Looking for Fat-TIGHT hard-rock-metal tone on CH.3. Help..

[Adambomb]

Man I have been back and forth with channel 3 ever since I got it. I have so many just OK tones and I'm looking for some magic on Ch.3. I play heavier-BIG- hard rock and metal. I dont wanna get a trebly metal tone cause then I can't play hard rock. Kind of like Lamb of God meets the Black Crows kinda tone. Any suggestions would be great.

 

[Mrjason]

When I bought my Mark V. I assumed I would be using channel 2 for classic rock and channel 3 for metalish rock. After a year of twinkning I have settled on channel 2 for classic rock and use an OD on channel 2 for heavier. I think the OD on channel 2 sounds awesome myself.
I find channel 3's Mark IV mode has a great heavy tone but you really cant back off of it. Best when server with lots of gain. :lol:
I am starting to like channel 3 best with lower gain setting
IIc+ I havent bonded with at a high gain sound.
When tweaking extreme mode I find myself trying to make it sound like channel 2 anyway.

Anyway my 2 cents ... happy hunting

 

[Jedro]

Extreme mode not workin' for ya? To me, it's the tightest mode on the amp and it has a natural EQ curve to it so it's very easy to dial in. I don't wanna give too much EQ info, since pickups and speakers vary and figure into it. I'd say Treble, Mid and Bass at 12:00 is a good place to start, bright switch off. Ge the best tone you can and then kick in the graphic or preset eq. And Pentode, also.

I think Extreme is the mode that covers the most ground.

 

[Adambomb]

Yea man I totally agree about Channel 2 and kickin in the OD. And I have been playing extreme mode for a year now. But I love the solo sounds of the Mark iv mode. Wish I could footswitch them 2 modes. I have so many different settings, maybe it's just my ears on that particular day. And yes the Channel 3 does work well for low gain sounds. Looks like both you guys have hit home on some points that I'v never really came out and acknowledged. Thanks

 

[Chester]

+1 on CH2 MK1 with OD pedal. Outstanding option to get everything from classic to hard rock imho

CH3 had been my nemesis since day 1, until I stopped searching for high gain sounds that I would like. IIC doesn't work for me as it's too thin, and MK4 / Extreme were too brittle at high gain

I lowered gain, trebble and presence (almost off) in Mk4, shuttling between pentode / triode and found nirvana in the edge of breakup zone, riding guitar volume for texture variation. I am now happy with MK4, and will start experimenting with extreme when mood dictates, but for now, I'm enjoying playing without endless tweaking and frustration :mrgreen:

 

[Adambomb]

Yes the endless tweaking gets frustrated sometimes, but when I just think I have tweaked the knobs so far outta wack on getting back a good sound, there always comes a great brand new tone just a couple tweaks away. Wish I could digitally store all these tweaks sometimes.

 

[borisson]

lately i ve been using extreme mode with Preset EQ engaged...great