10/10/24 - Big Baby 2 - UK

Hi! I’ve been the proud owner of Big Twin 2 (Gen 3) for many years now.

Always loved the transparency of the cab with my Genz Benz & Darkglass heads. I’ve recently moved over to a Neural DSP Quad Cortex and I’ve found it a struggle to get a tone I’m happy with thus far. Being an FRFR cab (though no ordinary FRFR ofc), I expected using a modelled head & cab IR I’m familiar with, it to be an instant hit, but I’m finding that the bass response is overwhelming, almost head splitting where I have to turn it down where It gets lost in a rehearsal mix, or it’s too spiky in the high end using overdrives.

I can’t find the balance! I’m happy with the tone in IEMS in general so I’m a little lost! Do you have any advice for optimising the Quad Cortex for the BT2? EQ or general tips for modellers with the Big Twin series?

Thank you so much for any advice you may have!

Tom

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Hi Tom,

There's a few things it could be - if the cab is in the corner of a room with solid walls then you get a load of extra lows. If the HF control is all the way up then you may want to back it off a bit. The quality of IRs is very variable (the more I learn about them, the more incomplete I realise they are). Or is there any EQ in the signal chain going to the cab? In a normal half-space environment (on the ground, walls a long way away) the response of the BT2 is pretty damned flat until it rolls off the in the lows and highs - no peaks or dips of significance. From our experimentation with guitar FRFR cabs, we've found that it's rarely plug and play, it takes quite some work to get it all sorted.

Best regards,

Alex