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Get a distortion pedal.
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The Hellcat is more forgiving though due to the slightly compressed nature of the amp.
>:D<
But seriously guys I'm not exactly sure what you all mean by an unforgiving amp. What I mean is I've played many many different amps that of course all have their own character tone and feel but I don't think I've ever felt an amp was fighting me or making it hard for me to play or showing up my playing deficits more with one amp than another. Definitely had that with guitars, just not amps....am I misunderstanding the thread or am I just tone deaf and/or easy to please?
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Just in the same way you adjust from one guitars neck, tone and feel to another surely its the same with amps and just about familiarity, understanding its eq etc and finding the sweet-spots.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I think there are amps that feel squashy... like playing through a sponge; the 5150's and the original JVM come to mind - too much gain, too loose and flubby... I tend to avoid those amps. I suspect the dual recto's of this world would not be for me!
You're right, I do like tight amps. What I look for in an amp is an obscene amount of gain, but when you play a palm-muted drop-D chord, the whole thing tightens up as if it had less gain in the first place. I like a palmmuteypalmmuteypalmmuteyRAWRpalmmuteypalmmuteypalmmutey
... kind of dynamic. Hard to explain really.
It has taken me some time to realize that actually, I don't go in for much of a "metal" guitar tone. My tone is more of a hard-rock thing, and I use a fair amount of feedback.