Orange Rocker 15 Terror questions
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:15 pm
Hi all!
I've been playing with my Rocker 15 Terror for a while and am looking for a way to improve it.
Basically I'm looking for a way to make the gain knob have a wider sweep, for a more useful range. How it is setup now means 50 percent of the knob is useless.
Right now, my amp acts like the below with Dirty channel volume at halfway:
Gain Knob Range
0 - 3: Barely Audible
3 - 5. Quiet, and thinner than clean channel. Pretty unusable. Natural channel volume at 0.5 is equal perceived volume
5 - 6: Bit of Overdrive and bite, light blues tones. Natural channel volume at 3 is equal perceived volume
6 - 7: Blues and classic rock can all be found in this range. Natural channel volume at 5 is equal perceived volume
7 - 8: Classic to hard rock (Alice in Chains level). Natural channel volume at 6.5 is equal perceived volume
8 - 10: Heavy, bassy chug, definite more modern hard rock territory . Natural channel volume at 8 is equal perceived volume
I would like the amp to act more like the following, giving a wider range on the knob for each tone/genre/gain level:
0 - 2: Thin (thinner than clean channel) and pretty unusable. Natural channel volume at 0.5 is equal perceived volume
2 - 3.5: Bit of Overdrive and bite, light blues tones. Natural channel volume at 3 is equal perceived volume
3.5 - 6.5: Blues and classic rock can all be found in this range. Natural channel volume at 5 is equal perceived volume
6.5 - 8: Classic to hard rock (Alice in Chains level). Natural channel volume at 6.5 is equal perceived volume
8 - 10: Heavy, bassy chug, definite more modern hard rock territory . Natural channel volume at 8 is equal perceived volume
Is this possible?
The amp has a Dual Gang audio taper pot. Would a logarithmic taper perhaps make the gain knob increase more gradually with a wider sweep? This means instead of squeezing blues tones out of 2 notches (5 - 7), i can now squeeze it out of a wider range (2 -7) which gives me more control of the available gain.
Looking forward to any help here
Thanks!
I've been playing with my Rocker 15 Terror for a while and am looking for a way to improve it.
Basically I'm looking for a way to make the gain knob have a wider sweep, for a more useful range. How it is setup now means 50 percent of the knob is useless.
Right now, my amp acts like the below with Dirty channel volume at halfway:
Gain Knob Range
0 - 3: Barely Audible
3 - 5. Quiet, and thinner than clean channel. Pretty unusable. Natural channel volume at 0.5 is equal perceived volume
5 - 6: Bit of Overdrive and bite, light blues tones. Natural channel volume at 3 is equal perceived volume
6 - 7: Blues and classic rock can all be found in this range. Natural channel volume at 5 is equal perceived volume
7 - 8: Classic to hard rock (Alice in Chains level). Natural channel volume at 6.5 is equal perceived volume
8 - 10: Heavy, bassy chug, definite more modern hard rock territory . Natural channel volume at 8 is equal perceived volume
I would like the amp to act more like the following, giving a wider range on the knob for each tone/genre/gain level:
0 - 2: Thin (thinner than clean channel) and pretty unusable. Natural channel volume at 0.5 is equal perceived volume
2 - 3.5: Bit of Overdrive and bite, light blues tones. Natural channel volume at 3 is equal perceived volume
3.5 - 6.5: Blues and classic rock can all be found in this range. Natural channel volume at 5 is equal perceived volume
6.5 - 8: Classic to hard rock (Alice in Chains level). Natural channel volume at 6.5 is equal perceived volume
8 - 10: Heavy, bassy chug, definite more modern hard rock territory . Natural channel volume at 8 is equal perceived volume
Is this possible?
The amp has a Dual Gang audio taper pot. Would a logarithmic taper perhaps make the gain knob increase more gradually with a wider sweep? This means instead of squeezing blues tones out of 2 notches (5 - 7), i can now squeeze it out of a wider range (2 -7) which gives me more control of the available gain.
Looking forward to any help here
Thanks!