Topic: stereo setup question

I have just bought a G force and I want to run it as a stereo setup through 2 marshall stacks using the effects loops on the amps. I was hoping to use a splitter on my guitar lead to the amp input and be able to set the amps up separately but when I run the unit one amp controls the other.
Can I set this up so I have control of the separate amp settings and still get the stereo effect from the gforce, or do I have to sacrifice amp controll to get stereo effects? hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Cheers

Tim

Re: stereo setup question

Why does your control of the amps have anything to do with effects control? Are you planning on using one amp at a time or play both in stereo, at the same time? Please be more clear with the question.

Re: stereo setup question

I think what he's trying to say is to run two amps simultaneously -

First, you need a splitter.
Secondly, you want to run each setup in its own effects loop.
Thirdly, you are under the impresison that the GForce is capable of handling separate L and R "effects channels".

You would like to process two separate stacks using one G-Force.

This should be a common scenario - Dual Tone Setups, and using two different stacks and mixing between the two as separate entities.

I have not done this yet - just acquired my GForce within the last few weeks and still trying to work out the effects tweaks BUT, I am going to be trying to do something similar.

Adding a Lehle splitter.

Have a second stack (bogner - #1, soldano #2).

The marketing material leads one to believe this type of setup is expected. The documentation that is shipped with the unit + the User Manual list a "dual tone" setup as a secondary Cab off of a single head - this is the only example that is given via schematic, and it is not 2 separate stacks, but one single stack with 2 cabs.

Apparently this person's results are inconclusive.

I would be interested in hearing if this is a limitation before I go and invest in more gear to achive this - because if the answer is I have to buy another rack GForce @ $1500, then my answer is going to be a resounding "no". I can get there a heck of a lot cheaper with other gear.

Re: stereo setup question

I attempted a stereo setup last night using a Carvin V3 quad and a Peavey quad, i used splitter to each amp from Guitar, i looped G force through both amps .
My objective was to have one amp distorted and the other clean.
i had Carvin running on the left channel and Peavey on right ,
When switching the Carvin onto distortion channel it also distorted the Peavey quad.
So i switched sides so the peavey was hooked to left, this stopped the problem and gave me a wild sound using pitch shift.
Upon closer exam i noticed that no effect was going into the Carvin at all , it was just distorted and the peavey had all the effect.
On panning effects i had the same results the peavey would play the left pan but the Carvin just played like normal.

I understand that i can have one pre amp drive both heads but then i can't have a clean amp sound with the desired effects on both amps.
Maybe i'm just too fussy about my sound.
Anyway the G force is a wild rack and sounds great in mono for country and blues standards , i'd just like to shred with the demons once in a while and of course sound like a pro.
Hope this sheds some light on the mystery of the stereo setup, i'll keep experimenting and let you all know what happens.Cheers Glassman

Re: stereo setup question

i have been facing the same sort of problem for a couple of days...thanks for the help..Everything u describe was really helpful..

Last edited by Pattinson (2011-09-08 13:04:18)

Re: stereo setup question

Does this help at all?