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The Matamp is hot. You get any customisation on the circuit?


If you're sending stuff out to blogs, you can use alexa.com to compare the relative popularity of sites. It only tracks people using their toolbar, but since that's a decent number (apparently), it's a useful metric for comparison.

For instance, the US rankings for:

metalsucks.net 6,962
cvltnation.com 34,956
decibelmagazine.com 57,594
invisibleoranges.com 88,943
theobelisk.net 125,616
steelforbrains.com 400,882
psychedelicbaby.blogspot.com 660,646
doom-metal.com 1,338,432

stonerobixxx.net (uhh ranks higher in germany? interesting... aha)

I guess one approach to take would be to think of a band that you feel are kindred spirits. Search for blogs that have reviewed them. Then send out to the ones with the highest rankings.

I miss my GT1...

dub wrote:The Matamp is hot. You get any customisation on the circuit?

cheers mate...no, its all stock GT1...i didnt feel like i need to make any changes to something thats already perfect.

worshipcult wrote:Also by any chance do any of you guys do album reviews for any blogs or know someone who does? We are looking for reviews.

I used to. My advice is to email the ones that you'd want to be featured in and say "hey, this is who we are and this is our record." A word to the wise, though -- they get loads of emails all day erry day, so they're typically not the fastest responders. And some (like The Obelisk) only review physical media, so be on the lookout for that, too.

http://365daysofcapek.tumblr.com/ -- just got started by our own DarkAxel, maybe shoot him a PM? When I was starting Doperigs I spent most of the first two weeks begging Talkbass bros to give me gear info while posting all the Sunn/Sleep paraphranalia I could muster in between. Eventually that went the other way, and bands started to hit me up out of the blue. It works somewhat similarly with bands and independent record reviewers: these people spend all day on the internet looking for descriptions to steal and rehash, and when you send them an email the first thing they're going to do is look for other reviews. Having other reviews is a good thing. People are infinitely more likely to look at a record/band that's already been covered somewhere else.

samzadgan wrote:cheers man...

any solution as good but cheaper than the bigshot??

get a stereo out pedal
replace somethin you already have
splitters and a/b waste space
i also had built into my old board
one channel of a patchbay
its just a little pcb (2"x4")with 4 jacks
using that re routes depending if you are usin 1or 2 amps
wait, you got no peds with stereo or a dry out or somethin?

ryan summit wrote:

samzadgan wrote:cheers man...

any solution as good but cheaper than the bigshot??

get a stereo out pedal
replace somethin you already have
splitters and a/b waste space
i also had built into my old board
one channel of a patchbay
its just a little pcb (2"x4")with 4 jacks
using that re routes depending if you are usin 1or 2 amps
wait, you got no peds with stereo or a dry out or somethin?

nah man...no stereo pedals...ages ago i had a electric mistress which was stereo out and i ran dual amps with it and it was fine.

but luckily today, i managed to get a Big Shot from local forum for less than it would cost to get a stereo pedal...so happy days.

samzadgan wrote:

ryan summit wrote:

samzadgan wrote:cheers man...

any solution as good but cheaper than the bigshot??

get a stereo out pedal
replace somethin you already have
splitters and a/b waste space
i also had built into my old board
one channel of a patchbay
its just a little pcb (2"x4")with 4 jacks
using that re routes depending if you are usin 1or 2 amps
wait, you got no peds with stereo or a dry out or somethin?

nah man...no stereo pedals...ages ago i had a electric mistress which was stereo out and i ran dual amps with it and it was fine.

but luckily today, i managed to get a Big Shot from local forum for less than it would cost to get a stereo pedal...so happy days.

Yeah -- I use my Flashback x4 to send a signal to both of my amps. Works out fine. glad you got a nice deal. This is an FYI for anybody who hasn't.

Anyone here have experience with the Eminence Swamp Thangs? I'd love to get opinions on them. Even better if you've mixed them with V30's or something similar. I'm getting quotes from builders on 6x12 cabs right now and I'm mulling through speaker options.

I love them.

loud as fuck, huge bass, heavy on the low mids, trebles not super bright.

skip didn't like their mids iirc, I bought 6 from him

theyre heavy as well. not EV heavy but my marshall cab wiith them is alwayus the base

Corey Y wrote:Anyone here have experience with the Eminence Swamp Thangs? I'd love to get opinions on them. Even better if you've mixed them with V30's or something similar. I'm getting quotes from builders on 6x12 cabs right now and I'm mulling through speaker options.

This is a decent eminence speaker shootout. Whiskey is right on the money with his description. I use one paired with a wizard, and I love the combo for the heavies.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_exgI5Esg[/youtube]

whiskey_face wrote:I love them.

loud as fuck, huge bass, heavy on the low mids, trebles not super bright.

skip didn't like their mids iirc, I bought 6 from him

theyre heavy as well. not EV heavy but my marshall cab wiith them is alwayus the base

I didn't like the speaker breakup when pushed, it sounded blocky and unmusical IMO.

Barracuda wrote:

Corey Y wrote:Anyone here have experience with the Eminence Swamp Thangs? I'd love to get opinions on them. Even better if you've mixed them with V30's or something similar. I'm getting quotes from builders on 6x12 cabs right now and I'm mulling through speaker options.

This is a decent eminence speaker shootout. Whiskey is right on the money with his description. I use one paired with a wizard, and I love the combo for the heavies.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_exgI5Esg[/youtube]

The only problem with this comparison is its with a low wattage head thats not pushing them at all. The ST's especially change character when being pushed at loud volumes which is where I discovered the blocky breakup I didn't like. Plus his tone is very undoom, it says sludge but it might as well hve been a djent demo IMO.

Ancient Astronaught wrote:
The only problem with this comparison is its with a low wattage head thats not pushing them at all. The ST's especially change character when being pushed at loud volumes which is where I discovered the blocky breakup I didn't like. Plus his tone is very undoom, it says sludge but it might as well hve been a djent demo IMO.

This is very true. I still think it beats the blues demos out there.

Barracuda wrote:This is very true. I still think it beats the blues demos out there.

I'll definitely give you that.

whiskey_face wrote:I love them.

loud as fuck, huge bass, heavy on the low mids, trebles not super bright.

skip didn't like their mids iirc, I bought 6 from him

theyre heavy as well. not EV heavy but my marshall cab wiith them is alwayus the base

Pretty much this. I use them in my 2x12. Definitely favoring the low end. The downside is that it's hard to test them out. I've heard a lot about people liking them paired up with Wizards which is certainly I'd love to someday try... Depending on time frame for you... when my band records in the next few months I can try to get you just my guitar tracks perhaps. I'm running either a Sunn Beta Lead or RedBear MK60 through them.

Thanks for the feedback dudes. Skip and I also had a conversation in private about them. The ST were my alternate idea, I'm probably going to stick with my first idea. WGS ET65's and Veteran 30's mixed in a zigzag pattern.