That's my biggest issue as well, I feel like I'm always making minor tweaks instead of playing the **** amplifier... but the Mark IV I've heard is even trickier to dial in...
I feel like everything you said is exactly what I've found over the course of the 2.5 years I've owned this thing.. I find a great tone one day and get excited and the next day I think the same exact settings sound like dog ****.
The sound I'm after is brutal metal.. but metal where you hear each note ring out clearly, something the recto can only get right half of the time. I feel like it sounds better with different guitars but when I plug in my Ace, I haven't touched the front panel in ages, I just plug in and rock out and NEVER think about my gear, just my hands.. that's exactly the kind of tone I want for metal too. I want to plug in and just go yet still get that great boogie tone. I am a tweaker at heart so I hate to say I don't like messing with stuff but there's a fine line I've walked between just messing with **** and not playing.
I love how even bands like Chevelle, who play in C/B even some A tunings get that amazing cut through sound even though the notes are low/distorted and devastating, you can hear that it's still a guitar and you can hear the attack of each note... picture if running the presence control ALL the way up on a recto actually gave you some chug to your notes but kept that razor sharp attack... THAT is the sound I want.
sigh.. in a perfect world I'd get both but I pretty much have to choose between them right now and I don't want to regret my decision.
I feel like everything you said is exactly what I've found over the course of the 2.5 years I've owned this thing.. I find a great tone one day and get excited and the next day I think the same exact settings sound like dog ****.
The sound I'm after is brutal metal.. but metal where you hear each note ring out clearly, something the recto can only get right half of the time. I feel like it sounds better with different guitars but when I plug in my Ace, I haven't touched the front panel in ages, I just plug in and rock out and NEVER think about my gear, just my hands.. that's exactly the kind of tone I want for metal too. I want to plug in and just go yet still get that great boogie tone. I am a tweaker at heart so I hate to say I don't like messing with stuff but there's a fine line I've walked between just messing with **** and not playing.
I love how even bands like Chevelle, who play in C/B even some A tunings get that amazing cut through sound even though the notes are low/distorted and devastating, you can hear that it's still a guitar and you can hear the attack of each note... picture if running the presence control ALL the way up on a recto actually gave you some chug to your notes but kept that razor sharp attack... THAT is the sound I want.
sigh.. in a perfect world I'd get both but I pretty much have to choose between them right now and I don't want to regret my decision.