Dicovered 2 Day that I Prefer Tube Rect on Clean Channel

[JAZZGEAR]

Man, Ive gone thru three MK Vs, always slightly dissapointed I couldn't get comfy with the clean channel...always sounded kinda compressed....almost too tight.

I had my head recently up for sale; and after playing through an old friend (LSC 2x12) at a GC...and Boy that was the clean sound I remember liking. So Ordered the beast.

Tonight I got to playing with the Tube Rectification in the channels and experimenting between both diodes/tubes, tweed vs full power, 45/90 watts.

I found the sweet spot for my ears in channel 1 is Tube Rec/45 Watts/Full Power/Tweed/Gain 10'.... Wow! what a sound...clean and ever so slightly dirty with a lot of bounce.

The diodes/90 watts/full power is just too bold and stiff sounding...add in an EVM12L and you have a legal weapon.

Long -- short, I am happy and keeping my MK V :mrgreen:

 

[golfnguitarz]

Oh man, don't forget Tweed in 10 watt mode/bold, it kills.
You know, I never tried using diodes with channel 1, or if I did, it was so early on that I don't remember it. Glad you are keeping the V! Did you cancel the order for the LSC, or are you gonna keep both?

 

[screamingdaisy]

I've been running that way for awhile. My theory was that most vintage Fenders that people fawn over weren't 90w or solid state rectified.

I did try to run Fat for the longest time however. My problem there was that it was too FAT sounding. It made switching to any sort of overdrive/distortion sound REALLY thin and compressed by comparison. I wound up switching to Tweed, upping the gain to around 1:00 to get some grind on it and purposely thinning the bottom end a touch to ease the transition between channels. Really happy that I did.

That eventually evolved into me running each channel like it was a separate head. I gave up on the clean/crunch/lead mindset I initially had with the amp and set up each channel for clean to mean via the guitar's volume knob like I would if I were plugged straight into a single channel amp.

I currently have the channels setup for for Fender/Marshall/Mesa and I've started using a tubescreamer type OD on into the Fender and Marshall channels to open up more possibilities.

Long story short;

Ch 1 - Tweed, 45w, tube, gain around 1:00
Ch 2 - Edge, 45w, diode, gain around 11:00, EQ on FS, preset around 9:00... lets me alternate between full mids rock and a more scooped metal sound when boosting it with an OD.
Ch 3 - Mk IV, 90w, Triode (which brings the headroom down to 60w or so), gain around 2:00

 

[JAZZGEAR]

Oh man, don't forget Tweed in 10 watt mode/bold, it kills.
You know, I never tried using diodes with channel 1, or if I did, it was so early on that I don't remember it. Glad you are keeping the V! Did you cancel the order for the LSC, or are you gonna keep both?

No, I was only looking to go back to the V Combo, as I am not much of a head/cab person....But, I am really digging how the Cab/Head are working for me right now.

I think I am finally gonna let go of the Mark IV, I've managed to get all of the IV tones and beyond out of the V. As for the LSC, I should have never got rid of the one I had...despite how excellent the V cleans are, they're just not as chewy and bouncy as the LSC, especialy with a BB Pre-Amp in front.

So, the V is staying with the LSC incoming, IV and possibly the Shiva (NOT!) outgoing. :mrgreen:

 

[Chester]

So, the V is staying with the LSC incoming, IV and possibly the Shiva (NOT!) outgoing. :mrgreen:[/quote]

Jazzgear - Slightly off topic I know, but how would you compare the Shiva & MKV?

I've been mostly Mesa (with a few Marshall heads thrown in now and again), but have always wanted to A/B a Bogner with my MKV and Stiletto Deuce. Would it give me anything I don't have access to already?

+1 on the tube rec on CH1 by the way - been my standard set up almost from the begining 8)