Re: Deconstructing my JCM-800 Preset Firmware 10.02
yek said:
I'm very curious how you guys have dialed in your presets.
I've updated to 10.03. I have loads of top end headroom with clean sims (Brownface, Vox w/bright sw.: treble at noon, zero Presence).
And no problems with higher gain sims, such as Shiva LD and Uber, with treble at noon and Presence at 5.
Using Red Wire CapEdgeOffAxis IRs.
Just spent a lunch hour blowing at 110db with 10.03. Anyone not going to this (though I am
NOT a metal player!) out of 'fear' is
crazy. Shredi doesn't go FRFR and is primarily a metal guy; so take that into consideration when hesitating to even try this firmware.
Cliff just made this thing drop dead simple to dial in. I am
totally in Yek's corner here.
Go back to your HF Resonance of 5.00. Amps without presence, just leave at noon (or use as a cut in Class A type of amp blocks (Dr. Z, Matchless, Vox, etc). If you have an amp block with presence control in the analog counterpart, then take it to a 'start' setting of around 5.00. All EQ start at noon in the amp block. Set gain and MV to taste. Set EQ and Presence to taste. Viola. Welcome to 10.03.
Quick, easy and your high end will have more character and bite without annoying unnatural 'edge'. The top is smooth and shimmering now.
It's a noticeable difference. For the better. You'll hear it most using single coils and using a sharp attack on the strings to get transients jumping. Dynamically the top end just breathes better, reacting to your picking dynamics in a noticeably more open way.
And when you hear Plexi2 (bass EQ at 2.5, Mid at 5.0, Treb at 5.0, Presence at 7.48, bright OFF) it will curl your toes and make you laugh out loud. Don't do this with your wife or girlfriend close-by or you will be sleeping on the couch. :shock:
Check at stage volumes and tell me I'm crazy. Hint: I'm not crazy.
The main factor that's been consistent since I've owned the Axe-FX (June 2007) is the clarity of the top end; you only get that in the good amps out there; well dialed amps with good tubes in them. Now? You get
more of it. Clarity HD.
On
this thread; I need to redo the OP and I'll probably start a new thread to do so.