Tommy Tempest
Power User
I can agree as far as many of the amps sounding different. But that is sometimes the case with firmware updates. For me the Solo 100 amp, which is my go to amp for many presets, lost its oomph. It got tinnier sounding. So I made a few adjustments and boom, all better. Also many of the amps that have the master volume on 10 can get boomy and break up in a blown speaker way. This may depend on what pickups you have. Backing off the master volume and adjusting your bass, mid and treble may take care of that issue. My Band Commander was that way on my PRS HB bridge pickup, after the update. I rolled back the master volume and it fixed it.I noticed that all the Marshalls seem to be a bit more compressed and distorted than before. Almost like a fuzz tone. On my real Marshall's when cranked to a certain volume level the speakers in the cabs start distorting and add to the overall distorted sound. This is kind of what I was hearing. On the real amps if you lower the volume just a bit below that breakup point the speakers stop distorting. So depending on the volume level you play at either the speakers are distorting and adding to the overall distorted sound or they are not. I couldn't really dial it out with the new firmware. Basically 5.00beta 2 sounds just a bit too fuzzy on all the Marshalls to me. It doesn't sound bad, but it doesn't sound quite right.