hi guys & girls,
this is my 1st post on this forum so be gentle please.
To make a long story short, my amp (peavey 6505) refused to work at a gig and I had it repaired. Next to that I'm trying to get some more knowledge about amps and cabs. (in4 google, did that. Wasn't really satifying.)
The powertubes were replaced with sovtek 5881's (coming from 6l6's i guess), had a total checkup and I've been having some issues since then.
For starters, my amp is less loud (volume wise), which I can understand since 5881's have a power rating of 23W (instead of the 30W from 6l6's), but that's ok i guess. But what I don't understand is that my signal chain doesn't work like it used to.
I used to run: guitar (EMG81, bridge) -> maxon od808 -> boss n2 (4 cable) and it worked like a charm.
I could get the pre gain up to 4-5ish and get some overdrive from the od808 without a single noise or feedback. When I did this after the amp got fixed, I've got feedback all over the place and my sustain is horrible (using the same settings as before). I can hardly use my od808 anymore (even with the overdrive set to 0) I get a lot of feedback. I placed it before and after my NS2 while running the NS2 in 4cable and standard method. Nothing seems to really work.
Any tips/ideas?
Next to that I'd like to have your opinion about mono/stereo head/cabs. I've heard that in mono you only use 2/4 speakers, but I read it's the other way around. The 2 outputs on the peavey, are they for stereo use on a single cab or for double mono on 2 cabs and how to match impedance in the mentioned cases? I'm asking this since I had to play a stereo cab at a gig and I had no clue about how to wire it.
Thanks in advance
this is my 1st post on this forum so be gentle please.
To make a long story short, my amp (peavey 6505) refused to work at a gig and I had it repaired. Next to that I'm trying to get some more knowledge about amps and cabs. (in4 google, did that. Wasn't really satifying.)
The powertubes were replaced with sovtek 5881's (coming from 6l6's i guess), had a total checkup and I've been having some issues since then.
For starters, my amp is less loud (volume wise), which I can understand since 5881's have a power rating of 23W (instead of the 30W from 6l6's), but that's ok i guess. But what I don't understand is that my signal chain doesn't work like it used to.
I used to run: guitar (EMG81, bridge) -> maxon od808 -> boss n2 (4 cable) and it worked like a charm.
I could get the pre gain up to 4-5ish and get some overdrive from the od808 without a single noise or feedback. When I did this after the amp got fixed, I've got feedback all over the place and my sustain is horrible (using the same settings as before). I can hardly use my od808 anymore (even with the overdrive set to 0) I get a lot of feedback. I placed it before and after my NS2 while running the NS2 in 4cable and standard method. Nothing seems to really work.
Any tips/ideas?
Next to that I'd like to have your opinion about mono/stereo head/cabs. I've heard that in mono you only use 2/4 speakers, but I read it's the other way around. The 2 outputs on the peavey, are they for stereo use on a single cab or for double mono on 2 cabs and how to match impedance in the mentioned cases? I'm asking this since I had to play a stereo cab at a gig and I had no clue about how to wire it.
Thanks in advance
