mtmartin71
Experienced
javajunkie said:mtmartin71 said:MusicManJP6 said:I'm having some trouble dialing this amp in to sound good. Can someone recommend me some settings? It seems I have to crank the master and gain all the way up to get decent amount of distortion and it is flubby as all "WATCH yo mouth"....
I found the same thing that you did. I want the 1987x to work for me, but it has a bassiness that can't be dialed out, even with a filter. I long for something in-between the Plexi 1 and 1987x. I little "kerrang" with a tighter, less prominent bass footprint. I think that's why I don't like the JTM45. After a lot of playing with real tube amps (albeit not heads and 4x12s) plus the AxeFX models, I've discovered I don't like a real thick bass sound for my guitar. Leave that to the bassist! I like the more classic (or so I thought) Marshall mid-range sound with tight and even bass. The Plexi 1 has smoother bass content although it doesn't dial in quite the way I want it. It's still a little too gainy getting it closer to the JCM800. I went back to this model though for my Plexi patch because of my issues getting a sound I like out of the 1987x. AFAIK, that's how a 1987x sounds!
Plexi 2?
I'll play with that. I kind of viewed that as a clean Plexi patch but I didn't really play with it much. What do you think of the 1987x?