RUDE MOOD Amplifiers

[randelli]

Originally Posted by bilbarstow

Mudfinger - alternate plane of consciousness ? Nahhhh, I can't believe that .

You ever had Doubts ? Shame on you, you should be confident and proud of your "offspring". It's easily apparent to any who hear them in person.

and 008, ... the slightly less cool and debonair agent than Bond. But never forget, still licensed to KILL !

(That brings up the question, why haven't we ever heard the stories from Agents 001 - 006 ? Shouldn't they have been the even cooler guys ? I wonder what THEIR chicks and cars were like ? ! ? ! )

008.....

[River]

004 is woodshedding a couple of old Creedence songs in D standard tuning, opening up a whole new world of tones he didn't know were in there.

[River]

Want Swamp-Blues tone, a la "Born on the Bayou"? Just drop your tuning to D standard, crank the reverb, tremolo speed 11:00, swell 2:00.

[tex_lt]

Originally Posted by River

Want Swamp-Blues tone, a la "Born on the Bayou"? Just drop your tuning to D standard, crank the reverb, tremolo speed 11:00, swell 2:00.

Damnit! Whenever I see your setting recommendations I am at work! and I want to try them NOWWW! I guess It'll have to wait 'till this evening...
Thanks Riv!

[Seantk]

Originally Posted by River

Want Swamp-Blues tone, a la "Born on the Bayou"? Just drop your tuning to D standard, crank the reverb, tremolo speed 11:00, swell 2:00.

Originally Posted by tex_lt

Damnit! Whenever I see your setting recommendations I am at work! and I want to try them NOWWW! I guess It'll have to wait 'till this evening...
Thanks Riv!

I would appreciate it if you two would quit talking about your Rude Mood Amp settings until I can get Randy to build one for me

Seriously, keep posting your settings. I am looking forward to trying them out someday

[randelli]

Very soon......

Yours is getting to know Ginger pretty well

[randelli]

OK this is a NEW incredible thing I experienced with Sean's 008!

Feedback! I know, right, but FEEDBACK!!!

The RUDE side is really easy to push into those great harmonic feedback; this is no secret. But tonight I was keeping a constant note on the MOOD and getting that great end-of-phrase feedback on the RUDE. Truly stunning!

Anyone else getting this?

[tex_lt]

Originally Posted by randelli

OK this is a NEW incredible thing I experienced with Sean's 008!

Feedback! I know, right, but FEEDBACK!!!

The RUDE side is really easy to push into those great harmonic feedback; this is no secret. But tonight I was keeping a constant note on the MOOD and getting that great end-of-phrase feedback on the RUDE. Truly stunning!

Anyone else getting this?

Haven't noticed this........off to try!

[joshatatlasstands]

Originally Posted by randelli

The RUDE side is really easy to push into those great harmonic feedback; this is no secret. But tonight I was keeping a constant note on the MOOD and getting that great end-of-phrase feedback on the RUDE. Truly stunning!

Anyone else getting this?

Now your talkin' randelli...feedback is one of my favorite things about amps...followed closely be a bigsby on a guitar

[mudfinger]

Originally Posted by randelli

OK this is a NEW incredible thing I experienced with Sean's 008!

Feedback! I know, right, but FEEDBACK!!!

The RUDE side is really easy to push into those great harmonic feedback; this is no secret. But tonight I was keeping a constant note on the MOOD and getting that great end-of-phrase feedback on the RUDE. Truly stunning!

Anyone else getting this?

All the time, but I rarely run mine with the volumes below the 12 o'clock position; the louder the amp is set, the easier it is to get that lovely feedback. In fact, going all the way back to the LA Amp Show, there were only two amp IN THE WHOLE SHOW that were good for controlled feedback.

I still don't have Cubase installed on my new computer, but I had an engineer over last night, and he put some mics on the RM for a few minutes. If the environmental noise doesn't ruin it, I'll post up the clips. Incidentally, as most experienced engineers do, he instantly fell in love with how easy it was to get a multi-amp sound from the RM, and even though I kept my mouth shut about it, after a few seconds of listening to me playing, he asked, "What's that swirling sound, are these 2 amps totally discrete from each other?"

He's enthralled, and we have plans for him to come by after the semester is over to play with his expensive mic collection, and see what kinda fun we can have with the RM.

[River]

Oh, yeah. Quite a challenge to control when playing my jazz box.

[joshatatlasstands]

Originally Posted by River

Oh, yeah. Quite a challenge to control when playing my jazz box.

Yes! That's the main reason why I prefer the hollow bodied lines over the solid in most instances, just love the hollow resonant overtones and the feedback you can get, I find a tremelo of some sort helps me to tame it down some when it gets crazy

[River]

004 got a run for her money at last night's open mic, being the "house amp" for six hours that were heavily-attended and musically diverse (putting it mildly). Amplified everything from acoustics to Super Strats with pedal boards the size of New Jersey, over full-kit drumming backing most of it.

I'm proud of her, she kept up with what can only be described as "a bit too loud ", and the volume controls never went past 2:00.

[River]

“Hey, do you know whose Tweed that is? Do you think they’d mind if I plugged in?”

