Diezel Big MaX - wow

[Junk Yard Dog]

The Big Max will definitely be different, although as you said there could be some overlap with the Splawn. The Big Max is a Diezel, so it's still on the darker, warmer, fuller side than a vintage Marshall; but, it captures more of that vibe than any other Diezel (IMO). You would almost certainly want to use the Hi input. The Lo is pretty much just a pedal platform. As for gain, I'm not 100% sure what kind of stuff you're playing and what the output of your pickups are, but I would guess you'll put the gain around 1:00 with the bright switch on. Don't be afraid to up the Presence to very high levels if you want to slice through the mix.

Thx for your input. I play anything from blues to up to 90s hard rock and metal. Not modern metal.

Sorry but Diezel=putting lipstick on a pig for me. '22 VH4 was the best Diezel I had and if I had tons of expendable income it would have stayed just for the low end ezperience, but at the end of the day Hellion, JCM800, Splawn-enter a ton of other amps here-all have much better tightness and speed of attack over Diezel.

Grain of salt in the context of this thread because its about the BigMax which I've never played, but I've owned three Herberts, a Dmoll, and the VH4 and none were any I'd consider cutting or tight or fast responding like a Splawn, or the Hellion. That VH4 was closest but still not there and the rest, forget it, bloated, round, slow attack.

Diezel is Diezel and if its your jam its unique, but for me they just don't cut it.

I had the VH2 for a week and should have explored it more. My Splawn is a 50w/B+ and the Hellion can do almost anything, so it doesn’t have tk be super tight or fast. I found all my Friedmans a bit too saggy but fun for a while.

Y’all talked me out of it for now, which is good. I got enough amps!