hey!! welcome to nomand land.
first, the ONLY good tone that comes out of that amp is with the EXTREME switch on in the back. it wakes the amp up, making it very urgent, and bring out the tone of the little bottles.
once you've got that part down, heres my tone settings, played through an open back 2x12, with a duncan loaded strat.
clean:
normal(clean) mode
gain: 10:45
volume: 1:30
presense: 2:00-5:00(depending on pickup)adjust for sparkle
treble: 1:30
mid: 7:00-9:30 (this adusts the body and thickness more then just mids)
bass: 11:30
the tone of this is VERY clean, kind of midplace between black and silverface, depending on what pickup you play. leaves lots of headroom, so theres zero breakup.
red channel:
if your sound is getting lost in the mix at a show or jam, and you need a super thick, meaty sound, this is it for you. now..this works with my nomad, but it might not yours, as i think i have a glitch, let me know...
gain:1:30
master:1:30
presense: 2:00
treble: roll off ALL the treble
mids: between 2:00 and full
bass:12:00
with this setup, the treble, between off and 9:00, acts like a comressor, taking out some of the grit and chunk. the mid control acts like a grit dial, at 2:00, its chunky, but at full, it sounds like a cranked marshall, all nasty and narly. the bass control acts as a chunk and grit limitor. if you keep it low, the sound stays very thick and allows ALL the mids through, youll enver get lost. if you add some bass, more and more, it focuses up a little and takes some of the mids out.
i've found omst of the tone controls act this way under extreme mode, acting more as tone shaping tools then a simple eq. if you move one, your gonna have to move anmother. let me know waht you tihnk of these settings..