Is there a better amp for Fusion Style Leads and tone than what I have?

[HowieJams]

I currently have:

Victory MKX 50w EL34
Soldano SLO-30 30w 6L6
Soldano Astro 20w 6V6

I don't want to use any boost or overdrive pedals, the only pedal I want to use is a Earthquaker Devices Dispatch Master Reverb/Delay in the loop.

I just parted with my Friedman JEL-20 as it did not do those type of tones.

I usually run my amos through a Friedman 1x12 closed back cabinet with a Celestion G12M-65 creamback, but I run the Soldano SLO through a Soldano Open Back with a Celestion G12H-150 redback.

I have been told the PRS MT15 15w 6L6 amp might be good for this, but it is hard to dial in.

Guitars I have covered.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

Fender Twin or Roland Jazz Chorus… or look at some of gear like Mike Stern or John Scofield uses. What I don’t see is fusion guys pushing high gain amps. However I do see a lot of mic’d smaller watt amps. The fusion crowd isn’t really large or rowdy so stadium gear isn’t necessary.

 

[Findthetone1]

You're covered. I will say that you're missing out on the fun of goosing the front of an amp with a boost.

 

[griff10672]

a klon style pedal I know you don't want a OD ..... but the Klon gives you more of what you already have ...

and I would put a analog BBD style delay in your loop ... it'll give you some of that what I call Ethereal Squish .... and add some darkness and warmth

your amps are fine .....

just my opinion ........ there's lots of ways to skin a cat .... so they say

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

Maybe a Bogner Ecstacy 3534 since you like the lower wattage versions. I've never tried one but the lead tone clips I've heard have been excellent.

 

[anomaly]

Mark series and .50 cal + Mesa's do the dark fusion lead sound very well.

 

[4406cuda]

Boogie

 

[griff10672]

Maybe a Bogner Ecstacy 3534 since you like the lower wattage versions. I've never tried one but the lead tone clips I've heard have been excellent.

I had a 3534 for a bit ..... Blue channel will give it to him all day long !!

Mark series and .50 cal + Mesa's do the dark fusion lead sound very well.

can't go wrong there either ..... I have a DC-5 that if I kick off the EQ ... the lead channel totally nails the NEO Soul Fusion Tone

 

[SFW]

When I think fusion, I think of fluid and liquid lead lines. Which instantly makes my thin k Mesa Mark series. Maybe a Mark V 25 if you want to keep it small wattage.

 

[skoora]

Roll your tone pot down to 7. Done.

 

[Devin]

Fender style amp with an OD pedal is the classic fusion rig

 

[harddriver]

Hey Howie, I played Sgt Thumps Mesa Boogie Mark VII at an ampfest and it was awesome and I don't even like Mesa Mark amps!

I think you might be interested in one for the style you are asking about. I also think you should consider the full 100 watt head as the amp with sound /feel bigger and punch harder even at lower volume levels and by all accounts the the MKVII has a great master volume.

Awesome spanky cleans, killer crunch and that liquid sustain lead that Petrucci is famous for.

 

[DanTravis62]

I would use a zen drive and a classic fender amp if you work the in-between tones and roll your volume knob a lot

If you need separate clean, drive, and lead sounds I would use a mark series of some type

I do not think marshall sounds work well for fusion, personally

 

[japetus]

Mesa .22+, maybe my favorite amp ever. Huge regrets getting rid of it back then.

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

I would use a zen drive and a classic fender amp if you work the in-between tones and roll your volume knob a lot

If you need separate clean, drive, and lead sounds I would use a mark series of some type

I do not think marshall sounds work well for fusion, personally

Hey how’s the smoke up there?

 

[DanTravis62]

Hey how’s the smoke up there?

It's horrific. I have asthma so I can't even go outside right now.

The AQI was up to 1300s yesterday, which is unbelievably high

 

[rsm]

Mesa JP-2C. You can get smooth. glassy, compressed sustaining lead tones in channel 2 or 3; you can get full, rich, pristine or edge of breakup jazz / fusion cleans in channel 1.

I'm running a Fractal VP4 in 4CM; and usually only have a compressor or envelop filter in front; typically use chorus / modulation and delay in the loop. It's "my everything but classic/hard / psychedelic rock" amp which are my Marshalls.

That said, I normally use my Fender Super Twin with my D'Angelico Style B when I want cleans but the JP-2C is more conveniently located here, so I use it more than the Fender.

 

[japetus]

It's horrific. I have asthma so I can't even go outside right now.

The AQI was up to 1300s yesterday, which is unbelievably high

Lmao this will be your excuse when I cross you over and dunk on you

 

[rsm]

It's horrific. I have asthma so I can't even go outside right now.

The AQI was up to 1300s yesterday, which is unbelievably high

meanwhile in Canadastan, aka New India:

 

[mentoneman]

what famous player’s fusion tone are you after?

many different cats and ways to skin them.