Diezel D-Moll vs. Paul

[SavageRiffer]

This is killing me! ARRRRRGGGHHH! Which would you get and why?

 

[cardinal]

Not to make your life harder, but there's a great clip of the Big Maxx in the Diezel subforum. I'm starting to want one pretty badly.

 

[SavageRiffer]

Not to make your life harder, but there's a great clip of the Big Maxx in the Diezel subforum. I'm starting to want one pretty badly.

Yes it sounds good, but a big part of my decision is the channel switching, MIDI, and emulated recording features. If I were to get a single channel, there's a Fargen Olde 800 that I've been lusting after for a long time.

 

[Wizard of Ozz]

Not to make your life harder, but there's a great clip of the Big Maxx in the Diezel subforum. I'm starting to want one pretty badly.

Yes it sounds good, but a big part of my decision is the channel switching, MIDI, and emulated recording features. If I were to get a single channel, there's a Fargen Olde 800 that I've been lusting after for a long time.

The Fargen Olde 800 is a killer amp. I've played it several times.

 

[crankyrayhanky]

I neber played a Paul, but if one were to take ch 2 on the DMoll and pump the mids (no mid cut), would that not get you into the ballpark of Paul? Probably more modern, gainy, and compressed but I lean that way anyway
Add in the other DMoll features and it is a versatile beast. I'm sure Paul rocks hard as well and would like to try one.

 

[SavageRiffer]

I neber played a Paul, but if one were to take ch 2 on the DMoll and pump the mids (no mid cut), would that not get you into the ballpark of Paul? Probably more modern, gainy, and compressed but I lean that way anyway
Add in the other DMoll features and it is a versatile beast. I'm sure Paul rocks hard as well and would like to try one.

The Paul I think has kind of a mid notch. There's lots of upper mids and lower mids, and a notch somewhere in between. It fills out as you turn up the mids. The Paul and D-Moll are quite similar. I think the D-Moll has more overall mids, and the mid contour seems to shift some of the mids instead of scooping them all out. Channel 3 on the D-Moll and the Paul are the most similar. The Paul is like the D-Moll but a bit brighter, maybe slightly more aggressive. Hard to explain since I don't have them side by side. I'm seriously considering swapping my Paul for a D-Moll... either that or I'm just going to pick up a used Lil Fokker.

 

[duesentrieb]

It is a 100 Watt vs 50 Watt and mid cut vs reverb question. Other than that they are very similar. IMO.
I own both btw.

 

[SavageRiffer]

It is a 100 Watt vs 50 Watt and mid cut vs reverb question. Other than that they are very similar. IMO.
I own both btw.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up. I'm on the fence, but kind of leaning towards exchanging for a D-Moll.

 

[braintheory]

How would you guys compare the Paul's lead tones to the D-Moll or the other Diezels like the Herbert or VH4? I've tried all the Diezel models except the Paul and Big Max. For my taste, I like the Herbert and VH4 best of his amps. Based on Peter Diezel's videos I preferred the VH4 and Herbert to the Paul for powerchords, rhythmical stuff, and tight chugs, but I remember the Paul's lead tones sounding especially nice in those clips

 

[Gsxrbusa]

Paul, you already know my reasoning.

 

[SavageRiffer]

How would you guys compare the Paul's lead tones to the D-Moll or the other Diezels like the Herbert or VH4? I've tried all the Diezel models except the Paul and Big Max. For my taste, I like the Herbert and VH4 best of his amps. Based on Peter Diezel's videos I preferred the VH4 and Herbert to the Paul for powerchords, rhythmical stuff, and tight chugs, but I remember the Paul's lead tones sounding especially nice in those clips

The D-Moll and Paul are very similar. If you watch the Diezel videos with Peter & Peter, you'll have to listen very carefully to hear a difference between the two. Probably the Paul is a little brighter, little different EQ, little less compressed, but overall very similar. Channel 3 of both amps are equally good. The Paul on channel 3, at least to my ears, starts kind of getting sort of a processed gain past 12:00 similar to an EVH 5150 III or Engl Invader. I mean that in a good way because it's a lead sound and feel that I really, really like. There's some color to it, and it doesn't try to be pretentious like some of the high-end boutiques on the market which try to weirdly retain some transparency at high gain. It's kind of hard to explain, but the Paul has that quality without sounding artificial.

 

[Gsxrbusa]

I wanna change my answer to both.