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there’a probably a modeller that does a decent job, but I have no experience of them.
Having heard the guitarist in my band use his through the clean channel of his Orange Rocker 30 at band practices...
They're very similar sounding, the Drivemaster is slightly thicker and sells for less.
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Drivemasters have a defined but not fatiguing midrange, and a top end which is kind of feathery for want of a better word - you can add plenty of treble even with a bridge single coil without harshness, just like a good Marshall amp.
I immediately scooped up a couple more Drivemasters on eBay, I suspect the prices will rocket fairly soon.
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Cranked Marshall at lower volumes solution for me was the Jubilee Mini, it does a lot of vintage Marshall crunch tones along with the more modern sounds. Needs a really well broken in Greenback though, the stock speaker takes months to lose the thin, papery sound it makes when new!
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The issue with the Guv'nor I think was that I was practising in the shed with a 50w amp with the volume at "1" to be honest.
Anyway, a few years and a couple of house-moves later, I decide to sell on my 80w Valvestate. The amp had bust nearly 20 years previously so was dumped, but when I went to remove the Eminence speaker so I could sell the cabinet via Gumtree I found a Drivemaster that I had bought when they came out but had stopped using in favour of the channel switching on the Valvestate and AOR combos I was using at the time.
I A/B'd the two pedals so I could sell one on, and decided to keep the Guv'nor as I felt it would have a higher resale value later. The pedals sounded virtually the same, but I think I remember favouring the Drivemaster for sound.
In my current band I play bass and had used the Guv'nor for a boost during the run in These Boots Are Made For Walking, Brown Eyed Girl, etc. The footprint of the pedal and its lack of bottom end had meant that I've chosen my Locobox Distortion instead.
Sting Me is a Fender Tweed (Twin) through a Marshall cab I think.
Live he went from Silver Jubilees to Matchless to Harry Joyce (Hiwatt-like) to Reason to Vox AC30... generally a bright English style amp with a fast attack set to a slight crunch and then he uses a boost for more drive.
I am Rich in a Crowes tribute band. I try to have a thick all frequency tone, the lead guitarist a more mid focused tone. That seems to work well together.
I will actually be trying my Harvard clone (the smallest tweed with fixed bias) through a cab with Greenbacks next week