Orvillain
Power User
I've been struggling to get as good a tone from the Axe as I do from my Diezel D-Moll. Made no secret of this, to the point where I considered selling the Axe. Two things I've realised:
1. The Marshall 8008 valvestate unit is not bridged when used in mono mode. So you've got 80-watts to play with. At the volumes we play at, I'm not surprised if I'm saturating the hell out of the unit, adding lots of buzz and nastiness.
2. The tone match block has brought the Das Metall model closer to the tone of the D-Moll with it's mid-cut feature enabled.I used the passive 4 band EQ on the amp, scooped the mids a bit, and then tone-matched Das Metall to the FX send of the D-Moll. I then sent the Axe to the FX return of the D-Moll and A/B'd between the two preamps by using a stereo reverb pedal (off) routed to the amp and the Axe FX, and then turned the loop on and off.. this meant I could switch between the two preamps. Some minor adjustments to the output compression knob, and it's much much closer.
... at bedroom volumes anyway. I don't know what it is going to sound like at gig or rehearsal volumes. Jury is out on that. But feeling quite positive right now.
1. The Marshall 8008 valvestate unit is not bridged when used in mono mode. So you've got 80-watts to play with. At the volumes we play at, I'm not surprised if I'm saturating the hell out of the unit, adding lots of buzz and nastiness.
2. The tone match block has brought the Das Metall model closer to the tone of the D-Moll with it's mid-cut feature enabled.I used the passive 4 band EQ on the amp, scooped the mids a bit, and then tone-matched Das Metall to the FX send of the D-Moll. I then sent the Axe to the FX return of the D-Moll and A/B'd between the two preamps by using a stereo reverb pedal (off) routed to the amp and the Axe FX, and then turned the loop on and off.. this meant I could switch between the two preamps. Some minor adjustments to the output compression knob, and it's much much closer.
... at bedroom volumes anyway. I don't know what it is going to sound like at gig or rehearsal volumes. Jury is out on that. But feeling quite positive right now.