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I also don't like closed back cabs because they dull the highs and don't seem to 'breathe' for want of a better word.
I'm another who has had comments of "crazy high-mid/treble" when others play my guitar, but in a band context (especially one with keys and/or another guitarist) that works wonders.
That said, I've got a Sheriff and a Kraken and they're much more controllable. Still very middy but in a cuts-through way rather than a muddy way.
That's why I'm still looking for an amp after selling my JCM800 last summer.
Really disappointed as the one I thought was ideal was the Orange Rocker 32 as I wanted to make use of the stereo fx loop but it sounded really lifeless when i tried one. It has a flat eq on the clean channel mind.
Really disappointed as well with the Fender Bassbreakers too as on paper they sound great spec wise but again lifeless.
Dare I say, modern day Vox's aren't typically as sparkly, i've found, as they used to be unless you go for the real top end priced ones to boot.
Me and the other guitarist in my band are constantly told by sound guys to lose a bit of high end at gigs. To be fair we both play tele's and we both have treble boosters in our chain but my amp is ear splitting past 10 o clock on the treble pot on my laney VC30. He's got a Fender HRD and he's in the same boat.
The experience was similar to what @ICBM is describing - there wasn't too much bass or mid-range, just no top end or sparkle at all. I thought it was faulty!
I had a Blackstar HT5 for a while. Ended up selling it. I would say that it lacked sparkle in the top end.
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Though I never had a V40, I had a Trace Elliott Speed Twin C50. Superb build and features but I was on the verge of manic depression after every band practice, the sound was that sodding flat. I was in raptures when I got my HRDIII from @photek, to whom I'm eternally grateful), lovely top end from the first note after all those years of thinking it was me
Actually, my C30's lacks a bit of sparkle as well but at least the tone knobs work.
Apart from a tendency for the main PCB to catch fire, anyway...
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It's good for what I use it for. I've heard better and I've heard a lot worse.
Quite often I get the sound man saying to me - 'that's a bit toppy mate - can you turn the treble down?' before we play, and then saying how good it sounded after! Of course I've left the amp set exactly the same....
It all depends what you're trying to do, but for me a decent old-school Fender or Vox amp just at the point of breakup with plenty of top does just about anything with real clarity.