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Also I wouldn't exactly call the 5153 Blue and JCM800 'low gain' the 5153 Blue is Van Halen territory, and all of the metal bands use JCM800's with tubescreamers in front of them. Checkout Pelican for an example of the later... in fact...
Great album btw
I've got a rough plan to get the JCM800 (possibly the modded version) and dial it in to sound like a Laney VH100r, which I have at home, so I can a/b between them until I've got it close.
ok.. I get your point.. by considering the Blue and the JCM as 'cleaner' I'm cmoparing them with the more full-on Herbert ch3 / VH4ch4 and 5153Red.. which are far hotter..
the thing with the 65 Bassman and Tucana3 is that when they're as dirty as they'll sensibly go, they blend very well with hotter amps [recording rather than live].. their crispy mids and highs can blend in with the hotter amps pretty well, but their cleaner lows can add a nice thumb.. think of it not as the main event, but mixed low in addition with the main part as a 'fattener'..
imagine for example you have a VH4 to the left in the mix, and blended it with a 65 Bassman [MV=10, boost / sat on, drive set to prevent the lows from flubbing].. the Bassman part though is reamped from the same dry guitar as the VH4 so it's tight with it.. and then on the right if you had a 5153Red or Blue and similarly blended this with a Tucana3 [from the same dry guitar used for the 5153], the next result should be smoking hot mids and highs with tight and thick lows.. you'd eq them [in Logic] such that the dryier amps handle the bulk of the lows and the hotter amps handle the mids and highs.... so they work together as a unit
BTW, the Axe does very cool Adam Jones tonez when you mix the Superlead and the VH4 together. Sounds feckin' killer!
on the DC album I'm blending the Dual Rec with the Herbert ch3 and the VH4ch3 with the 5153Red, the Dual Rec and the VH4ch3 providing the cleaner gainy tones, and the Herbert ch3 and 5153Red being the hi-gain tones...
tones wise, the DC Band music is not as metal as Tool / Periphery etc.. so all though hi gain is required, it can't be as massive and as thumpnig as some of the more modern tones.. this band's music is prog-rock.. but you could say it's at the heavier end [down to me I guess].... that said.. although it'll dip a toe into the metal pool on occasion, it'll never quite dive right in.. so tone wise, I need to be pretty aggressive and energetic, but I cannot consume the entire soundscape in the way that full-on metal tones do.. because there are keys and DC's Zeta 5-string violin to consider.. and of course vocals that actually sing notes and stuff... lol..
Fuck dat.
lmao....
as much as I love the song, I somehowI couldn't imagine DC doing a cover of People=Shit.. lmao
I tried some of theres last night... yeah some seem really nice.. trouble is.. it really depends on the amp.. I tried some with the VH4 and they were a bit dull.. tried some others and they sounded pretty nice...
then I tried them with the DualRec, the ones that worked with the VH4 sounded shite, and the ones that didn't were great.. lmao..
the prob with all this is, before you decide certain cab IR's are bad, you need to have tried them with all your main amp choices.. which takes time.. right now I have all 100user cab slots filled.. I need to start cleaning these out so I only have those that I need in there..
which ones did you like....
I liked the Friedman Angle in particular
Centre0
Fredman Angled
Fredman Straight
I found the Fred Straighta little thin, even with the mic set to 'null'
Centre0 was nice too
apparently, the next fw drop [15.00] will have some new 'mix' U-Res IR's
looking forward to this greatly.. I really hope the 4x12 TV is in there.. love this cab
to be honest, configurability and control is the first thing I look at when considering a new multi-fx unit..
I'm new that worried about tone because I've generally found that it's always possible to dial in something that hits the spot
What are you guys running the Axe through at home? I have a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770's for late night use and was thinking about getting a low-ish end set of studio monitors for recording/general low volume use.
Any Recommendations?
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