips world, let's get this man to 200k already!!
Thanks!
My new favorite episode!
The Tri Chorus BIG Sound LIVES! Get Amplitude and the Fulltone plugsin. ALOT cheaper than a $1,300 amp. :)
Absolutely love your sound and playing.
Thank u!
Outstanding.... but solve this riddle. Wet dry wet in a "evh balance / 5150 " implimentation..... (in the mix) I know we can do it on the stage. And in the daw... But in the Daw and in the mix? AND with vocals? The band? Now that's a magic trick I would like to see.
I used to have a WDW rig, using a Fender Twin reverb, a Vox AC30 and a Peavey amp. This is a lot easier! 😂
Thank you for the video. Yes - always experimenting with "auxing" out to fx is a life long pursuit --at least it has been for me. Just a thought: if you ever feel compelled, diagrams may also be helpful. Will check out this great product you have demoed so well.
Outstanding video. Great playing, great music and awesome tones 👌 just need to make space for the Abikab now 😂
Great gear. Even greater playing. One of the finest contemporary players I can think of. Always tasteful, not repeating himself, a very musical treat. Love that single track analysis. Makes stealing those fine licks much easier :)
Thanks!
I’ve done stereo onstage, loading an amp down, into fractal, out to stereo power amp, out to 2 2x12 cabs on opposite sides of stage…….IT WAS AWSOME, once you have had a stereo image cranked up onstage, you really dont want to go back to mono, its super addictave…
Fun! Thx
Cool but I think I'll stick with my FM3 and 2x custom 800watt 12inch FRFR cabs since I hardly use my tube amps anymore. Nice unit though
Well, Pete, that's an awesome setup . However, if you live in an RV as I do and your only amplifier is a Fender 65 Prinston RI, and your available space is limited, is there anything that can fit on a pedal board that will allow me to wet dry wet my rig?
If you send the guitar signal from the external speaker output of the main amp you will lost some of the signal and character of the original signal so you can't mantain the original dry signal intact completely.
It’s all Pete
Damn, just when I thought I didn't need anything else. I've already bought a couple pedals because of you, so if i end up getting one of these it's your fault! 😃
GET IN LINE....my wallet's been hemmoraging for years since I started watching Pete... lol
Mad Steve Vai vibes 👌🏾
Would you be willing to sell your KOMET AMBIKAB JR? There seems to be a shortage of those.....
Another W/D/W method: loadbox, IR cabsim, split to DI box for dry out, signal continues to stereo fx, then out through L and R DI boxes. It all fits on a pedalboard!
Terrific video, as a big user of stereo effect (and I'm a stereo freak), this Ambikab seems to be a better idea than my two heads and two cabs and sometime ground problems!! As usual great song. :)
W/D/W is the ultimate setup. Anyone who tries it, or just hears it, realizes instantly what an impact that dry channel can make. The sound is just HUGE. The natural attack and clarity add a lot of punch. Like you say, the problem is all of the equipment and floor space you would need to build one. ESPECIALLY if you're going for an effective stereo spread.
W/D/W really needs a dedicated room or large space. This is an interesting new addition to clean things up. Having a Fractal Axe-Fx3/FM3 unit does make switching, routing, and control a lot easier too. Offers almost endless I/O and modifier options.
@TacoTacoTacoTaco WTF are you talking about? Do you understand the concept?
3 cabinets. Players have been setting up W/D/W in their homes since the 80's. It can be done with 3 cheap amps, a splitter, and a single stereo delay. There are endless options. Nothing is pointless, and the AF3 doesn't magically grant it's owners a physical stereo spread with a 100% dry channel without 3 PHYSICAL SPEAKERS, genius. This is with respect to home use, not live. Just as is demonstrated in the video you just watched.
I love the feeling you get when you know you have a great sound and it elevates your playing. Great playing and explanation as usual Pete 🎸🎸🎸
My God that intro track was... well, lets just say it was equally pleasing to both my soul and my ears.
OMG. That's so awesome. You blew this up beautifully, as usual. There is some Adrian Belew sounds and whammy work. Love it.
actually I like his playing more original than Alex Lifeson my favorite guitar player with Beck & Townsend .So….this guy is dangerously good and not recognize to his full potential …keep on kicking ass Pete.
I am surely not much of a musician and no one is coming around to listen, which makes my rig pretty much embarrassing to look at. In order to get it looking a little less insane and/or inane I am going to put four EV Black Label speakers in a single, open-backed cabinet powered by only four different amps. Simplicity.
The Black Label speakers solve a lot of impedance matching issues since I mostly don't need to add cones just to avoid fires and such. I recommend all of you real guitarist types try substituting one Instead of a 4x12. Tone From The Gods, or something like that.
🎸🔊🔊🔊🔊🤘
Some great info there Pete. People how has Pete only 198k subs??
