Bought a Line6 Powercab .
Quickly dialed in a pretty awesome clean tone, Also dialed in a very nice Dumble tone with the Ojai model. The feel is much more fluid, and everything seems easier to play than through the loop of my Landry, out to a 2x12 cab.
But I've really been struggling with a good high gain tone - for reference I'm looking for a hotrodded 80s Marshall tone. I can't seem to find a balance between a good cab and the right EQ on the amp. What do you go for first? The 'right' cab, and then EQ the amp to taste? Many times what I find is the cab is far from what I'd use in reality. (I'd normally start with a 4x12 with Greenbacks or Creambacks or Scumbacks for a hotrod 80s tone). But I find the voicing of a Deluxe 1x12 works better. That's fine what ever works, but weird... but then I'm really having trouble dialing in a bright crunchy, but not harsh, top end. The top end is too brittle. (It was not that way through the Landry and cab, at all
And then there's mics to add to the equation. That made it even more difficult to dial things in.
I don't want to be in tweaking hell... what would you recommend as a sequence for getting the amp EQ, cab and mic correct? what cabs and mics do you use for 80s rock/metal? I'm only using factory cabs so far. Maybe I need third party?
Oh and also, I couldn't get the power amp modeling to work. As soon as I enable it, I get a massive volume drop. So I disabled it. What's up with that?
Any help would be appreciated. I've owned an Axe since the beginning, but I feel like a new user at this point...
Quickly dialed in a pretty awesome clean tone, Also dialed in a very nice Dumble tone with the Ojai model. The feel is much more fluid, and everything seems easier to play than through the loop of my Landry, out to a 2x12 cab.
But I've really been struggling with a good high gain tone - for reference I'm looking for a hotrodded 80s Marshall tone. I can't seem to find a balance between a good cab and the right EQ on the amp. What do you go for first? The 'right' cab, and then EQ the amp to taste? Many times what I find is the cab is far from what I'd use in reality. (I'd normally start with a 4x12 with Greenbacks or Creambacks or Scumbacks for a hotrod 80s tone). But I find the voicing of a Deluxe 1x12 works better. That's fine what ever works, but weird... but then I'm really having trouble dialing in a bright crunchy, but not harsh, top end. The top end is too brittle. (It was not that way through the Landry and cab, at all
And then there's mics to add to the equation. That made it even more difficult to dial things in.
I don't want to be in tweaking hell... what would you recommend as a sequence for getting the amp EQ, cab and mic correct? what cabs and mics do you use for 80s rock/metal? I'm only using factory cabs so far. Maybe I need third party?
Oh and also, I couldn't get the power amp modeling to work. As soon as I enable it, I get a massive volume drop. So I disabled it. What's up with that?
Any help would be appreciated. I've owned an Axe since the beginning, but I feel like a new user at this point...