Originally Posted By: DonaldR
Originally Posted By: Downrazor11
I don't know of anyone that uses a guitar amp for the 11r, I originally tried using mine as a preamp into my b52 at100 head with 4x12 cab and I wasn't happy with it, and worse was that if I got a patch sounding good it would sound horrible when recorded through usb unless I mic'd it and went through a different interface...

With my 11R, I'm using a Peavey Classic 60/60 tube power amp and Peavey 4x12" cab loaded with Celestion G12K-85 speakers at home. Sounds incredible!!!
I'm also using an old Carvin SX60 1x12" combo for jam sessions with friends (will replace the speaker with a Celestion G12K-100 in the near future) that sounds not so bad.
Finally I have an EV ZLX12P for creating patch for direct to FOH, and use it as my monitor when gigging.
I have separate rigs for each setup, mostly a parametric eq in FX1 after amp.


Yeah, I think it is totally do-able to have a power amp setup into a cab and have it sound great, but I have found I can't just treat the 11r as a preamp, even with the amp and cab sections bypassed (or amp set to clean) it is trickier than I need to get a good sound. And once I get that sound it doesn't translate well to USB recording. But it may just be me, I have limited time to spend messing with settings and patches.. Even with 100 or so presets I still always feel like I'm running out..

BTW, I used to run a digitech 2101 into a peavey classic 50/50 tube power amp into a peavey slanted upright 2x12, that thing was beast! And so heavy (meant both ways).. It just wasn't the same running the 11r into the power amp section of my AT100 tube head. It's funny we have great gear and then get something we think is better and then try to make it sound 'as good' as the gear it's replacing, odd we are.. Though I think I have broken through that cycle (just have rose colored memories of my long distant gear), I wouldn't trade the 11r setup with the epsi for anything I had in the past.


Edited by Downrazor11 (10/20/15 10:14 AM)