RP112 EV bad sounding overdrive

Superstaaf

Hi guys,

I recently bought a MM RP112 100 watt with an EV speaker in it. So far I'm very happy with it. The cleans sound amazing and the phasor is a cool feature. Though, whenever I use an overdrive/fuzz pedal (which I really have to use for the music that I'm playing) the amp starts to sound like a complete pile of dirt. There's absolutely no definition left in whatever I'm playing. I have another musicman with a celestion vintage in it and that one does not have this problem.

I'd like to know if this is a commen problem and if it is speaker related. As far as I know the amp is in great condition.

Hope to hear from you guys,

Greetings

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mm210 Thu, 05/19/2016 - 06:35

From what I remember, EV's didn't like dirt that much, they liked clean. You might try subbing the celestion for the EV and see what it sounds like. Maybe just a jumper harness so you don't have to physically CHANGE the speakers would be in order. Mike

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Superstaaf Thu, 05/19/2016 - 07:34

I'll check that out first. Thanks!