Fender868
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Hello to all the MB fanatics!
I am in need of some advice from the members here. I've been asking around, but everyone else seems to be biased to their amps and they are not helping me so much as telling me to buy peavey, marshall etc (bs if you ask me).
When i first bought this amp, i was using a particularly different tone. MY main rigged was comprised BC Riches and Jacksons loaded with EMGS. I since then removed the EMGs, and despite my past distaste of Ibanez guitars, i have warmed up to them and also found my ideal tone in Dimarzio pick-ups. I am in college for music. I play jazz, and this amp does the work very well. The first channel with the dirty switch on is amazing. Tone is unbeatable. However, on my free time with my band, i play different type of music. The tone i get from it is muddy, and i don't know which way to go about getting a more Steve Vai tone. Il use him as an example as in his early career with White Snake or David Lee Roth, he had to play rhythm sections and lead and had the best of both worlds. I am a lead guitar player, and although getting another amp for leads would probably be best as i could use the Mesa hard punching low end rhythms and use the others amp liquid, cleaner sounding overdrive for solo and more defined melodies. I don't have that type of money, but i still have money to invest on upgrades. I don't want to sell her as she is only just about a year old.
Here is my question. Which way could i go about changing or cleaning up the tone more to have a Steve Vai type of versatile tone? Would it be retubing it? I was told an overdrive pedal would help clean up and take the mud out of the distortion.
What are some of your ideas or methods?
Thank you for any advice!
I am in need of some advice from the members here. I've been asking around, but everyone else seems to be biased to their amps and they are not helping me so much as telling me to buy peavey, marshall etc (bs if you ask me).
When i first bought this amp, i was using a particularly different tone. MY main rigged was comprised BC Riches and Jacksons loaded with EMGS. I since then removed the EMGs, and despite my past distaste of Ibanez guitars, i have warmed up to them and also found my ideal tone in Dimarzio pick-ups. I am in college for music. I play jazz, and this amp does the work very well. The first channel with the dirty switch on is amazing. Tone is unbeatable. However, on my free time with my band, i play different type of music. The tone i get from it is muddy, and i don't know which way to go about getting a more Steve Vai tone. Il use him as an example as in his early career with White Snake or David Lee Roth, he had to play rhythm sections and lead and had the best of both worlds. I am a lead guitar player, and although getting another amp for leads would probably be best as i could use the Mesa hard punching low end rhythms and use the others amp liquid, cleaner sounding overdrive for solo and more defined melodies. I don't have that type of money, but i still have money to invest on upgrades. I don't want to sell her as she is only just about a year old.
Here is my question. Which way could i go about changing or cleaning up the tone more to have a Steve Vai type of versatile tone? Would it be retubing it? I was told an overdrive pedal would help clean up and take the mud out of the distortion.
What are some of your ideas or methods?
Thank you for any advice!
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