I'm a melodic pop/rock style player. Think Lukather and Schon (both big influences), etc. Phil Keaggy also.
Strat player. Big requirement is that pickup changes need to be very audible. Not looking for insane amounts of gain obviously. I have three Strats I rotate - all have DiMarzios, including Virtual Vintage and Areas. Fairly modern- voiced guitars, if you will.
Presently I've been experimenting with Mark IIC+ (used to own one) and Dumble (50 years of gigging and touring and never seen). The Mark model is Cliff's recommendation - deep/brite. The Dumble is the ODS Clean with gain coming from overdrives, which sound better to my ears than the lead channels (please set me straight at need).
If any of you have favorite tone tricks to this end, I'd love to hear about them! And any other amps that hit your ear just right.
One more background detail - I'm not trying to cop anyone's tone, so no help there. I want some nice sing, sustain, and enough transparency to take advantage of pickup changes. All pickups are fairly low output, nothing hotter than a Thornbucker.
All thoughts and opinions welcome! I hope this can be a fun thread.
Strat player. Big requirement is that pickup changes need to be very audible. Not looking for insane amounts of gain obviously. I have three Strats I rotate - all have DiMarzios, including Virtual Vintage and Areas. Fairly modern- voiced guitars, if you will.
Presently I've been experimenting with Mark IIC+ (used to own one) and Dumble (50 years of gigging and touring and never seen). The Mark model is Cliff's recommendation - deep/brite. The Dumble is the ODS Clean with gain coming from overdrives, which sound better to my ears than the lead channels (please set me straight at need).
If any of you have favorite tone tricks to this end, I'd love to hear about them! And any other amps that hit your ear just right.
One more background detail - I'm not trying to cop anyone's tone, so no help there. I want some nice sing, sustain, and enough transparency to take advantage of pickup changes. All pickups are fairly low output, nothing hotter than a Thornbucker.
All thoughts and opinions welcome! I hope this can be a fun thread.