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doug, >I know you have much experience with Rivera amps and racks of gear, well..... i use one rack w/4 single-space units in it..... i do use a rivera m100 head, quite often, which was modified by paul rivera sr. >so >I >thought you'd be a good resource for this question. we'll see! 8-) >I have a Knucklehead 100 watt. I also have a GR-1, gr-1 is a roland synth-gtr unit w/hex-pickup? >2 EDPs, and some other >stuff, that encourages me to run a stereo setup. right. >My current preference >is to run stereo into 2 JC-120s. But... I *love* the tone and >flexibility >of my Rivera, and am exploring ways to get it into my setup. gotcha. >My goal is to >treat the Knucklehead as the tone shaper of my guitar signal, while >keeping >my synth guitar and stereo capability. there is at least one alternate path --- if yer willing to haul everything around: dual mono or 3-point stereo: gtr> knucklehead> dedicated knucklehead cab (line out of knucklehead> small mixer) (gr-1> small mixer) (edp's on fx sends @ small mixer) (small mixer out> power amp ins of 1 or 2 jc120's) this separates the tone and soundsource of the gtr from the synth and loops etc; in this case, if you have (for example) a thd hotplate, you can control (& balance) the overall output level of the kh w/the controls on the hotplate (www.thdelectronics.com) while sending a consistent level to the loop-dealie. (NB, though: using the hotplate to drive your kh cabinet at only 'whisper'-levels will not allow the kh speaker cab to contribute to your sound.....) >I'm toying with the idea of doing >this: >Guitar -> GR-1 >GR-1 Guitar Out -> Knucklehead (preamp) -> KH Effects Loop with a few >goodies -> KH Effects return -> KH power amp -> KH Line Out -> GR-1 Guitar >Return okay..... >GR-1 Stereo Outs -> the rest of my stereo setup, including an EDP on each >side, ending into two JC-120s sounds reasonable, but then you'll not be getting the best out of the knucklehead through the 'high-efficiency' jc-120's, i think..... >This will require me to have a dummy load on the Rivera. right; and most dummy-loads still require the amp to be connected to an actual speaker cab..... >1st question >- any >experience with the common dummy load devices? Any idea which will give >me >a true dummy load, while maintaining the beautiful tone of the Rivera? quick answer: well, there's no quick answer to that. if you wanna maintain the sound of yer kh, yer gonna need to play it through a suitable spkr cab. i have, myself, a few pathways to that end: 1) my current setup uses the thd hotplate: very good-sounding & reactive, very flexible w/a variety of selectable spkr-output-levels and one pure dummy-load, 2) my rivera m100 has a built-in switchable dummy-load, which does the job well so long as the line-out eventually ends in a suitable gtr spkr-cab, and 3) a switchable dummy-load w/compensated line-out made by mark bartel (of toneking amplifiers) that functions much like the rivera, but in a transportable box. i don't know if this'll help ya, but over the years i've developed this system as my 'direct-recording' rig: gtr>pedals>toneking comet 40 amp & cab>thd hotplate(set at -12dB, so there's still some gtr sound in the room)>ada ampulator (reactive power tube tone-shaping)>small mixer (loops, fx, etc)>ada microcab2 (speaker emulation)> recorder. >2nd question - do you have success with taking the Line Out from a Rivera, >running it through rack gear, and going out to other guitar amp(s)? that has worked for me, in the past, but: i would think that jc120's are not gonna be the perfect match for what i presume is the KH's original tone..... but: experimenting is the *only* way to find out what might work for ***you***! >Is >my >tone gonna sound like doo-doo? I can't really test this until I have a >dummy load. as far as i can tell, the 2 major available choices would be: 1) the thd hotplate (which i quite like, myself), and 2) the palmer stuff..... ( available at http://www.palmerdirect.com/ ) hope that helps!, and sorry if it doesn't..... best, dt / splattercell