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I did use a JVM as my main ampt for about 8 years though so it cant be all bad...what I would say is that the cleans are marshall cleans rather than fendery. The crunch si obvisouly the standout tone, the high gain tones are good but the channels are pretty noisy with the gain ramped up. Also when you change channels theres a tiny dropout in the signal...most people dont notice it (in fact back on MR there was a huge thread where various owners said that the gap didnt exist on there JVM...but I since contacted the amp designer and confirmed it is intentional)....however it is one thing that irked me about the amp the whole time.
Depending on what else you have though...I actually am currently using my other backup amp (VH4 needs to visit germans for a midi chip replacement) , a jet city JCA50h, this is a 2 channel amp that has a great distortion tone...however it doesnt really do cleans, at gig volume the clean channel always has a bit of crunch on it. However...if you ahve a modeller you can set it up in 4CM so you can effectively switch out the preamp stage for clean tones. I've done this with both my boss-gt10 and my helix so I can use the JCA50h crunch and distortion tonesa but use a vox or fender model for the cleans...it works really well and the JCA's are soooooo cheap.
TTBZ is about right on the price though, I still have mine because I jsut can bear to take the depreciation hit on it after buying it full price new
You can back the gain way off compared to toher hamps and still get squealy pinch harmonics and the low end of the VH4 is so good that chugging also comes across as heavier and more aggresive than objectively higher gain sounds.
It's like it has all the charactersitics that you try to get by adding gain...but they're highlighted by the voicing so you dont actually need as much gain..which has the benefit of additional clarity and less noise.
I've always wanted to try a Diezel and that description of channel 3 sounds like my idea of heaven for the sort of music I play - "mid gain with a high gain feel" sounds exactly what I want. Unfortunately out of reach for my budget but there's always the VH4 pedal I guess, wonder how close it can get.
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Ridiculously versatile without being as complicated as the Mark series and plenty loud enough. Everything from rich cleans to high gain. The switchable EQ options are really useful and utterly brilliant. I've also got an AX8 and I don't find the Mesa lacking in the versatility department at all.
I've never known any amp to get that ch3 type of tone with that type of feel
it's nothing short of miraculous
The 5153 you are citing, is that by any chance the 50w that belonged to Drew and now resides in my sweaty mitts?
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I’m still very torn about what I want so I figured it’s best to pause until I see something that is right given I already have enough cracking amps I can use in the meantime.
A 3 channel Helios, an ecstacy and an slo are top of the tree if I could justify the outlay.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
Crystal clean channel 1, channel 2 can offer crunch levels from the JTM45, 1959 and JCM800, then lots of gain on channel 3!
It's what Satriani based the JSX on, but it's a Marshall, innit.