and now.... the bad news... well... not exactly bad.. more a big of a pain in the rear..
amp1 will riff and also provide the soloing tone
this means it'll be the higher gain of the amp pairs I choose..
choices:
- 5153Red
- Herbert ch3
- VH4 ch4
I have just created 3 killer tones with these.. with surprising results
- 5153Red: the one I fell in love with the day we met.. silky smooth.. sings like a soprano in an aria.. cleans up really well too
- Herbert ch3: bright, attacking, seriously aggressive.. cleans up quite well to. but not as well as the 5153Red
- VH4 ch4: this one sits somewhere between the Herbert and the Red.. contrary to my expectations.. I expected this one to be the more aggressive of the three.. but jeez.. it cleans up amazingly... this was the surprise of the bunch..
amp2 will provide the supporting riff tone
choices:
- 5153 Blue
- Herbert ch2+
- VH4 ch3
again the results were quite surprising
- 5153 Blue: big and fat, great definition.. cleans up good.. more aggressive than expected..
- Herbert ch2+: seriously powerful... and is better than expected on the clean side of things...
- VH4 ch3: the star of the show.. will start wars... and finish 'em... but jeez... just like ch4, it cleans amazingly...
so what do I choose???
I've not decided yet...
it's not about the tones in isolation, it's also about how the amp1 and amp2 tones combine both full-on dirty, and also when morphed to clean..
I need to set amp1 with the Red, and then try it with each of the amp2 choices... then switch amp1 to Herbert ch3 and do it again.. and so on...
gonna be interesting this is...
so.. back to my original statement:
"and now.... the bad news... well... not exactly bad.. more a big of a pain in the rear.."
why is this bad???
it's cos I'm so spoilt for choice I don't know what to do...
in every other unit I've had, I carve the tone.. aggressively if need be.. but either way, I make it happen...
with the Axe at 8.0, I keep having these alternate planes of utopia thrown my way...
and I'm not even trying hard or forcing anything...
how do I choose....
aaaahhhhh ! ! ! ! ! ! !