CAE 3+SE and Mesa 2:100 (Mark Day)

[asianaxeman]

do u prefer this over ur axe fx?

[71bee383]

Great sounding distortion! endless sustain! I use the studio Mesa Boogie 2:100 in my rack as well. tell me, are you using the 6L6's or the EL34's? I switched mine to the EL34's & absolutely love the sound!

[samhillband]

yup totally amateur.

Mark

[bornburied]

@samhillband I wish I could be as much an amatuer as you are Mark  ; )

[mattleeb68]

Hope you make good money at gigs to pay for that contraption. Alittle overkill for an amatuer gig. Haha

[Equestional]

what midi foot controller is that? i can use a thing like that since my rig is massive!

[samhillband]

@Equestional

Bradshaw/Rocktron

[mrboverbro]

whats the unit under the deciminator ?

[samhillband]

@mrboverbro

Rocktron/Bradshaw Switcher RSB18

[Mattus1111]

That distortion is fat! But the cleans arent very great with all the fx

[jsegedi22]

I am honestly amazed at this tone... i keep coming back to listin to it all the time every day... I plan on starting a rack and i want to base my sound around the cae 3+se is there any advice you have? and could you please share what else was in your rack that help give this tone??

[danosol1]

Did you use the Recto inputs of the regular inputs on the Mesa 2:100.

[samhillband]

regular

Mark

[locoed11]

That sounds awsome Mark,your getting that fat tone.

[yysii]

do you use a mixer rack for the out of preamp? or the cae in the g major only?

[samhillband]

For that rig I used a Roland M120 Line Mixer

[toxikfan6]

What a massive rig

[yysii]

sorry...do you use any booster pedal?

good lead sound

[samhillband]

I don;t use this rig anymore. For solo sounds with this rig I used a Zakk OD.

Mark

[HackenbushTv]

@samhillband - at 1:28 - and this in my solo channel, basically the same sound,uh, it's just boosted with, uh, one of the three channels on my bradshaw and a little more delay...

And also the Zakk Wylde OD? Did you forget to mention this in this vid?

No offense, just curious asking :-)

[samhillband]

Quite possibly forgot. It may not even be used in this rig at that time??? it was a few years ago and there was a time that I didn't use an O/D boost.

[ruffles272]

could yout put the mids and treble really high and the bass low with alot of gain for some friedman tone?

[acdcfan7676]

you have a big rack haha

[JIMKREMER1]

Hi, I just got a CAE 3+SE after hearing your tone. I'm running through a VHT 292 Power amp in stereo into 2 Mesa cabs, but your tone sounds much thicker. Can you share your settings for channel 3, and are you using a tube screamer or an overdrive to push the CAE? Thanks!

[jimmypage1stfan]

hey what brand is your rack case? im looking to get one and only ones i can find are on ebay and most seem like junk.. where did you get yours?

thanks!

[cjk291]

is that preamp your main sound or you useing it as a boost that what i thought u said in the video i may have miss understood

[rockboy8812]

best preamp in the market

[deltafit]

how much are the pickups contributing to that tone? would passive pups give as much gain?

[EMGXX84]

I would like to know how much is the CAE 3+ preamp?

[samhillband]

You can get them used for $1500-$1900usd. You are better off with the CAA OD100se+...better tone much more thump and clarity.

Mark

[bdamotta]

Isn't the CAA OD100 SE+ around $3000USD?

Also in your clip here, I don't know if you mentioned it elsewhere, but your "basic rhythm channel"... is it Ch 2. or Ch 3. on the pre-amp?

I'm thinking of picking up one of these pre-amps to go with my old VHT2150 power amp.

Great tone by the way :)

[samhillband]

Yes the OD100se+ is around $3k. My basic rhythm with the CAE 3+se is ch 3, I never used ch 2 much...but it does sound great as well.

[bdamotta]

Cool. Thanks for the quick reply.

I noticed another video on Youtube of someone demoing some Megadeth with this preamp and Ch 2 sounded great as well.

Decisions decisions...

[prabowoputra]

how would you describe the tone of the 3+se? I like thick mid-lows sound you're getting in this video.. is it really that thick in real life?

[samhillband]

Yes it is that thick, the better choic would be the Custom Audio (John Suhr) Od100se+ or the PT100.

Mark

[Petrucciisgod123]

You killer tone. I'm very impressed. I'm getting rid of my Recto and picking up a TriAxis very soon.

[DrorBecker]

What's your Foot Controller ?

[samhillband]

That would be an RSB18F Rocktron/Bradshaw controller.

Mark

[DrorBecker]

Is that a midi controller ?

[JacksonVHT]

Sounds good man, I'm running my +3 SE with a VHT 2/90/2.

[Pewptypeupty]

Suck it.

[poop770]

do you know the difference between the mesa 2:90 and 2:100? I'm considering either for my Marshall JMP-1 but can't try out both.

[samhillband]

The 2:100 is more of everything! It kicks the 2:90's butt.

Mark

[poop770]

awesome thanks!

[Luke650]

Is this preamp still produced?

[Parliaments100s]

Yes, but very hard to get.

[calibanman]

Thanks Mark,

Were you using a lot of the second equaliser for this clip, because it really sounds very thick.

Thank you

[samhillband]

No extra eq. You should hear the OD100se+ head in person.  If you like the CAE 3+se preamp you'd die for the OD100se+ head!!

Mark

[calibanman]

That sounds very amazing. What channels are you using on the CAE

[samhillband]

In the video for all dirty tones I am using Ch3, clean stuff is CH1. I now use a Custom Audio OD100se+ head. It kills the rack stuff. Better everything!

Mark

[DtretcHx]

I want that preamp but $1800 ouch...

[HomerJ666]

fucking awesome.. i'd like to see a combo of the recto recording preamp and the 2/100

[samhillband]

It used to be the Recto Pre in there, they are both really nice but I preferred the CAE

[HomerJ666]

do you consider the recto preamp more heavy? death metal like?

[samhillband]

The Recto was darker and looser souding.

[HomerJ666]

oh thats good for me then :)

thanks for the info

[jackazs]

that's amazing..

what pickups did you use for this vid?

[sportakuss]

he uses emg's

[jackazs]

yeah i know, but is it 81 or 85?

[sportakuss]

oo ya as for the model i couldnt tell ya srry

[sportakuss]

on there website it says he uses 81's on his other guitar so im guessing these are the same

[samhillband]

I use an 85 in the bridge and 81 in the neck.

[samhillband]

EMG's 85 in the bridge with SPC tone(EMG)

[gitarerik]

That's some sweet gear you have there! And great tone. Jees, a 3+SE is on top of my wishlist. Great playing too!

[bwaybud]

sounds so good, damnn

[amircg19701]

Where is George Lynch???? He should have been there !

[dcooper830]

MONSTER growling rock tone!! That's a friggin' ridiculous set-up with all that rack stuff and the massive foot controller.. but you obviously know how to put it all to good use! EXCELLENT!!

[deathlord28]

Sounds great!

[ruderocker]

Good lord.....that is major league gear...thanks for sharing