Vader Carnivore 2020

[Trainwreck]

I picked this up earlier in the week from a friend of mine. I've been a fan of Vader cabs forever and when the opportunity arose to grab one of these I didn't hesitate. I know only four were built so they are pretty rare. I also know its built on the Soldano SLO platform and its definitely the bastard son of Mike Soldano's design. I have a SLO also and compared to it its definitely a steroid gym rat version of it. Its does everything a SLO does but with more options. Its nice and tight sounding with great note definition and articulation. Reminds me alot of the VHT UL Pittbulls but with a little more forgiveness. It can do any Marshall, Soldano amps plus it can be tweaked to sound darker and fuller. As a guy who owns over 50 heads, this one made it into my top three. Its sick as hell.

Here is where I could use everyone's help. I'm trying to post a video of some of the tones per requests but I've never recorded anything video before. I don't have a studio or even own any microphones. All I have is my Samsung galaxy phone. I've been playing around with it and it does OK but it sounds flubby. Its not blowing out the mic but its not sounding like the amp. Do I want to record at a lower volume with the phone closer or further away from the cabs or should I keep it away from the cabs with the volume a little louder ? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

I feel like if you move the phone back a bit you get the "in room" tones..but a phone mic isn't good enough to move close to the amp to get "speaker" tone. It's tricky with a phone but my experience has always been keep it a good ways away from the amp. Super cool purchase btw. How much did it cost?

 

[Bearitone]

Same experience. Put it like 10 feet away from the amp and not directly in line with the speakers.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

let me borrow it and I'll demo it

 

[Trainwreck]

Thanks for the input, Ill try it out this week.

 

[Trainwreck]

let me borrow it and I'll demo it

Come on over, Ill fire up the grill and throw some beer in the cooler.

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

Come on over, Ill fire up the grill and throw some beer in the cooler.

Wait..there's a cool amp AND food? I want in!

 

[cGoEcYk]

"Kind of rare"

 

[SSK0909]

You own 50 amp heads... and not a single microphone?

 

[efiltsohg]

that's cool as fuck, congrats on the new amp

 

[Trainwreck]

that's cool as fuck, congrats on the new amp

Thank you.

 

[Trainwreck]

You own 50 amp heads... and not a single microphone?

My buddy has a studio so I'll wander over to his place to demo stuff. Works out great, he borrows amps and I get all the free studio time I want.

 

[Seabeast2000]

Rare amps are cool man, congrats.

 

[WarMachine]

Wait..there's a cool amp AND food AND beer? I want in!

Fixed that for ya ^ ^ ^

 

[MetalHead40]

Very nice!

 

[Trainwreck]

let me borrow it and I'll demo it

I just noticed your in MN too. I'm in Minneapolis. We can make this happen.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

I just noticed your in MN too. I'm in Minneapolis. We can make this happen.

Yeah that'd be cool. I'm up north right now but I'll be back in a few days. I'll pm you

 

[Endnote]

I would like to know your top 3.

 

[Trainwreck]

I would like to know your top 3.

That's a tough one. Not in any order.

Mesa Boogie Mark iic+ Coliseum
Vader Carnivore
Engl Special Edition

 

[StevenC]

That's a tough one. Not in any order.

Mesa Boogie Mark iic+ Coliseum
Vader Carnivore
Engl Special Edition

Then why all the Marshalls?