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[Tim Staddon]

Hi everyone,is there any profiles on axe exchange that resemble skid row tone or something near it. Cheers all

 

[skategeezer]

Hi everyone,is there any profiles on axe exchange that resemble skid row tone or something near it. Cheers all

Most 90’s tones were just a PRS into a Mesa Boogie…..

 

[Goonie]

Most 90’s tones were just a PRS into a Mesa Boogie…..

Except 90's hair.

 

[unix-guy]

Hi everyone,is there any profiles on axe exchange that resemble skid row tone or something near it. Cheers all

No "profiles" for Axe Fx...

 

[Seven Scars]

I'd recommend looking into Leon Todd's video for recreating the ADA MP-1, and then into a G12T-loaded cab (the wiki should help you finding one). I personally have had luck with the 1960TV dynacab.

There's also an old thread on here from 2016 specifically about getting a Skid Row tone so that might help you (I'd link it for you but my account is still too new)

 

[Frodebro]

Preset “Spandex and Hairspray.”

 

[NorCal_Val]

Was it an MP-1 on the first Skid Row album, and modded Riveras on “Slave To The Grind”?

 

[zerolight]

Most 80s and 90s era rock was a JCM800, Plexi, ADA or Soldano through v30s or greenbacks. It’s pretty much all I want to play, but I tend to start there and tweak it to me rather than exactly how they recorded.

Edit: seems skid row was a mix of MP1 and Marshall.

 

[gibsonash]

No "profiles" for Axe Fx...

Hope it could be in 2026

 

[Harm]

Hi everyone,is there any profiles on axe exchange that resemble skid row tone or something near it. Cheers all

Robyrocks sells a pack

 

[Overcaster]

If you want 80s hair, try lots of hairspray

 

[ocaptainjr2]

Hope it could be in 2026

Not likely.

https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/fm3-firmware-version-6-01.191161/post-2375310

"Our modeling is extremely accurate but matching a particular copy of an amp is limited to variables beyond our control like speaker impedance curve, component tolerances and design changes. If matching a particular amp exactly is your goal you have two choices:
1. Learn what causes the difference. Read through the Tech Notes section. Educate yourself.
2. Use a profiling product."

 

[unix-guy]

Not likely.

https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/fm3-firmware-version-6-01.191161/post-2375310

"Our modeling is extremely accurate but matching a particular copy of an amp is limited to variables beyond our control like speaker impedance curve, component tolerances and design changes. If matching a particular amp exactly is your goal you have two choices:
1. Learn what causes the difference. Read through the Tech Notes section. Educate yourself.
2. Use a profiling product."

Cliff has already stated that the next gen will support a NAM player...

 

[JiveTurkey]

In the time it's taken this thread to go; you could have picked one of the bazillion killer high gain models in the FM whatever, slapped a dual detune on it and been "done".

 

[ocaptainjr2]

Cliff has already stated that the next gen will support a NAM player...

I think of NAM as capture and profile as Kemper. Either way, doesn't interest or matter to me.

 

[unix-guy]

I think of NAM as capture and profile as Kemper. Either way, doesn't interest or matter to me.

Yeah, I guess that's correct.

 

[Domct203]

If you want 80s hair, try lots of hairspray

There were cans of this everywhere in the mid 80’s. I couldn’t touch anything in our bathroom without sticking to it .

 

[Zadain2204]

The preset from Phil Collen from Def Leppard should get you somewhere close, I believe it's the Gift of Tone from Fractal

 

[ocaptainjr2]

The preset from Phil Collen from Def Leppard should get you somewhere close, I believe it's the Gift of Tone from Fractal

Def Leppard and Skid Row tones are nothing alike.

 

[State of Epicicity]

I’d take the Klon and put it in front of the 5150-II. If you want 1st album tone, I’d arrange two mics with the Friedman 4x12 DynaCab. If you want 2nd album tone, I'd use the Citrus 4x12.

The key for Skid Row's tones to me is that they're using a ton of gain as if they were a metal band, but they were mic'd and mixed like a rock band.

To me the first album tone is very reminiscent of Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche. The second album tone is just way heavier than any rock band of the Golden Era.