| Daisy chain [message #20464] |
Fri, 11 April 2014 13:12  |
kustomhead
Messages: 121
Registered: April 2012
Location: Redding, Ca
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I have a K200B-4 and use outboard tremelo and reverb pedals to get that CCR sound. I have a K50-2 also and am thinking about running it for the trem-vib and the B-4 for the clipper and boost. Would I just daisy chain the 2 amps? What about mixing hi and low inputs on one of the amps if I do that? (in high and out low on one of the amps to guitar)
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| Re: Daisy chain [message #20465 is a reply to message #20464] |
Fri, 11 April 2014 16:01  |
chicagobill
Messages: 2006
Registered: April 2003
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I don't think that you can do what you want to do.
If you run the guitar into the high input of the boost channel of the B4 and then take a second cord from the low input and run that to the low input of the reverb channel you can play with all 4 effects in parallel on the B4 head.
If you run the second cord to the K50 you can get the added two effects, but they will only come out of the K50.
If the K50 has a monitor output, you could try and reduce its' output low enough to be able to run it into the input of the B4. But I don't know how good that will sound.
In any case, if you do try and use two amps at the same time be certain that they are both grounded the same and plugged into the same outlet, or you may have problems.
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| Re: Daisy chain [message #20467 is a reply to message #20465] |
Fri, 11 April 2014 16:45 |
pleat
Messages: 1454
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi
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The main problem with the K200B-4 head is, left bright channel has the reverb and vibrato, and the right normal channel has the selective boost and harmonic clipper. If you were to use a Y Cable or connect the two channels together with a patch cable from one channel to the other channel, you diminish the effects of both channels.
For example if you want reverb and harmonic clipper together, the clipper side channel volume would have to be set higher to have the fuzz dominate, and the other reverb channel would have to be turned lower resulting in less reverb and that channel is still producing the clean signal from the guitar so the harmonic clipper won't sound as good since the clean channel is still active. Since you said you use stomp boxes for tremolo and reverb anyway, I'd just use those effects and plug into the normal channel with the selective boost and harmonic clipper. That gives you, your stomp box effects and selective boost and clipper.
You have the same problem if you add the K50 and hook them together. The K50 is always going to play a clean signal and running the signal from that amp to the clipper channel of the K200B-4 head the only thing you'd be adding is the reverb,vibrato/tremolo of the K50.
The simplest way is to add a distortion pedal along with what you already have, then you don't have to worry all the patching and you can use the three pedals with either amp and get more controlled results from both amps, since your only using them as basic amps and the effects are coming from you stomp boxes.
I run a processor pedal that gives me a world of effects all from the pedal, so my patches are the same regardless if I'm playing my K50 or one of my larger Kustom amps.
I'm not a tech, but I would think it about impossible to convert a K200B-4 head so that all the effects run from a single channel.
That's the reason the K200A-4 heads are more popular since all effects run from the left channel.
pleat
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| Re: Daisy chain [message #20491 is a reply to message #20470] |
Thu, 17 April 2014 10:41 |
C4ster
Messages: 686
Registered: June 2001
Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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I am quite sure that both amps were A4's. The second amp was a spare, just in case. I just checked the video of CCR at Royal Albert Hall and there are great shots of the amp stack of John Fogerty and they are definitely A4's. The top amp was connected to his guitar but the second amp below was not turned on, or the lamp was burned out.
Conrad
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