Splawn Nitro pic and clip

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

I got my Nitro set up at the rehearsal spot today. Here is a pic of it all set up.

Here is a short video clip I did. I took it with a Fuji point and shoot so not the most HiFi clip. The mic woofs out at times but that's the camera not the amp.

The amp has a bit too much gain but I'm learning to get used to it. In this clip I have the gain on the rhythm setting at only 1/4 of the way up, 9 O' Clock on the dial... Yeah it's really gainy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmxKvpeHvw0

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 12255 Location: PEORIA ILLINOIS

thats some sick s#%t right there. tone for days.

I gotta say it........ no digital s#%t box can replicate that tone. you did yourself a huge favor buying this amp. Two metal horns from me. \m/\m/

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

The camera doesn't pick up all the tight low end this has. It's a sledgehammer!

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:11 am

Dude that sounds GREAT !!!! CONGRATS !!!!!! ON SCORING
A KILLER AMP !!!!!

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How are you running the EQ/tone stack? that sounds VERY nice, lots of crunch.

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I freaking love these amps. Very good choice Lanning. Clip sounds awesome.

Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 295 Location: Chitown

Had a chance to hear Rich Ward's tone on his Splawn and it was awesome. Love these amps.

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pariah2 wrote:

How are you running the EQ/tone stack? that sounds VERY nice, lots of crunch.

Very simple... Resonance, Presence, Bass, Mid and Treble are all at 12:30. Gain is set 1/4 the way up (yes just 1/4).

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 10203 Location: New Jersey USA

Sounds great Lanning. Have ordered road cases for those yet? Smile

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Gain on 1/4? That's insane!

Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 2019

Sounds awesome Lanning. I've been jonesing for a Splawn for a while. The clarity is amazing on those amps. Some guys hate on em cause they don't cover up their crap playing tho like a Mesa will. Laughing

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Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

pariah2 wrote:

How are you running the EQ/tone stack? that sounds VERY nice, lots of crunch.

Very simple... Resonance, Presence, Bass, Mid and Treble are all at 12:30. Gain is set 1/4 the way up (yes just 1/4).

Essentially flat?

holy S&%T! dude... that thing is a beast!

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BradWorld wrote:

Sounds great Lanning. Have ordered road cases for those yet? Smile

The head is Marshall sized so I have a case that fits it but I got covers for the head and cab anyway Laughing

pariah2 wrote:

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

pariah2 wrote:

How are you running the EQ/tone stack? that sounds VERY nice, lots of crunch.

Very simple... Resonance, Presence, Bass, Mid and Treble are all at 12:30. Gain is set 1/4 the way up (yes just 1/4).

Essentially flat?

holy S&%T! dude... that thing is a beast!

Yes, flat but then turned just a little higher.

Joined: 19 Jan 2007 Posts: 3201 Location: UK

Very cool sounding amp man, yeah that's quite amazing that it's just a smidgen over 12 and you are get that tone out of it.

Hows the eq when it gets higher is it usable all the way up or does it top out at points ?

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Nice lookin rig, and sounds f'ing sweet. Can't wait to hear it on the album. I LOVE that white and gold you did.

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kingoflight wrote:

Hows the eq when it gets higher is it usable all the way up or does it top out at points ?

I have no idea. I just set it where it sounds good to me and then leave it alone. I don't experiment much.

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I gotta admit ur amp sounds killer im going to have to play through one.I like the tight lows.

Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 5763 Location: Joisey

frippin hell, that sounds killer... Shocked

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dat mid-range cut Cool

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That is vicious sounding amp! Is this a characteristic of all Splawn amps??

What speakers are in the cabinet?

Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 1642

great amp lanning, i loved the nitro. i think you made a great choice and if i remember correctly i think you have el34 in your amp. i always wanted to try the small blocks.

i ran mine with kt88 and splawn cab loaded with v30/k100 speakers and it was pretty cool. i played it live a couple times and it sounded great in a band mix, my quickrods had a little more cut but i liked the nitro the best.

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Danger Dude wrote:

That is vicious sounding amp! Is this a characteristic of all Splawn amps??

What speakers are in the cabinet?

Splawn Small Block. They are made by Eminence for Splawn and are 55watt Greenback copies.

Les-Zombie wrote:

great amp lanning, i loved the nitro. i think you made a great choice and if i remember correctly i think you have el34 in your amp. i always wanted to try the small blocks.

Yeah I have EL34s in mine. I wanted 88s originally but my rep from Splawn talked me out of it. He said they have had reliability problems with that tube. I dunno what the deal was entirely but I decided to stick with the 34s.

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:28 pm

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Danger Dude wrote:

That is vicious sounding amp! Is this a characteristic of all Splawn amps??

What speakers are in the cabinet?

Splawn Small Block. They are made by Eminence for Splawn and are 55watt Greenback copies.

Les-Zombie wrote:

great amp lanning, i loved the nitro. i think you made a great choice and if i remember correctly i think you have el34 in your amp. i always wanted to try the small blocks.

Yeah I have EL34s in mine. I wanted 88s originally but my rep from Splawn talked me out of it. He said they have had reliability problems with that tube. I dunno what the deal was entirely but I decided to stick with the 34s.

