All I know is, my Fortin modded marshall is the best high gain amp I've owned, Mike is a freaking genius.
Why don't you expend your obvious amounts of free time and sadness towards asking *Randall* about your disappointment?
https://soundcloud.com/okstrat/room-335-fuchs
Ever feel naked without all your gain? I sure did on this. Few free clams, first take on each part. Second half (after the volume swell/bend) is same profile as the first, just with a compressor before the amp. Same guitar too, EJ strat. Changed...
Hey Pat!
I'm not a Dumble expert by any means, but this smokes the Brown Sound 44 watt ODS I had a few years ago. This thing just sounds really big and bad. Reminds me of a super good Fender amp with a drive channel that doesn't make me think Marshall. It has it's own thing going on which I...
I dunno, it does something my other amps don't do as well. Kinda like my trainwreck clone has it's own thing going on. I am getting some cool profiles though! :D
It's kinda funny - I've been using modelling amps off and on for years, and the goal is to have an 'in the room' sound because it sounds too much like a recorded tone. Everyone chases the VH tone and it's a studio/recorded tone, I doubt many of us have heard the amp in person with Ed playing and...
Bought a Fuchs ODS SLX tonight - not a lot of time with it so far, but Dumbley goodness abounds.
And yes, I'm going to kemper profile the shit out of it. :D
Sorry, I'll restate without messing with the 'plus' and whatever nomenclature. I get mixed up. Hopefully by eliminating that variable and dealing only with the power tubes used I can clarify.
In this amp series (Mesa .50) in particular:
EL84 - I LIKE
6L6 - harsh, do not want. If you equate...
I never liked the non plus 50 caliber. Think of the .50+ as a bigger studio .22 and you're on the right track. I prefer the EL84 over 6L6 model because it was a little spongier and had a cooler lead tone IMHO. The 6L6 one was harsher and more hollow sounding to me. If I was going for a metal...