and I fell in love with the Axe-FX all over again.
I had a list of things I wanted to try that I just haven't had time to. Well, yesterday was the day, and I found some great tones. To this point, I used the Topboost, Plexi 2, JCM800, and Scott's Extasy preset for nearly everything.
I started with the DR. Z which gave me a fantastic mid gain crunchy rhythm sound. It's similar to the Topboost in an overdriven state IMO, but it's more well behaved. It was much easier to get it to sound right for me and get a tone that worked well with different guitars and pickup selections (I use quite a few different guitars and prefer not to have a different set of patches for each guitar).
Next I tried the D60L as I remembered Java saying he used it instead of the 800 for a lot of things. I wasn't completely happy with my 800 patch, so I thought it was worth a try. Wow! If you haven't tried this amp, do. I now have a killer med-high gain rock sound. I had so much fun with this sound that I almost ran out of time to try other amps.
I tried the Dumble clean settings posted on the wiki. It's a really dry, transparent clean tone that I'm sure will see some stage use. It works epecially well with a variety of guitars.
The last one I tried was the HAD drive model into the EVM12L. I wasn't digging it at first and wasn't quite sure whether or not I would use it. I don't listen to Robben Ford or Carlton, so I'm not familiar with those tones. I fiddled with a few things and then remembered a tune that might be a good test tone. Ten notes into Europa, I had that "AHA!" moment. The notes were thick and creamy, yet clear, and they would ring out for an eternity if I wanted them to. I probably won't get to use this tone live very often, but I'm looking forward to the occasion where I do get to use it. I was also surpised how well this tone works with my strat.
Those are all I had time for yesterday, but I just had to share. It was like I went out and bought a new amp collection, but I didn't have to pay for any of them. You can't beat that!
D
I had a list of things I wanted to try that I just haven't had time to. Well, yesterday was the day, and I found some great tones. To this point, I used the Topboost, Plexi 2, JCM800, and Scott's Extasy preset for nearly everything.
I started with the DR. Z which gave me a fantastic mid gain crunchy rhythm sound. It's similar to the Topboost in an overdriven state IMO, but it's more well behaved. It was much easier to get it to sound right for me and get a tone that worked well with different guitars and pickup selections (I use quite a few different guitars and prefer not to have a different set of patches for each guitar).
Next I tried the D60L as I remembered Java saying he used it instead of the 800 for a lot of things. I wasn't completely happy with my 800 patch, so I thought it was worth a try. Wow! If you haven't tried this amp, do. I now have a killer med-high gain rock sound. I had so much fun with this sound that I almost ran out of time to try other amps.
I tried the Dumble clean settings posted on the wiki. It's a really dry, transparent clean tone that I'm sure will see some stage use. It works epecially well with a variety of guitars.
The last one I tried was the HAD drive model into the EVM12L. I wasn't digging it at first and wasn't quite sure whether or not I would use it. I don't listen to Robben Ford or Carlton, so I'm not familiar with those tones. I fiddled with a few things and then remembered a tune that might be a good test tone. Ten notes into Europa, I had that "AHA!" moment. The notes were thick and creamy, yet clear, and they would ring out for an eternity if I wanted them to. I probably won't get to use this tone live very often, but I'm looking forward to the occasion where I do get to use it. I was also surpised how well this tone works with my strat.
Those are all I had time for yesterday, but I just had to share. It was like I went out and bought a new amp collection, but I didn't have to pay for any of them. You can't beat that!
D
