most of you will call me stupid but...

[the_purist]

but I really need to make my Mark IIC+ my rythm amp!!! I use the mesa Mark IV as my lead sound but I need the IIC+ to be my rythm amp.


yeah most of you say "well DUH, it is a great rythm amp!" or "buy another one". but no... no amp has that swweetness the IIC+ has! so you want to know what is the problem with the IIC+? it can't sound like a modern high gain riffing amp, that's the problem (my problem)

please tell me how to achieve this with the IIC+. ENGL amps have the high gain thing going perfect but they lack the sweetness the IIC+ has!

so... anything... tell me.. there must be a way to make this amp the tightest high gain rythm monster out there!! I don't care how hard it could be! ($$$)

help me , I know the boogie board is my only hope because you know your stuff.

(this was also posted on the petrucci forums)

 

[Shep]

basicly, get the fattest lead sound you can get out of your C+ ..V the eq..and take the gain down alittle to keep it tight..keep the treb up ..i think pull-everything apart from the 1st volume bright .this is wat i do somtimes with my mk iv when i don't need to play lead as much...it's pretty much the pinacal of tight edgy awsome crunch...

 

[the_purist]

thanks for your reply.

but wouldn't a parametric EQ help me out? tha amp has the EQ on it but I think that it is just not heavy enough...

the thing I really think is that my amp has something wrong :? everyone seems to be happy with their heavy tones...

maybe the cab? maybe the speakers?

which cab and speakers work best for tight rythm kik *** modern high gain distortion I'm after?

 

[Shep]

try new JJ tube's.pre and power..set bass 0 to 3, mid 4.5 to 7,treble 6-8..drive 5 to 7, gain 5 to 7...as for the cab a quad box with V30's...thats the only to get true sweet fat crunch...


awsome..

 

[ned]

stupid but


Sorry couldn't resist

 

[the_purist]

please help me out...

speakers and cabs for my IIC+... for the sound I'm looking

thanks

 

[Shep]

the mesa recto traditional cab with V30's..

 

[the_purist]

thanks,

anymore opinions on speakers and cabs?

 

[Shep]

thats the one...i use orange 4x12 with V30..it use's and thinker wood..i think the bass is alittle better..no real differance.

 

[falcos]

My 2x12 Mesa Recto Closed back is better than my stock 4x12 Marshall 1960A. This is from my own testing. I would suggest either the 2x12 or 4x12 Recto cabs. They are killer.