racerevlon
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VM2266 full stack with the 425A/B cabs--can't go wrong. Check my YT video--that's played with an Epiphone LP Standard with SD Phat Cat P - 90's and it's got all the gain I need.
Michi
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racerevlon":1r2x0wgm said:
Hey Race, what do you use to boost solos? How big a boost (in dB approx) do you need / get?
Getting more GAS by the minute for a nice 2266 again.
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Hard&Heavy
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Played both and the vm crushes the 900 in everyway. The vm that jim uses sounds great even without the boost. 
racerevlon
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Michi":3a5fj2h0 said:
I don't really find the need to boost for solos with the 2266. My band is pretty dynamic and our other guitar player uses a MK IIC++ so we're in different EQ ranges and my solos have no problem cutting through. I tend to use pickups that cut extremely well: Dimarzio Super 3, Super 2 (neck), Steve Morse Bridge, Crunch Lab, and D-Activators.
That said, my main gigging amp is a Splawn Quick Rod half-stack...
Michi
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Thx Race!
I've always played with another guitarist who uses Marshall as well... and well, our stuff isn't that dynamic really, so I do need substantial volume increase to get solos heard. That really was the only reason for getting rid of the 2266 for me.
QR !
I've always played with another guitarist who uses Marshall as well... and well, our stuff isn't that dynamic really, so I do need substantial volume increase to get solos heard. That really was the only reason for getting rid of the 2266 for me.
QR
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joepete77
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I remember kiss use to use slx for a few tours yrs ago. I had a mkiii 900 and liked it , the dual master volumes being footswitchable on the slx and mk3 are a great feature to have when gigging. Slx is the only 900 with no diode clipping if I remember right?
Riffraff
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I've got a 2266 Half stack and love it. It's a great sounding amp.
Really nice clean tones when you roll your volume control back on your guitar and nice growl when you roll it up. Sweet musical feedback with no pedals in high dynamic mode. It's very responsive to the tone controls on the guitar.....more than any amp I've ever owned. As such, the guitar and it's pickups make a huge impact as well. Both Strats and LPs shine through the amp. It likes medium output passive humbuckers a lot. Active pick-ups don't work real well with it. Greenbacks are the best choice with this amp. The one issue that throws people about the amp is the footswitch controls HD and LD settings. Most people try using that for rhythm/lead settings like a 2 channel amp and that just doesn't work. There is a huge volume difference between the two because HD mode brings another 12AX7 into the signal path. You have to play this amp like an instrument. Use your volume controls on the guitar. It's old school all the way. If you are gigging the amp and like to stomp on a pedal for a lead boost use an attenuator with a footswitchabl bypass function and attenuate slightly for rhythm and stomp on the bypass for lead boost. This is especially important if you are using the 50w version in HDR mode because you will run out of head room and a boost pedals will just add gain instead of volume. The volume cut/bypass is the perfect solution for this. I picked up a Minimass 50 for my little amps and got it with the bypass option to use this way for my VM. $140, problem solved & tone perfect.
It takes pedals well and I do run a boost from time to time in LDR but it's got plenty of gain in HDR and doesn't really need one. This clip is straight in without a boost.
My settings are:
Master Volume - 5
Presence - 3.5
Bass - 5
Mid - 7.5
Treb - 6.75
Mid Boost - off
Dynamic mode - High
Detail - 8
Body - 5
Here is the most important setting on a VM in HDR mode:
Make sure you keep the Detail 2 or 3 knotches above the Body. Too much Detail and the amp will get fizzy, too much body and it will be muddy. The best approach with the split gain controls is to treat them like you are playing a jumpered 4-holer and think of them as your high and normal channel volume controls.
This amp is a completely different animal with the master volume past 12 o'clock.
Really nice clean tones when you roll your volume control back on your guitar and nice growl when you roll it up. Sweet musical feedback with no pedals in high dynamic mode. It's very responsive to the tone controls on the guitar.....more than any amp I've ever owned. As such, the guitar and it's pickups make a huge impact as well. Both Strats and LPs shine through the amp. It likes medium output passive humbuckers a lot. Active pick-ups don't work real well with it. Greenbacks are the best choice with this amp. The one issue that throws people about the amp is the footswitch controls HD and LD settings. Most people try using that for rhythm/lead settings like a 2 channel amp and that just doesn't work. There is a huge volume difference between the two because HD mode brings another 12AX7 into the signal path. You have to play this amp like an instrument. Use your volume controls on the guitar. It's old school all the way. If you are gigging the amp and like to stomp on a pedal for a lead boost use an attenuator with a footswitchabl bypass function and attenuate slightly for rhythm and stomp on the bypass for lead boost. This is especially important if you are using the 50w version in HDR mode because you will run out of head room and a boost pedals will just add gain instead of volume. The volume cut/bypass is the perfect solution for this. I picked up a Minimass 50 for my little amps and got it with the bypass option to use this way for my VM. $140, problem solved & tone perfect.
It takes pedals well and I do run a boost from time to time in LDR but it's got plenty of gain in HDR and doesn't really need one. This clip is straight in without a boost.
My settings are:
Master Volume - 5
Presence - 3.5
Bass - 5
Mid - 7.5
Treb - 6.75
Mid Boost - off
Dynamic mode - High
Detail - 8
Body - 5
Here is the most important setting on a VM in HDR mode:
Make sure you keep the Detail 2 or 3 knotches above the Body. Too much Detail and the amp will get fizzy, too much body and it will be muddy. The best approach with the split gain controls is to treat them like you are playing a jumpered 4-holer and think of them as your high and normal channel volume controls.
This amp is a completely different animal with the master volume past 12 o'clock.