thebigcheese
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I've had this amp for maybe a year now and I am generally pretty happy with it. It does a lot of things, but there are some sounds I just can't seem to dial in. Right now, I have channel 1 set for cleans on fat mode, channel 2 is supposed to resemble an AC30 with moderate gain for punk and indie stuff, channel 3 is on raw for vintage moderate to heavy drive, and channel 4 is on modern for the occasional modern metal song. I am pretty happy with channel 4 and mostly happy with channel 2, but I can't quite seem to get what I want out of the other two. Here is what I'm looking for:
Channel 1 is supposed to be like a Fender Twin. Super clean, bright but full, and handles all kinds of pedals really well. I will mostly be running single coils through this channel, so I have gravitated toward fat or tweed. Clean never seems full enough, even with humbuckers. But I would like this channel to still not sound like muddy doo doo when I do need to put humbuckers through it, and that is really where I run into problems. In fat mode, I can't quite seem to get the shimmer of a Twin, but I am using a closed back 2x12, so that could have something to do with it. A real Twin just has punch and presence that I can't quite seem to get out of this, plus it will even make humbuckers sound good. This channel drives me nuts.
Channel 3 is supposed to be vintage drive, like a cranked Marshall (but not crazy cranked). I want it to sound different than channel 4. I have it set to be loose at 50 watts with tube rectification, which I think helps smooth it out. Raw mode seems a bit warmer than vintage, which is why I picked it, but Nome of them really seem quite there. I suppose Brit on channel 2 might be the better fit, but I'm already using that for another purpose, so...
Any thoughts?
Channel 1 is supposed to be like a Fender Twin. Super clean, bright but full, and handles all kinds of pedals really well. I will mostly be running single coils through this channel, so I have gravitated toward fat or tweed. Clean never seems full enough, even with humbuckers. But I would like this channel to still not sound like muddy doo doo when I do need to put humbuckers through it, and that is really where I run into problems. In fat mode, I can't quite seem to get the shimmer of a Twin, but I am using a closed back 2x12, so that could have something to do with it. A real Twin just has punch and presence that I can't quite seem to get out of this, plus it will even make humbuckers sound good. This channel drives me nuts.
Channel 3 is supposed to be vintage drive, like a cranked Marshall (but not crazy cranked). I want it to sound different than channel 4. I have it set to be loose at 50 watts with tube rectification, which I think helps smooth it out. Raw mode seems a bit warmer than vintage, which is why I picked it, but Nome of them really seem quite there. I suppose Brit on channel 2 might be the better fit, but I'm already using that for another purpose, so...
Any thoughts?