Gregmang
Fractal Fanatic
I'll def check your preset out. Thx !No worries, I am playing a 2022 Music Man Majesty 7, bridge for all crunch/lead, neck and/or piezo for the cleans, knobs dimed on the guitar (roll off volume occasionally to account for quieter parts). I'm happy to share the preset, brother, continued below...
Regarding the harsh thin highs, you're both not wrong. However, one thing I've done particularly on this JCM800 preset is double the cabs in parallel. You'll notice immediately the harshness you hear with a single cab disappears and everything becomes articulate, tight, and thick. What sounded very "tinny" turns into clear responsive highs, and the lows are nice and tight. This preset is setup to sit in a mix, so it's full and tight but it's not that "bedroom range" where it sounds super scooped, awesome to your ears by itself, but so full across the entire spectrum that when you sit in a mix you all but disappear. This is mid-centric but definitely not thin, harsh, or lacking and if you prefer, adding in lower freqs works fine to achieve a heavier low-end or full-spectrum vibe. If I had to define the sound as it is, think 80s/90's Maiden, Megadeth, etc.
The point of this preset was to recreate my JCM 800 2210 sound from the 80's/90's. I used no drives, only the gain on the amp and EQ both for recording and live. This is probably a great jumping off point for anyone to turn the JCM800 into something more personally theirs...add drives, tweak settings, etc, but as it stands, this is pretty damned close to what I toured and recorded with for many years. Sure it can be improved upon further and I'll tweak it more as I go, but this is very satisfying currently and I hope you enjoy it. As indicated earlier, the YA cab I mentioned and use is absolutely brilliant in this setup and is somewhat crucial to getting it "perfect" to my ears, but perhaps one can find a factory cab to do the job or that they prefer more. I'd HIGHLY recommend if you dig this, then go show some love to @York Audio and drop the $15US for the YA MRSH 412 Pack, it's really REALLY solid and you're sure to find other uses for one of the most metal cabs in history!
Lastly, to pull out the YA cab(s), do I just switch it out all the paid IRs with factory cabs then export it? I've never exported a preset to share so I have no idea what the actual mechanics are to exclude my paid IR. I assume I could just copy my preset to an empty slot, sub the cabs for a factory one and export/share that? What is the preferred method?
Alright, I think I answered my own question, and have attached my preset to this post. I just nuked all the paid IRs in various cab slots and picked a factory 4x12 1960A 300w Shure 57 to replace them. It's not the same as the YA IR I am in love with, but it's not very far off and should at least get you somewhere in the ballpark so you can choose a more favorable cab to your own ears, or...just buy that YA cab set, what a bargain!
Hope someone finds it useful, and be well all!
EDIT: Oh yeah, the Wah block in here is a little bonus, A is the Cantrell wah, and B is the Petrucci wah!
I also had a 2210 back in the day and to this day regret selling it - and that was eons ago. Hehehe.
I bought it in Germany and was told it was modded but I haven't a clue how. That thing was a fire-breathing lot of fun to play and sounded amazing.
