I totally misjudged the lonestar

[primal]

Previously when I have played the lonestar, I felt the drive was muddy and loose and just not to my liking at all.

The weekend, I was in guitar center in the back sound room with a lonestar, so I plugged in.

Again, I did not like the drive. But I realized I was not really giving it any volume. So I cranked it.

Wham. It tightened right up an gave me a gorgious old school drive tone. Got much brighter too.

Now I had to turn the bass all the way off, but I was loving the tone I was getting out of it once i turned the bass off. Very old school classic rock tones. Played some Zepplin and AC/DC and it sounded killer.

Now I want to try the special the same way. Might have to get me one of those.

 

[plan-x]

Bass will thin out with the gain turned down. In some cases way down. Engage the drive and a much thinner OD can be had.

 

[Chester]

The LSC is my go too amp right now

I too had overlooked it when exploring life through previous Triaxis / 2:90 and Stiletto rigs. Then I spent serious time with one and found excellent, easy to dial in clean and driven sounds I control from my guitar

Less complex and easier to live with than my MKV, and gets to all points classic rock / heavy OD with EL34's under the bonnet. And it loves good OD pedals to get more colour

Works well for me on most levels

 

[screamingdaisy]

My main amp is a Mark V, but I have an LSS that I like using for more 'classic' tones. When I originally A/B'd it against the LSC I chose the LSS because I thought it sounded a little more 'rock and roll'. As in, it copped that 'out of control' vibe a little bit better.

I have mine dialled in for a driven Fender on channel 1 and something along the lines of (but not exactly like) a JTM-45 on channel 2. Effects loop is bypassed unless I need the solo boost for some reason.

When using it at low volumes I typically use an OD in front of it to help brighten it up a bit. At loud volumes though it's totally unnecessary.