That Pedal Show | 1 week ago
Can we get rotary speaker pedals to sound more like the real thing?
Welcome to the show! This episode is inspired by the recent video we did with Scott McKeon. Scott brought in his Fender Vibratone rotary speaker cabinet as part of a rig we put together in search of some Stevie Ray Vaughan tones.
Mick here, hello, and I’ve been forever moved by the sound of that thing: forever changed. There’s something in the physical movement of air in space that means these things sound totally unique and moving… and it reminded me that no rotary speaker simulator pedal analogue or digital will ever really get it nailed.
So what to do?
I had a couple of ideas; things to try to see if we can improve on the single-digital-pedal-into-one-amp solution that is the norm for most people. Yes, we can improve on that significantly… But can we get anywhere near the real thing?
Let’s find out…
Enjoy the show!
Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
0:58 Today’s question and inspiration
2:04 The problem is simple
5:02 Vibratone and Leslie are different things!
5:57 Today’s amp set up
7:15 Two-Rock… plus Victory and Vibratone
8:55 Slow & fast settings & Vibratone solo
10:05 Room vs recorded sound?
10:55 Just get a rotary speaker pedal!
11:58 1964 Vibroverb & Neo Micro Vent
13:48 Blending dry back in
14:07 Digital latency sadness
14:42 You have to have two amps
15:40 Physical sound movement is essential
16:55 Where does the reverb go?
17:58 Warren Haynes with H&K Rotosphere
18:45 Analogue dry signal and latency explained
20:20 Micro Vent & Rotosphere compared
22:05 Hudson Motorcycle overdrive
23:40 Rotosphere is the best… and worst
24:10 Recap the problem… and move forwards
25:00 H&K in stereo
26:00 Pedal preamp, extra reverb, signal chain
27:45 Maiden D Preamp and Echo-Fix Reverb
28:50 And now the Rotosphere stereo
29:32 Adding the dry amp back in
30:43 Caroline Megabyte delay
32:30 Changing speaker cab position?
34:30 Vibratone vs Our Best Effort
36:10 The verdict
37:37 Everything on…
39:48 Final thoughts
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
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• TheGigRig Three2One
• Reeves Electro Daughterboard Facet Fuzz FF
• Hudson Motorcycle
• Caroline FX Megabyte Delay
• Neo Instruments Micro Vent 16
• Kingsley Maiden D Preamp Pedal
• Echo-Fix EF 3 Reverb
• TheGigRig Humdinger
• TheGigRig G3 Atom
Guitars in today’s show
• 1964 Fender Telecaster - Dan’s video here:
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/WOMHUQeHGRQ
Amps used in today’s show
• Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature into 2x12 cabinet with TR1265B speakers
• 1964 Fender Vibroverb with 1x 15 Celestion G15V Fullback
• Victory V140 Deluxe into…
• Fender Vibratone rotating speaker cabinet
• Kingsley Maiden D Preamp pedal into…
• Mesa 50:50 Stereo Power Amp into…
• Barefaced Reformer 112 x 2
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