Riff Blister said:
I’m mainly the rhythm guitar player in the band that I’m in but I do get the chance to step up to the plate at times. I do about 30% of the lead work.
I’ve always found that my lead tones are thin in comparison to my band mate’s Bogner Shiva.
My question for you lead guys is this. What do you do to add some girth to you tone?
I do use a little bit of delay and one or two of my Bixonic Expandoras (stacked) which does help.
Thanks,
Riff
I ended up modding mine because it had that thin "bright" thing on lead tones. If you want to take the edge off both channels, add a 220K resistor at the Input jack from hot to ground, it's very subtle change in feel but takes a bit of thinness out.
This mod can help a lot...remove the resistor at R38, it's know as the mid slope resistor. It's a 39K stock, and replace it with a 56K resistor. This will shift the mids to a lower frequency and thicken Channel 2 only. Easy and totally reversible.
This mod is done to JCM 800s to thicken them up and the Stiletto has the "Marshall" design in it. These mods will not void the warranty so long as your solder job is clean.
You can replace the 12ax7 tube in the V3 with a 12at7...it will lower the gain a bit but also mellows the amp out, could be good depending on what guitars your running.
Other than that you can run an EQ in the loop and engage it for leads...Slash did the EQ in the loop to thicken his solos for a long time, MRX 10band. Lower some of the low freq bass and ultra high freq and raise some of the lower mids. You will cut through but not be piercing :wink:
Try the mods if you're good with a soldering iron, or get someone to do it for you. 5-10 minutes of time -$1 worth of parts and a world of difference in tone. And please don't pay to get it done ... there is no labor involved and most places will try to charge you $50 or more to take the chasis out of the shell hahha.
Isaac
Austin Virtuoso Guitars