Could I mix a Strymon Riverside as the dry signal into a wet cab without issues? I think the riverside it’s digital
yo Pete .. i use a Bray line out box just like the Suhr, to bring my dry Marshall 800 sound thru some digi.fx & out to 2 clean amps. i don't run the fx 100% wet, but there's no phase issues 2 speak of. even at semi high volume. : )
Ok Pete this is a great video! I had to watch it three times and listen carefully on how you explained the signal path of Wet/Dry/Wet really works. However is there any chance you can do a video of and how this can all be done as far as signal chain or plug and play using a rack mount mixer, the old school way, as I think a lot of us have some this kind of gear laying around. Very good video. Thank you.
If you have $50k worth of the right gear, it's easy to get these sounds! 😉 You are far down the rabbit hole, Pete. But I know you know that already. Great job as usual.
Beautiful sounds, great playing and great video as usual !
I once used a cheap Mackie mixer and dry mic on one speaker then used the effects loop of Mackie to send to PA and had an amazing tone with my Eventides in stereo
I wonder if Pete actually uses this thing in his rig?
It’s one thing to do a demo of a piece of equipment and another thing to be that impressed that you want to incorporate into your rig.
What about if you only have pedals, it the box worth it then?
Great playing as always.
i just discovered the wet dry wet sound . i bought a couple 5 watt solid state amps and im running them into a stereo 4x10 cab. it has the nicest clean amp sound ive ever owned with just a bit of stereo reverb mixed in . i have a marshal 1x12 combo sitting on top of that for my lead/crunchy tone and i use a pan pedal to go between my stereo clean and my mono crunch/lead sound. after watching this video im going to see about hooking my lead tone up like you have in this video wet dry wet ,while keeping my clean stereo tone the same as i have it now.
A Lab Series L5?
Did not expect seeing one of those in your studio. Do you use it as a clean pedal platform or the distorted channel for lord knows what.
I used to have one of those, sold it, wish I still had it. :)
All right. So I'm a little bit confused. If you have an effects Loop in your amplifier did we just solve all of this? I mean I get it if you got an amp without an effects Loop you going to have to use an alternate means to develop a decent sound with effects. Am I out to lunch here?
I’ve played guitar for more than 20 years, but Pete makes me fell that I have a lot to learn. Thanks, Pete!
If you have 3 wet pedals in series and at least one of them is a Strymon with the ability to kill the dry signal, will it still work as Pete describes? Or do all 3 pedals have to have kill dry engaged?
Everyone keeps comparing the Steve Vaiesque qualifier
Albeit I was hearing Alex Lifeson.
But in the end...it’s all Pete 🎸👊🏻
Amazing clean sound! looks like a great product to reduce clutter and complexity
That was great!! Thanks for posting this! One question.....If you are using ONE effect unit, and you are bringing in more/less delay with your expression pedal for your wet cabs, how are you able to keep the overall volume level "consistent" across the 3 cabs? If you have the effects in the wet cabs at 100% wet, won't your overall volume across all 3 cabs rise/fall a you bring in more/less delay? Thanks! :)
The gainy parts are definitely David Gilmore inspired!!
Damn Petey...I thought I needed a haircut. Cheers. Good stuff.
As always love your shows brother, have learned a lot from watching, thanks
I play in a gospel choir, mixer channels are plenty of chorist mics... if i say to the foa tech that i want to do triamp and occupy two more channels he will hate me with All his heart... 😂 as always great video!!!!
Can you just take the Fractal stereo outputs and run the into a powered cab or PA using one of the amp models and IR with wet effects? Split the guitar signal at the board and run one into tube amp and the other signal into the Fractal.
That sounded quite Rush like in parts, Pete. Very nice!
Someone has been listening to Jeff Beck... fkn awesome!!!
That's what my ears heard. Good call!
I'm super glad you're able to make a living from playing your guitar because you definitely put time into mastering your craft. There are so many people with RUclips channels now claiming to be professional and they are not ..but sir you definitely are and I appreciate everything that you do on your channel.
Thanks Jimmie!
@@PeteThorn by the way I was the one who asked you the question about if you've ever reviewed a fender prosonic the other day and asked if you knew anyone who can help me mod it out. You referred me to Dave Friedman. I got a hold of him through his email and he said he can't do any modifications on the fender prosonic because of Bruce Zinky design. Its a very special amp for sure.
What would you call a Wet Dry sound that it’s mono?
Pete you are the best guitarist out there love anything you post 😎 bro
The way I do my wet/dry/wet thing to get that similar tone is that i Run my gain and front hitting stuff like wah, whammy, compressor, eq, overdrive and mxr5150 distortion into a boss stereo volume pedal, one out to a clean combo amp(this is the dry signal) and the other output from the volume(wich contains my gain stuff too) to a tc corona chorus and go stereo into a flashback inputs and go stereo into a boss dd7 inputs and then going stereo into a other 2 clean amp combos and it gets a stereo chorus and delays individual signal lines and ping pong panning stuff so yeah, it's a wet dry wet rig and the splitter is the volume pedal, pretty huge sounding and if I want dry I just turn the volume off, I am a big fan of yours Pete! Greetings to everyone😁🤘
UGE!! Cool my friend!
