shar-vell Dan
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I know who worked on the M. Mars amp before he sold it.
mentoneman
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great idea. i have played all of those amps and would be happy with any of them.
they are all fun and different enough to able to find one that fits your style and requirements more closely than the others.
BABMusic
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I'm envious. Just curious, I'm also somewhat interested in the SS100v2, and would you say it's very different than the BE100? I keep reading that it's tighter, and that's interesting to me. I wonder if the BE response knob/switch could be set to sound like that amp.
mentoneman
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when i think of the term tight the Jose and JEL comes to mind. my friend had the BE100 v1 and played his a bunch and also played Mark Day’s finely tuned BE100 rig when he worked at Tone Merchants/Rack Systems.
when the SSv1 came out it was in my mind the new flagship amp—better cleans and more articulate gain than BE. i convinced my buddy with the BE to try one and he was super impressed and ditched the BE. he also had the SSv2 for a while and that had a thicker darker lead tone gain capability—more modern sludgemetal— but we both prefer the v1 vintage leanings.
i’d say the SSv2 and BEDlx have way more in common with the low mid girthy underpinnings. i could play leads in my sleep on those amps. the JEL and surprisingly the Jose make you work for it more.
BABMusic
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@mentoneman Very interesting that you liked the original SS100 much more. Also, I was surprised to hear you say the Jose makes you work for it more. I read other people say that the Jose "sticks to your fingers" when playing leads. I would say my BE doesn't sound quite like Mark's in his videos, although it's close.
I also completely agree with you that the BE makes lead playing super easy. It's much more forgiving than some other amps, and the sound remains very balanced without being too thin or too thick.
I also completely agree with you that the BE makes lead playing super easy. It's much more forgiving than some other amps, and the sound remains very balanced without being too thin or too thick.
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BABMusic
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Someone on this forum mentioned that they like to turn the presence up to 10 and then put the treble wherever it needs to be. I tried that last night and was surprised that it actually sounded good. Treble ended up being at about 3. This makes the amp sound a lot closer to a real Marshall amp. I would have never thought that this setting would sound good.
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MYLILSS
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This is actually the way that I always ran my Mesa Dual Rec's. I'd max the presence and then use the treble as a presence control.
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