Parameters for the firmest of wooden tones?

[RifferMcDuck]

I'm trying to work on a very firm tone, like the exact opposite of a squishy rectifier, where instead each individual note is made of Brazilian Walnut.

But I'm a bit confused by the different parameters available for this and how they differ, and I'm not smart enough to understand the wiki terminology. So far I've been playing around with increasing power tube and preamp hardness, increasing negative feedback, lowering supply sag, but I'm unsure what I'm doing otherwise since I prefer not to get too far into the tweaking realm.

Any tips or advice on this firm desire of mine? Am I on the right track at least?

 

[Tonedeaf]

I believe you should be lowering the power tube bias and hardness.

 

[Shask]

To get a faster, more immediate attack, lower the supply sag, increase the negative feedback, and lower the master volume.

 

[RifferMcDuck]

Hell yeah guys, thanks. Sounds like I’ve been on the right track.

 

[ezellohar]

For firmness you can try lowering the master bias excursion added with cygnus update, it should help.

 

[danwei]

Do you have any examples for the tone your after?

 

[Anton Karelin]

For firmness you can try lowering the master bias excursion added with cygnus update, it should help.

is it in the Dynamics section of Amp block?

 

[Joshua_L]

Try to increase the speaker resonance too

 

[RifferMcDuck]

Do you have any examples for the tone your after?

Not really. I briefly used Helix Native recently while away from my FM3, and it had this weird stiffness to the sound that I actually liked, so I wanted to recreate it in one of my FM3 presets.

 

[Dave Merrill]

More negative feedback, higher bias, lower compression and sag, overdrive the preamp, keep the power amp clean.

 

[RifferMcDuck]

More negative feedback, higher bias, lower compression and sag, overdrive the preamp, keep the power amp clean.

Perfect, writing all of these down, thank you!

 

[ezellohar]

is it in the Dynamics section of Amp block?

Yes.
amp block wiki

 

[Bungholio]

Cut lows at the input.

 

[GuitarJedi]

Insert drive pedal, or add boost….