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Settings for Thunderverb 50 head
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:53 pm
by 11tonylevin
Hi
Wondering if anyone has, or knows where to get, sample settings for the TV 50 head. I just picked one up this weekend and despite its few knobs, it is clear that this amp is very versatile. I play 70s rock, on the heavier side of the rock, but not metal, so looking for a solid classic crunch. I thought I had seen an Orange manual, maybe the rockerverb, that had some typical settings for different styles of rock. I would like to start from such a reference and experiment from there vs starting from scratch. I use humbuckers almost exclusively, in fact my main guitar is a custom tele, set neck, with seymour duncam antiquity pickups. I also use a les paul copy from Godin that has Loller El-Rayo pickups which are very hot.
Alternately, anyone out there that wants to share their set up is more than welcome
thanks
tony
Re: Settings for Thunderverb 50 head
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:55 pm
by Jondog
I don’t have a TV50, but I’d try working with lots of mids, lower the bass and enough treble where its not shrill even if that means full. Start with the gain being clean when you pick lightly, and crunch when you hit them hard. Adjust from there. Thats how I do it on my Rocker. While they’re quite different, they share the same number of gain stages.
The shape knob will go between lots of treble and bass one way, to lots of mids the other way.
Re: Settings for Thunderverb 50 head
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:50 am
by 11tonylevin
Hey Jondog
thanks for your suggestions. Will try them out. Funny thing is that I got turned on to Orange by fluke after accepting a Rocker 30 in a trade for a Marshall. Blew me away ! I just spent a few hours with the TV 50 but my first gut reaction was that the Rocker 30 had a natural and sweet crunch out of the box whereas the TV 50 seems to need some tweaking to get that same crunch. The reason I sought the TV is because of the attenuator....sound guys at the smaller venues are giving me a rough time with the volume levels of the R30.
Tony
Re: Settings for Thunderverb 50 head
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:32 am
by afjungemann
The thing that I think helps is to completely forget about eq expectations in the traditional sense. I have had my amps at pretty wonky settings to look at but the sound was fantastic.
I agree with what was stated before, roll off the bass to start. I usually have mids and treble at noon, bass all the way at 9 o’clock and start messing. This is of course with my experience with RV, DD, and AD amps, not the TV.
Re: Settings for Thunderverb 50 head
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:34 am
by pedecamp
11tonylevin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:53 pm
Hi
Wondering if anyone has, or knows where to get, sample settings for the TV 50 head. I just picked one up this weekend and despite its few knobs, it is clear that this amp is very versatile. I play 70s rock, on the heavier side of the rock, but not metal, so looking for a solid classic crunch. I thought I had seen an Orange manual, maybe the rockerverb, that had some typical settings for different styles of rock. I would like to start from such a reference and experiment from there vs starting from scratch. I use humbuckers almost exclusively, in fact my main guitar is a custom tele, set neck, with seymour duncam antiquity pickups. I also use a les paul copy from Godin that has Loller El-Rayo pickups which are very hot.
Alternately, anyone out there that wants to share their set up is more than welcome
thanks
tony
I've been running mine the past few years with the eq and shape at noon and set the gain where ever you need it, at noon is fairly classic crunch, one caveat I use a SD-1 always on set as a clean boost and the tone max'd this gives me a treble boost since the amp is so dark. As of late I've eliminated the treble boost and have my eq set treble max'd, mids at 3 oclock and bass at 9 oclock, shape at 3 oclock, gain to taste.