Friedman Jose clips -NAD!

[angelspade]

The presence knob is a HUGE part of the high gain Marshall sound. The higher it is, the more aggressive it sounds. Tame on the treble knob as necessary.

Agree...I have found this to be tru on my JVM for high gain rhythm sounds as well. Push presence and dial back treble to taste...Keeps all the attack and aggression optimized.

 

[BABMusic]

Did you ever tube swap your JEL? I have a JEL-50. Yes it has a HUGE flubby bottom end. I emailed Dave about it. I almost returned it after not getting much resolution from him. There was a JJ in V1, V2 and V3 had B.A.D. labeled I believe to be Chinese preamp tubes. THEY ALL SUCK! especially the JJ -loose booming low end. After trying various 12ax7s (square getter Chinese, Tung-sol, EH, other JJs, the winner was all 3 Mullard Reissue CV4004s. I have the bass on 4-5 now, tight, thick with harmonics on the high strings. Before was boomy, loose, and piercing thin highs as I tried compensating the low end issue with more presence and treble.

Your Jose sounds great! Chewy, and harmonics galore. I wasn't jabbing you with the Poison comment.

Hmm, now I'm also very curious about these CV4004 Mullard tubes. I've never tried them and would be interested if they are an improvement from the JJ, EH and TS tubes I currently own.

 

[zewango]

Sounds the best of all the clips you've put up.
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