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The VII if you need to cover a bunch of different styles/tones. The IV if you really just want the lead channel. Pretty much the same story as the IV vs V, but the VII is easier to dial in and get good tones than the V.

For new and under $2,500 I'd say a KSR Ares with an NFB knob, and maybe ask Kyle about the extra bright switches. It'll be a different sound than the Mesa's, but still familiar.

MXR Custom Badass Modified OD. For really right stuff the Precision Drive or KSR Eros are nice. The KSR controls don't work like a normal boost, so it can be a little confusing to dial in.

Got an email today that this is going on through Monday. The new Orion would only be like $1500-$1600

Mark IV :cool: You can't go wrong with either. The VII is a V that is easier to dial in. The IV mode on it is virtually identical to a IV with presence pulled and mid gain on, and the C+ mode is tighter and crunchier than the JP. The JP is tricky, it's very guitar and cab dependent like the V...

The NFB knob is a game changer for Kyle's amps because I think most people that don't fully jive with them feel the same way you do about them. You just turn the NFB down and it starts to lose that smoothness. I know he's debating making it standard on all future builds.

I get more from the way people describe an amp's sound on forums than I do from listening to a demo of it. Demos either sound good or they don't, but they're more representative of the person's recording skill than the actual sound of the amp. Even then it's still like a Kemper profile, that...

This would only matter if Anderton's was an independent gear reviewer giving consumer advice, but they're not. They're a music store. Whether they own the brand or not is inconsequential because they're trying to sell you literally everything they show you. The only people that may have a...

Wire shelves and wood boards. Doesn't look as nice as the book shelves, but it's easier to get to the back of the amps.

Amp feel is a bigger differentiator for me than the tone when going between amps in a high gain application. If you've never noticed the feel of an amp I'm guessing you use a boost for everything because that will definitely homogenize the feel of different amps. I'm not saying there's...

Bud... How is that a serious question? "What's on your resume besides being the lead guitar player in the biggest metal band of all time?"

I'm amazed that after 40 years of Metallica people are still just finding out that Kirk is a really nice, socially awkward, spaced out geek. I thought that this was understood at this point lol

I blame Amazon. If I'm going to take a few days to ship something I always message them and say when I'll be able to ship. No one I've dealt with has ever had a problem with that approach.

That's awesome dude! I think next year I'm going to get one of these or a Majesty 7 string. I haven't had a 7 in almost a decade.

I had the same experience for awhile with the FM9. I was only using it for leads because of the feel. Out of the box though most patches have too much gain, and compression. Most of the stuff I've tried to do is mess with the feel because it wasn't percussive enough. I could make it super...

There's a couple controls inside the Axe FX you need to tweak when comparing to a tube amp, and maybe the most important one is called High Treble. It helps with the blanket thing for sure, as well as taming that weird high end when it sounds too digital. You can definitely tell a difference...

I mean we're talking about live sound here, where there are a ton of variables. What we really need to talk about is their recent album tones. Old Jose modded Marshall really sound like shit don't they?

It's cause you're old and those frequencies are already gone.

I polled the ~80,000 people at the Giants' stadium, and none of them cared about the Axe Fx. Shockingly only 12 people knew what it was.

Have you ever actually played a Duncan Designed pickup? They're less than half as good as a regular Duncan. Awful pickups. One of the biggest upgrades you can make on any guitar is changing out the pickups. I agree that you don't need to spend $150 or more, but a lot (not all) of those cheaper...