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Signal Chain????

Sounds very good, I have a couple of clips with IRs but they don't sound as close as yours...

It sounds a bit 'dry' or 'hard' to me, like an 800 or something... I think that's what you meant with Variac'd thing... you're missing that chubby open E and the palm mute is a little bit too tight, but hey, it sounds really good!

I had the same problem, couldn't get that chubby sound (think of DTNA intro sound)... Tried many many stuff, and the only thing that worked for me is my GE-10.... I never tried the variac though, but gainwise I don't need one anymore, plenty of gain for VHI now...

You should try one and defenitelly get some greenbacks or M75 scumbacks...

What part of the Hotplate do you have the Suhr coming from? The line out or a speaker out jack?

Without the speaker in there and some air between it and a mic, its pretty hard to replicate.

To me it just sounds like something is missing (of course!) That being said, the overall structure of the tone is great it just has a non-organic characteristic to it.

I think I understood the whole feed back thing you mentioned. Does the tone change in your final product with the speaker in the chain even though you aren't recording it?

I would bet if you had a more reactive load, it would sound better.

This thread show the, IMHO, drastic difference in the line out sound based on reactive vs resistive loads.

http://www.thegearpage.net/board//showt ... ?t=1072793" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://soundcloud.com/ilya-v/straight-vs-reactive-vs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am also wondering if the line out from the hotplate into the Suhr might be an option? I think the way you have it is the "right" way.

Post pic's of the inside of the iso box?