Hello,
I have just registered so please be kind
This year I bought my first valve amp, a second hand Mesa Nomad 55 112. I must say that I love the tones on this amp. The clean channel is great although I mostly use channel 3 as I play in a heavy band. The sounds are great and I find it competes well against my bandmates Engl Powerball, but there is just somerthing missing for it to be great. I know it is not suppose to be a metal amp, but I just couldn´t resist when it came up for sale locally. Anyway, long story short, what I want is a tighter more defined chug on the palm mutes. I have tried pushing the preamp with the master volume on channle 3, but past a certain point I just get awful feedback. So:-
1. If I were to get a noise gate in the loop, would I be able to push the master volume to a point that will give me that tighter chug? What budget noise gate would you recommend (bearing in mind I live in Europe so probably there are a few brands we don´t have here)? It has to be budget as I bought the amp in January and a new Jackson RR5 2 months ago, and the wife almost divorced me lol
2. Or would I maybe need an overdrive pedal? What overdrive pedals can you recommend that go well with the Nomad to achieve that chug?
I would also appreciate any heavy settings anybody may have that I could try out.
Alot to ask I know, but I am a noob and maybe buying my first valve amp with so many buttons was not a great idea, but I love it
I have just registered so please be kind
This year I bought my first valve amp, a second hand Mesa Nomad 55 112. I must say that I love the tones on this amp. The clean channel is great although I mostly use channel 3 as I play in a heavy band. The sounds are great and I find it competes well against my bandmates Engl Powerball, but there is just somerthing missing for it to be great. I know it is not suppose to be a metal amp, but I just couldn´t resist when it came up for sale locally. Anyway, long story short, what I want is a tighter more defined chug on the palm mutes. I have tried pushing the preamp with the master volume on channle 3, but past a certain point I just get awful feedback. So:-
1. If I were to get a noise gate in the loop, would I be able to push the master volume to a point that will give me that tighter chug? What budget noise gate would you recommend (bearing in mind I live in Europe so probably there are a few brands we don´t have here)? It has to be budget as I bought the amp in January and a new Jackson RR5 2 months ago, and the wife almost divorced me lol
2. Or would I maybe need an overdrive pedal? What overdrive pedals can you recommend that go well with the Nomad to achieve that chug?
I would also appreciate any heavy settings anybody may have that I could try out.
Alot to ask I know, but I am a noob and maybe buying my first valve amp with so many buttons was not a great idea, but I love it