Tone Monster
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You’re hooked and I love it
RedB4Black
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If your aim is to get as close as possible to an MC or RS, then get one of those as well!
Otherwise, dial back the gain and saturation, up the bright and presence, decrease the depth and disengage the mid-cut pull. You can probably get close enough that way.
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mermer
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Yeah in the long run for sure, I cannot get that sound out of my head and would like to experience all the flavours. I am just trying to understand the rhtyhm channel and explore the amps full potential.
Today I experienced the rhtyhm channel further and here is what I get:
Without the black cat mod the amps is too ‘clean’ which I do not enjoy much. It feels like a pedal platform or so. The black cat mod brings the fun for me and we are in the AC/DC territory. Plexi like, bright, open. The internal boost adds noticeable body, which I also enjoy. Pushing it further with a TS style pedal (Halcyon Green), this I really really enjoyed. Saturated, liquidy and dense, super nice hard rock lead sound. Doug Aldrich style lead lines just flew out of the board. For rhythm it’s a bit too much, then either the ts or internal boost should be turned off, depending on the taste.
I emailed Rick and closer to a Rock Standard / MC would be a Leopard Pedal in the front of the rhtyhm channel (black cat and boost off) he responded. I expect it to be expensive so not sure if it’s worth it at this stage.
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mermer
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I am still super excited and on gas, but my wallet is trembling with fear
311boogieman
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have fun 
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csguy0
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Sick! Got me Gasssssing 
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mermer
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I tried the Leopard Boost with the Rhtyhm Channel of MTL II. On top of Black Kat and internal boost, that channel becames alive. To be honest I had struggled to dial that channel before (still looking forward for suggestions to dial in that channel) but with the LB it results very good mid-forward, classic hard rock tones. I am enjoying the amp even more now.
heavision
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MCII owner here. One of my favorite amps of all time.
Quick thought: Took me a while—longer than usual—to dial in and bond with mine. But once we got to know each other; holy shit. Worth the trouble, worth the wait. 100%
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mermer
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Enjoy it in good health! It’s probably will be my next purchase as well
Exo-metal
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That les paul is sick.Congrats!
I'm not sure of the differences between a MTL and a MCII (mine) Rhythm channel tone but I have mine set up for a nice sweet edgy clean when playing soft and then just break up if I hit it hard. That channel loves a classic boost too like a TS9 or SD-1. I don't have the 'Black Cat' option on mine unfortunately.
I think perhaps picture of Adam with the Wizard was perhaps from the FI sessions? Joe Barresi has a huge collection of amps he brings out for tracking.
This is from the Reload sessions, you can spot the Wizard in top left corner on top of Bobs 'Asshole' Marshall.
James and Pepper. You can see James's fave MC1 and also see he had another two Wizards at the time.
This one is from the Hardwired sessions. Not sure who owns it but it made an appearance at that time. Seeing the Recto and TS9 on and running at the same time I presume it could have been during Kirk's tracking sessions rather than James.
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mermer
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How do you set your MTL amps? I was running the Bright up high around 7-8 but dialing it back to 5-6 and increasing treble instead provided better results to my ears. Still, there is a lot of room for dialing and discovery.
