This is the audio from our YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/bSz7GrRdHc0

Regular viewers will know that Dan and I are big fans of the wet-dry rig. According to our definition at least, that means using two amplifiers where one of them gets signal from ALL of your pedals including reverbs and delays (wet), while the other gets only the drives (dry). And maybe compression. And maybe modulation depending on how you like it.

It’s a very simple concept… until you get into the nuts and bolts of signal routing, signal splits, phase and isolation, whereupon the confusion can come along all too quickly.

So this video attempts to break all of that down and – with the help of a diagram or two - we hope to demystify things.

Once we’ve talked about wet-dry, we add a third amp for wet-dry-wet. All the principles are the same, so it shouldn’t be too much of a brain stretch. Finally you have a use for those unloved 'other' amps you have kicking around. Or a great excuse to buy one or two more. :0) Enjoy!

 

Pedals in this episode…

 

• TheGigRig Three2One

https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

 

• Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner Mini

USA: http://bit.ly/2AYjob5

Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c

 

• Kingsley Page Tube Boost V2

http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/7/

 

• Keeley D&M Drive

UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2cRvIvt

USA: http://bit.ly/2cyOYjD

Australia: http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf

 

• TheGigRig Humdinger

https://www.thegigrig.com/humdinger

 

• Triangulo Lab Chorus Ensemble

https://triungulolab.bigcartel.com/

 

• Mooer Trelicopter

UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2i8yiDi

USA: http://bit.ly/2CEJQpd

 

• Strymon TimeLine

UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2fzulGD

USA: http://bit.ly/2eE84Td

Australia: http://bit.ly/2pSEFKm

 

• Neunaber Immerse Reverb

UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2QFbjkg

USA: http://bit.ly/2Ey6YIp

Australia: http://bit.ly/2Gzpdjn

 

• Bespeco VM13 ZUM

http://www.bespeco.it/en/volume-and-expression-pedal/2074-vm13zum-0799804318502.html

 

• TheGigRig G2

https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

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Interesting bits and go-to sections…

- Intro playing: 0:00

- What are we doing today? 3:08

- What are the big questions? 4:45

- Today’s amps: 6:10

- What is wet-dry anyway? 7:10

- A normal rig and FX chain… 10:10

- …moving to wet-dry: 12:20

- Isolation and signal splitting: 13:30

- Marshall – the dry amp today: 14:45

- Marshall & Two-Rock together: 16:45

- Where is the signal split happening? 17:25

- Tremolo in both amps: 18:40

- Delay and reverb in only the wet amp: 19:10 (19:30)

- Choosing what goes wet and what goes dry? 21:31

- We need to talk about phase: 22:00

- In phase, out of phase: 24:24

- What about earth and isolation? 29:15

- Moving the modulation effects to the wet amp only: 31:30

- Trem to one amp and both amps, compared: 33:40

- Amps with different characters? 35:30

- Chorus and vibrato, wet only: 36:55

- …and with delay and tremolo: 38:30

- A dense band mix? 39:35

- But I don’t have a fancy-ass switcher – what about me?! 41:30

- Okay, time for wet-dry-wet: 42:45

- Three amps: 44:50

- How loud is that? 45:20

- Wet-dry-wet with tremolo… 47:00

- …with and without the dry amp: 47:40

- Stereo reverb and delay: 48:25 (50:33)

- Wet-dry-wet, delay, no dry amp: 52:08

- …and reverb: 52:57

- 100 per cent wet in the wet amp (kill dry): 56:00 (58:00)

- Higher and lower headroom amps? 1:01:00

- Higher and lower FX level in the wet amps: 1:05:50

- What have we learned? 1:13:10

- And the final, really annoying point about phase: 1:15:52

 

Guitars in this episode:

• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT

• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K

• PRS DGT - watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2d8Xo2I

• Collings 290 DCS - watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2dDG96k

• G&L ASAT Special

 

Amps in this episode

• Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature and 2x12 cab with Two-Rock TR 1265B speakers

• Marshall 1987x and Marshall 1960A cab with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers

• Sovtek MIG 50 and 1x12 cab wth Celestion Alnico Cream speaker

 

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