Always love you're playing Pete, But this one went over and above. Truly inspiring. Thanks man.
Thank u!
I'm listening.....
I’ll have to report as misleading i came to see the red Strat, he decides to use a white one 🤷🏻♂️
Man, you should check out Gustavo Cerati! He was a Latin American Guitar player/singer songwriter, he had this type of setup back in the early 90s, he was a pioneer! I'd recommend the song 'Disco Eterno' and try a live video of that!! It's amazing!
One of the more gorgeous pieces you've made for the channel! Sweet!
Thanks!
I have a custom T with your thornbuckers on them- fantastic pickups - sound great into a stereo amp set up. I’m an older musician so I’ve had the luxury of collecting quite a few guitars over the years. I keep going back to the Suhrs. I think if I only had to take a couple guitars to anything, maybe my oldest Tele and a Suhr Custom T with your thorns on them, nice job on the design. The Suhr modern also sounds great in stereo , very chimey. Love your channel 👍
How would this work with a Line6 M9?
Love this guys playing awesome
Great video as always Pete. Price tag on that Ambikab is huge like the tones you can get. Toss in price for a used FM3 and we are looking north of $3500. That being said, there are so many nice boutique amps without effects loops (Dr Z, Divided by 13) that this may be the best solution.
As cool as this is, I don't think I could take advantage of it because my SSL 2+ soundcard only has two inputs and w/d/w would require three inputs, would it not?
I just got an FM3 and a Fryette Power Station 2...I am assuming I could do the same thing with it?Send the line out of the PS2 to the FM3,then out to a power amp....or use one of these cabs?
Fascinating.
I see how this is cool for practice/recording, but at any decent-sized bar gig (or a bit larger) I would want 2 wet cabs so I could space them farther apart and give the audience a wider stereo listening experience.
Perhaps ironically, even larger gigs (BIG bars, theaters and up) would probably work just fine with the smaller stereo cab, since you'd probably be miked up and out the P.A., anyway.
I have a 1963 Ampeg Satellite Reverb head that is a similar in concept but old tech. Heard it for the first time at Bukovac's shop and it was stunning!! I imagine this rig takes it to the next level!
Very timely video. I'm experimenting with two IRTX extension cabs rather than Ambikab. Really useful information here. Thanks Pete.
Hey Pete, if you fancy a challenge, post something like this on how us mere mortals can achieve something like this on a limited budget :) Love your playing dude, you're world class.
awesome video, thanks Pete.
Damn, I wish my studio was as well equipped as yours ... lucky guy 🤍
I love to record rhythm guitar in stereo when recording in my home studio so this is very interesting. For playing live (remember that?), running things in stereo doesn't really work since you can't depend on the venue's soundman to utilize the stereo signal, UNLESS you're playing on level professionally where you have your own soundman (which I have experienced in a few bands). PS - I just noticed you have a Lab Series L5 in the corner. I'd love to get another one of those (I owned one back in the late 70's/early 80's).
Everything you do is so musical! Sounds great man!
Thanks so much!
Just got the huh…what… huh mind effect.
Cool video Pete! I have all that rack gear, but just like you said, it's a LOT of stuff! It's okay in a studio if it's your studio, but I wouldn't want to haul it around.
I'll have to check out one of those cabs.
I would like to see how you would do this set up with the Suhr Hombre instead of the PT 15. I'm betting that would be killer!
I finally got myself a Boss GT-1000 for home bedroom playing and this video really helped me create an amazing sound without spending a lot of extra $$ on amps/cab. Thank you so much for all your gear lessons!
Awesome job Pete. I'm over here trying to work, but wait, Pete out up a new video. Time for me to escape to guitar tone junkie land and get my fix!
Very Vai-esque! I always wonder about the underlying music...not too many guys show how they build the 'foundation' of songs. They concentrate on the soloing. Please some vids on how you take an idea and bring it to life, step-by-step....from scratch. I can do the widdly-widdly, but thinking up the other stuff is still lacking.
Thanks!
Bob & Doug MacKenzie! Just testing your Canadian, Pete. LOL. Wait! Maybe you're younger than me and have no idea. Ooops...
Take off hoser! Ha. Thanks man
@@PeteThorn LMAO
This is a video I really needed. Great product! BTW, as always .... another ungodly opener!
I have thought of using a cab for dry on top of my stereo 4x12 to do the same. I have been using 3 1x12 cabs. Semi-open cabs in the stereo positions and a sealed center 1x12. This is a very cool idea.
This cab might just be exactly what I’m looking for. Awesome concept.
Man i love this channel. What I'd do in such a great flood of gear. Adding the knowledge to use each as well. Hahahahahah
is there a reason the wet cab is on the bottom?
Thank you for clearly explaining this (somewhat complicated for some of us) setup in a way that was NOT guitar snobby