“Yeah, it’s mine. Whatcha got in your wallet?”

[tex_lt]

Originally Posted by River

“Hey, do you know whose Tweed that is? Do you think they’d mind if I plugged in?”

“Yeah, it’s mine. Whatcha got in your wallet?”

.........(I'm thinking) need to finance a 2x10 cab from Randy!

[randelli]

008, Ginger, my son working out a song....... Good time to pull out the video camera

RUDE MOOD 008 Slow Dance - YouTube

RUDE MOOD 008 Slow Dance - YouTube

[Seantk]

You need a cabinet for 008!

[randelli]

Originally Posted by Seantk

You need a cabinet for 008!

UPS says Tuesday on the cabinet - just in time for the end of the burn-in time. I like to keep it out of the cabinet while I break it in so I can keep checking voltages and connections.

[randelli]

I found the most amazing setting for RUDE today..... BUT I DON"T KNOW WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!

I was goofing around with Ginger, looking for something different, and going through the ultra-hot 22K bridge with the volume at 7. I twiddled the RUDE pots until I had a perfect 'have a drink on me' setting. Problem? I don't have the chicken heads on so I am not certain where they pots are pointed.

I do know that the Volume was dialed, the Drive was rather low, and the Master was probably mid way up. I have no idea where the tones were - I think the Treble would be about 10, the Mid about 2, and the Bass about 3.

I did notice that the overall tone of this setting was very dependent on the Drive knob. It almost had a parametric shift in presence and brightness. As the Drive went up from 0 the mids and highs became more pronounced.

Someone play around with these settings and see what you find. I imagine yours will be different than mine, as I doubt any of you have a 4-coil humbucker in your bridge, but see what you think about the interaction of the Drive and Volume gain stages.

[tex_lt]

Originally Posted by randelli

I found the most amazing setting for RUDE today..... BUT I DON"T KNOW WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!

I was goofing around with Ginger, looking for something different, and going through the ultra-hot 22K bridge with the volume at 7. I twiddled the RUDE pots until I had a perfect 'have a drink on me' setting. Problem? I don't have the chicken heads on so I am not certain where they pots are pointed.

I do know that the Volume was dialed, the Drive was rather low, and the Master was probably mid way up. I have no idea where the tones were - I think the Treble would be about 10, the Mid about 2, and the Bass about 3.

I did notice that the overall tone of this setting was very dependent on the Drive knob. It almost had a parametric shift in presence and brightness. As the Drive went up from 0 the mids and highs became more pronounced.

Someone play around with these settings and see what you find. I imagine yours will be different than mine, as I doubt any of you have a 4-coil humbucker in your bridge, but see what you think about the interaction of the Drive and Volume gain stages.

Must be In the air today to mess with the Rude Mood Settings! I just got a Gibby '61 GA-79 RV today, and I have been using my RM to try and replicate a similar tone. Really amazing amp with an amazing Reverb that just sustains and goes deeeeeppppp. I am almost there, will post settings when I find the sweet spot!

[Seantk]

Originally Posted by randelli

I was goofing around with Ginger, looking for something different

I was always a fan of Mary Ann

[randelli]

That is an age old quandary.

I prefer 99

[tex_lt]

Here is what I have so far to match up with a '61 Gibson GA-79RV, I think I am pretty close. Note the reverb is at full blast, the reverb tank on the '61 is from a Hammond Organ and just goes deep as hell, sounds like your underwater! I will continue to work on this, I was inspired because the GA-79RV is a really neat and interesting amp.....reminds me ALOT of my Rude Mood!

10-11-9-11-1-12-----3-9-11-5-7-12 ENJOY!

[tex_lt]

Has anyone tried these settings? I messed with it again today just to tweak it a bit, I will post those new settings if anyone is interested. Getting ready to move on to a different tone, I like to keep my RM thinking!

[randelli]

Oh yeah - that tremolo THROBS!!

It was surprisingly clean to me. I expected more growl from the RUDE based on the Drive and Volume settings. Very nice!

[mudfinger]

Originally Posted by tex_lt

Has anyone tried these settings? I messed with it again today just to tweak it a bit, I will post those new settings if anyone is interested. Getting ready to move on to a different tone, I like to keep my RM thinking!

I'll try it out tomorrow if I have any time at home during the day.

[Seantk]

Originally Posted by tex_lt

Has anyone tried these settings? I messed with it again today just to tweak it a bit, I will post those new settings if anyone is interested. Getting ready to move on to a different tone, I like to keep my RM thinking!

I am waiting for Randelli to be finished, so I can have my turn with Ginger

[randelli]

I should have yours in the mail tomorrow

[randelli]

Definitely in the mail tomorrow...... Definitely!

I have been playing it all evening; but I guess I have to pack it up so it can find its way home

EDIT: Sorry, Ginger stays with me....

[tex_lt]

Originally Posted by randelli

Oh yeah - that tremolo THROBS!!

It was surprisingly clean to me. I expected more growl from the RUDE based on the Drive and Volume settings. Very nice!

Yeah it cleaned up the reverb a bit and made it sound more natural, really cool how the reverb and the drive balance each other out like that!