Eminence huh? No comment, I must say that splawn is a great head, but I still love Celestion speakers, notably the lower wattage ones, because the more pronounced mids. Anyway did you get rid of the JCM800ZW, or do you still have it?

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:27 pm

That Amp is Beast Mode!!!!!!!!!!

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ML Tib wrote:

Eminence huh? No comment, I must say that splawn is a great head, but I still love Celestion speakers, notably the lower wattage ones, because the more pronounced mids. Anyway did you get rid of the JCM800ZW, or do you still have it?

I dunno if you read what I wrote but they are like the Celestion Greenback but are 55 watt instead of 25 watt. They are Splawn labeled but made by Eminence for Splawn. They sound like a G12M Greenback which is a Celestion loudspeaker. It has that pronounced mid range tone, you can hear it in the video.

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love that grind Cool

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:55 pm

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

ML Tib wrote:

Eminence huh? No comment, I must say that splawn is a great head, but I still love Celestion speakers, notably the lower wattage ones, because the more pronounced mids. Anyway did you get rid of the JCM800ZW, or do you still have it?

I dunno if you read what I wrote but they are like the Celestion Greenback but are 55 watt instead of 25 watt. They are Splawn labeled but made by Eminence for Splawn. They sound like a G12M Greenback which is a Celestion loudspeaker. It has that pronounced mid range tone, you can hear it in the video.

Lanning, like you said about the video, it changes sound. I remember Krank was touting their Eminence speakers as sounding like Celestions, and that was farther than the truth. Ask Kris we both tried that Krankenstein rig out. A friend of mine wanted to sell me his Splawn cabinet, but I kinda balked on that idea because of the speakers. I also watched your videos with the H&K and Marshall, and the Marshall I thought it had a better tone. The H&K was really fizzy sounding, but once again positioning of the video camera will change the actual tone.

Do a few more videos of the Splawn positioning the camera different. I hearing allot of bass and lower mids, and then a ton of highs, so to my ears, it doesn't sound balanced.

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:57 pm

ML Tib wrote:

Do a few more videos of the Splawn positioning the camera different. I hearing allot of bass and lower mids, and then a ton of highs, so to my ears, it doesn't sound balanced.

That's because you're old like me... Laughing

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:00 pm

Grim Reaper wrote:

ML Tib wrote:

Do a few more videos of the Splawn positioning the camera different. I hearing allot of bass and lower mids, and then a ton of highs, so to my ears, it doesn't sound balanced.

That's because you're old like me... Laughing

LOL!

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ML Tib wrote:

Grim Reaper wrote:

ML Tib wrote:

Do a few more videos of the Splawn positioning the camera different. I hearing allot of bass and lower mids, and then a ton of highs, so to my ears, it doesn't sound balanced.

That's because you're old like me... Laughing

LOL!

He said old muhahahahaha! Laughing

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:47 am

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

Yeah the camera has a ton to do with it. I don't really wanna do more vids though. I don't care enough to try lol. I'm beyond happy with the tone. I don't need to convince anyone else. There are some awesome bands getting amazing recorded tone with their Nitros. Unearth and Times Of Grace come to mind.

However that being said if you were actually going to buy one based off a video I did then I would. If it's for the sake of this thread then who cares? Laughing

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BLOODROOT wrote:

thats some sick s#%t right there. tone for days.

I gotta say it........ no digital s#%t box can replicate that tone. ....\m/\m/

You listened to this clip on a tube amp stereo on the analogue Youtube app???

Just kidding LOL!

Does sound killer though Wink

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:04 pm

DIBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing

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Grim Reaper wrote:

DIBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing

Be a man and buy one Laughing

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Grim Reaper wrote:

DIBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

Unfortunately it's not mine to sell so good luck waiting. When they offered me an artist deal at NAMM we used band budget to pay for it which is controlled by my wife. I have to buy it back from the band. She's strict with the budget. It's technically not even mine yet. Wink

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:50 pm

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Unfortunately it's not mine to sell so good luck waiting. When they offered me an artist deal at NAMM we used band budget to pay for it which is controlled by my wife. I have to buy it back from the band. She's strict with the budget. It's technically not even mine yet. Wink

Better keep the wife happy and prey that CD sells like a mofo!!! Laughing

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Grim Reaper wrote:

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Unfortunately it's not mine to sell so good luck waiting. When they offered me an artist deal at NAMM we used band budget to pay for it which is controlled by my wife. I have to buy it back from the band. She's strict with the budget. It's technically not even mine yet. Wink

Better keep the wife happy and prey that CD sells like a mofo!!! Laughing

At this rate it's going to have to go gold just to cover Lanning's gear budget! Laughing

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:14 pm

Das Brutalheimmer wrote:

Grim Reaper wrote:

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Unfortunately it's not mine to sell so good luck waiting. When they offered me an artist deal at NAMM we used band budget to pay for it which is controlled by my wife. I have to buy it back from the band. She's strict with the budget. It's technically not even mine yet. Wink

Better keep the wife happy and prey that CD sells like a mofo!!! Laughing

At this rate it's going to have to go gold just to cover Lanning's gear budget! Laughing

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing

i think he's pretty much stayed pretty much PAR on all the buying and trading over teh years

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