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Yeah, and I've found that the 5 watt setting for channel 2 is practically useless. Just no bite there at all - not good enough even cranked. The 5 watt setting clean is freakin' sublime though. I was hoping for great low vol leads on channel two myself with the 5 watts, but I tend to keep...

What kind of guitar are you playing? And are you using channel 2 with the drive engaged? I have high output pickups in my G&L so it hits the amp pretty hard, but frankly to get the endless sustain thing, the amp really needs its power section opened up - I have found no great lead tones at...

I didn't find that to be the case really. Not sure why some peopel are claiming the LSS doesn't have enough headroom to play clean with a band. Set at 30 watts with the gain at 10:00 it easily hangs with a loud drummer.

Hey, I had trouble with channel 2 myself for a while. It wasnt bad or anything, just not rich or nasty enough. Defintely spend lots of time tweaking. Defintely drop the bass down to 8:00. And best of all, the amp really opens up when it gets LOUD - the upper mids come bursting out. For low...

Just popping JJs in there (ALL tubes) made a noticable difference for the better. A little more than "subtle" but definitely not slap you in the face. Summed up though...well worth doing.

Thanks. I tried all the power settings on ch 2 with the 35 watt jack. Don't recall right now which I preferred - They all seemed to be better though. I've definitely tried the gain high with lower drive. I want to avoid using a pedal if possible though. I'll try using extremely low bass...

It's not really an attenuator, but with the effects loop circuitry engaged, you have two output levels after the preamp (master and output). I'm not quite sure how both the masters and output together are effecting the power section, but it allows you to set the master volume higher and...

Well, either you're a genius or I'm an idiot, or both. This works pretty well, you're right. Because I haven't used effects yet, I've bypassed the loop for better tone (theoritically). This helps a lot with low vol, high gain tone. I'd still like it to be better, bit I'm more hopeful still...

Thanks, all, for your thoughts. I'm not giving up on it yet - Every time I put in an hour tweaking, I get closer to where I want it. Getting the master up near 12:00 and beyond really makes a huge difference in Ch. 2. I wish I could get better high gain tone at lower volumes, but it seems...

No, not at all....I wrote that the ragged, gritty driven tone is just what I want.! Can't get it so far - The amp is too mild mannered in channel two. Not the opposite.

I've never liked the tone of the OD pedals I've tried...and if I'm dropping lots of coin for 2 GOOD channels, then I'll not be happy with only 1.

Well it might be the wrong amp for me, but on paper its not. What exactly do you think I'm looking for? Not a Recto, man. I think it has enough gain for me, if that's what you mean...Its the TONE I don't like enough on channel 2.

The JJs (ALL 12ax7s and EL84s) made a noticeable improvement. High gain sounds clearly better, clean not much change, except for in the 5 watt setting, where it seems the harmonics are even more rich.

Are there any others that get decent traffic? Thanks!

I would, but I paid a lot for that second channel and I don't like using pedals for the most part.

Thanks. Yeah, maybe its simply voiced too mellow for what I want out of it. I like warm, mellow tones too, but I'd like it to some nastiness available too. Your solution is too expensive for me. :o) For a hack like me, this amp needs to sound very good on both channels to be a keeper. I'll...

I wouldnt expect Recto tones from this thing. I play Blues and Blues Rock type stuff mostly, but I don't like the same old early break-up blues stuff. I liked the idea of this amp because it is supposed to have heftier gain available than a Peavey Classic 30 or the like. It does, but the...

Thanks. I've been running it at low volumes with the presence at about 10:00 and the treble at 1:00. I did just try them quite a bit higher and that helps on Ch. 2...still not what I'd call good tone. And you are rght about volume most of all - Seems the thing doesn't open up on Ch. 2 until...

NO problem hanging with a drummer. Are you guys playing to 1000 people or what? The Special easily could handle medium sized clubs.

LSS owners...I've had this amp for a little while now...long enough to do quite a bit of experimenting, and here's the deal: I quickly fell in love with the cleans on channel one - Just spectacular, and maybe the best I ever heard. It took about 1 minute to tweak that channel for blissful...