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#1
Preamps and Effects / Best / Favorite DI
January 08, 2009, 01:36:01 PM
Looking for recommendations on a DI.  I'm going for a jazz tone, but I use a fair bit of reverb and delay.

Some DI's I'm considering:
Radial JDI
SansAmp ParaDriver
CountryMan type 185

My signal path is:
Ibanez AS200 ----> Ernie Ball VP jr vol pdl ---->(DI here?)---->Digitch RP150--(stereo out)-->2 yamaha G100-112 amps

I'm thinking of using the DI as sort of a "center" tone, and mic'ing each amp and panning those fairly hard left and right.  I'm shooting for a tone similar to Metheny, but with more ambience.  A good reference would probably be Ben Monder or Kurt Rosenwinkel.

If anybody has any experience with any of these DI's please let me know what your thoughts are, or if perhaps I need to consider putting it in a different place in my signal chain.

Thanks guys.
#2
Amplifier Discussion / Op amps in Yamaha G100
December 30, 2008, 07:09:39 AM
So last night I openned up one of my Yamaha G100 amps to give it a dousing of DeOxit and I noticed that the op amps on the preamp board are JRC 4558D chips.  I'm not real familiar with electronics but I did a little googling and it looks like those are very sought after in old pedals and such.  Is this why I dig the sound of my amp so much?  Are there any compatible op amps that would be improvements over these?

Thanks.
#3
The Newcomer's Forum / New Member - Yamaha G100 user
December 14, 2008, 10:29:59 AM
Greetings.  I can't tell you how happy I am to have found this forum.  I've been using late 70's and early 80's Yamaha G100-112II amps for several years now and I'm hooked on them.

You can hear them here http://www.myspace.com/chrisharequartet

Peace.


Chris