Framus Cobra at Very Low Volumes

[jamnlguitarist]

Freaking awesome tone bro!

[UnpopularPoppy]

The Faceless...yes

[ThiagoPug]

It's a greenback 25w version, or 20w?

[ElenaElishPadovese]

what effect do you use?

[IdimmuXul]

Nice Faceless cover! ^.^

[15viceandvirtues]

Caparison and a Cobra.....with a little Faceless too! Love you man! Haha....

[iTinRobot]

where the hell did you get a cobra for 1100? thats amazing

[andyj2012]

are those 2x12s? or a 4x12?

[Necromal]

The faceless!!!!!!!!!! Nice vid!

[4g63kevin]

Sounds sick!

[666quebec666]

loved the faceless. why would you recommend me this amp ?

[diesect33]

Shouldn't you be using the Marshall for that 80's stuff cracker?lol. SO...yeah i traded my 5150 combo for a DSL100MLB.i still can't believe you sold that Cobra man.

[paintyoursky]

why did u butcher aint talkin bout love?

[leod74]

@paintyoursky why do all your clips sound like your butchering a pig with a chainsaw?

[Mattus1111]

DAMN! Give me that amp! It's brutal. How are the cleans?

[diesect33]

@Mattus1111 the cleans on the Cobra are nice and chimey man.

[Mattus1111]

@diesect33 Amazing amp, I wish I could hold of one here in Sweden, it seems to be in the same tonal character as a 5150 with pristine cleans to it, which is something the 5150 lacks, but this killer amp seems to do them both without problem!

[leod74]

@Mattus1111 really good, I liked them a lot, had a ton of headroom.

[skate4free7]

I love the tone of your head man how much does it cost?

[leod74]

@skate4free7 I got the Cobra's I had for $1100

[Mygodtheastronaut]

@leod74 Is that just the head or head and cabinet man?

[xTristan1994]

@Mygodtheastronaut Wow you're stupid. You can't play a head without cabinet.

[Mygodtheastronaut]

@xTristan1994 I meant the price bro. Per se I already have a cabinet and I just want a new head :P

[xTristan1994]

@Mygodtheastronaut Ah ok excuses :p

[TheSchafer78]

@Mygodtheastronaut A lot of high end amp heads have slave, line or headphone outs. Its possible to play without the cab if you have one of the said outputs.

[NAThan9871]

@skate4free7 The Cobra is more about 1800 € in europe , 1100 $, in USA, if it's an used amp is a very cheap price, that amp is not so cheap.

[insudm]

Perfect Gear man! \m/ keep rockin!

[hammy3400]

@some of the guys complaining about the cobra being too fizzy - To overcome this you have to turn the channel volume up to about 3pm, gets rid of the fizz.

[dsl100stack]

how much did you get this head for? i understand they are rather affordable

[theriggermortis2400]

Fuck yes! The Faceless =D Not often you hear them played! Good job!

[Bojiggles1214]

What's the first song you played on here? I hear a lot of people play that riff on here and I have no idea what it is.

[mlceltic]

its ain't talkin bout love by van halen

[matthewk7777]

ok so i really like the tone greenbacks put out but dont four greenbacks only put out 100 watts?? and if so wouldnt a head over 100 watts be too powerful? Sorry if this is a dumb question just wanna know ha ha

[OblivionDC]

@matthewk7777

The Cobra is rated at 100 watts RMS. It'll produce transient spikes over 100 watts but that shouldn't hurt the greenbacks at all.

[matthewk7777]

Thanks :) so my peavey 3120 would be too much power for a greenback loaded cab being that it is 120watts orrrrr....?

[MIKEYTHETHIRD]

@OblivionDC i heard that wattage is usualy rated on an amps clean channel and its lead channel could acctualy be much higher in wattage however im not too sure how that would effect the speakers though

[Sozos9038]

yep a head over 100watts would not be suitable for this kind of speaker configuration.

[theshreddedcheese]

BASTARD CHAIN!

[downhillwondrboy13]

did i hear some faceless in there?

[leod74]

Yeah some Ancient Covenant in the beginning and a little Leica at the end.

[macaframa12]

@leod74 Caparisons are the sickest guitars. Most finely crafted metal guitar on the planet.

[Powerslavery]

Nice man!

I also have the Cobra and a Straight cobra cabinet, Greenbacks are the way to go with the cobra!

I also use EMG's but am planning to go Bareknuckle or something and also use a booster. Like ur tone!

[devilduc]

yes I was thinking to use an other cab , and a guitar with pasive pickup.

but killswitch engage use the same gears tha me (emg guitar , maxon od 808 boost , mesa cab with 4 V30's.) and it sound killer !!

thanks for your answers guy !

[devilduc]

I have a cobra too.but I realy disappointed.. he sound so "fuzzy", too tight and the tribble is not clean at all...

Y play on a framus 2*12 with V30's and an epiphone les paul prophecy(emg 81/85)

do you change something in this head ?

what do you suggest me for having a better tone ?

sorry for my english^^

[leod74]

Dial the amp in using your ears not your eyes. The EQ on this thing is pretty weird. Also, try using a different speaker. V30's are pretty fizzy as it is. The amp doesn't really like active pickups either.

[diesect33]

@leod74 me neither,lol. Yeah i have read alot of reviews about this amp not taking kindly to actives. i think from exp amps that are spongier do well but, tight amps just don't mix with EMG's. I've read some horror stories about the amps build quality and reliability but, other than the Invader this is my fav. the cleans are hypnotic and the drive is like a punch in the face by a nail covered glove IE: sexy and a little sadomasochistic....no...wait..­.it's just a tone monster.

[geicowithdagheko1]

@leod74 how can a framus cobra not respond well to active pickups when joel stroetzel (Killswitch Engage guitar player) gets a great tone with EMGs? Well, to be fair you are playing at a really low volume....

[0ftheWALLS]

@geicowithdagheko1 I thought he used a Splawn now. I do believe it's a Nitro that he uses.

[leod74]

@0ftheWALLS just because a famous guy owns an amp doesn't mean he uses it for everything he records...even so, the Nitro is a great amp!

[leod74]

@geicowithdagheko1 because they EQ the shit out of their tone after it hits the mic?

[Sozos9038]

@devilduc try playing the amp at volumes it is DESIGNED to play, this means at least around half way. At that point the fizz goes totally away and becomes a nice warm detailed character full of harmonics and width. V30 are totally fine, greenbacks only make it sound fuller.

[DarkFottloch]

@devilduc

you can also give me the cobra, if you dont like it xD

[ericmhanks]

Haha, nice job on this. It's one of the hardest songs I've ever tried to play.

[leod74]

Thanks!

[Oxylium]

nice playing ! I own a Cobra too, I should try a boost in front of this monster too.

[leod74]

For sure. I like the amp both ways, but I use REALLY low output pickups that are really fat sounding and the boost just tightens everything up and makes the amp sound even more pissed off.

[snapascrew]

that thing you do at 1:33 the like a high power chord, playing the 2 notes separately then sliding like 3 frets over and do it... I always do that too

[gene4991]

Cool story, bro.

[leod74]

Yeah I'm actually sliding up the scale in diatonic thirds. Its kind of a Soilwork trick, I think.

[snapascrew]

Ya, see I don't know anything about diatonics or anything I just heard someone (probably from soilwork) do that and I thought it sounded cool.