Your top 5 brutal metal amp models

[RDeraz]

I'm a modded Marshall guy and the FAS Hot Rod is utterly out of control. I would buy that amp if it existed IRL.

Paired with the Lerxst RNR A, Greenback imp curve.... holy shit balls.

 

[ak49climber]

For down tuned and 7 string riffage:
FAS Modern III
Spawn Nitro
Mark IV
Herbie 2+ Especially with the grinder

More classic sounding high gain stuff:
5150
HBE 100 2018 boosted with a recto cab
Triaxis Ld2 yellow
Recto 1
CAE rhythm and lead are both great too!

 

[shemihazazel]

Recto Orange Modern into the 4x12 USA Trad 121 in parallel with Herbie Ch2+ into 4x12 German 121 = Nuclear meltdown

 

[psychomanteum7]

1. Engl Powerball
2. JCM-800 with tube screamer
3. Diezel

Those do it for me. I barely eq them. I find trying different cabs give me the tonal combinations I want.

 

[Musikron]

The Engl and FAS Modern are my go to for the brutal heavy stuff.

 

[pelk21]

The ones that I usually stick to are the Splawn Quickrod, Fryette Deliverance, Diezel Herbert, Friedman BE C45, and SLO100.

 

[nathanielsaysblah]

Engl Savage, Modern III and FAS Brootalz I'm digging. Uberschall is there too but it took a bit more tweaking

 

[skunc]

In no particular order....

ATOMICA HIGH
5153 BLUE 100w
USA LEAD MID GAIN
JPIIC+ RED
FAS SKULL CRUSHER

 

[Budda]

If you want dry aggression then ya the engl savage is a good starting point. Cant recall the IR I have set up. I generally dont go for that type of tone (5150/marshall) but if you want it, that and the Fryettes should do it.

 

[JDR3009]

I clearly have specific tastes in no particular order other than the order I thought of them:

1) USA Pre
2) JP2C+ Yellow
3) 5150 Block
4) 5153 100w Red
5) Energyball

I like the IIC++ a lot too but only really use it with a VH4 for full-on Hetfield wannabe stuff so I can’t really say it’s in there on its own, from my experiences.

 

[robdrivenbelow]

FAS Modern is my go to for the djent heavy deathcore stuff. the The Engl is another good one

 

[Teun]

I'm still discovering new amp models every day, but I gotta go with the Friedman HBE 2018 C45, the FAS Modern, and the USA Lead Bright.

 

[stereotactic]

Put 6550's in a 5150 block and go. Change the cabs to change the flavour.

If you want to go a different route, put a rat and/or pi fuzz into a clean fender into a 412.

Thanks for the 6550 5150 suggestion, I got a great result with the 5153 Blue 50w with 6550’s.

 

[stereotactic]

I have never found a high gain 6L6 amp I liked very much.

Anyone have a high gain model suggestion with EL34’s as a non stock substitution?

 

[Randalljax]

I have never found a high gain 6L6 amp I liked very much.

Anyone have a high gain model suggestion with EL34’s as a non stock substitution?

maybe not el34
but try the Uberschall w KT88
the DZL w KT77

 

[stereotactic]

maybe not el34
but try the Uberschall w KT88
the DZL w KT77

Thanks, will do!

What I’m looking for is a more smooth frequency response top to bottom. It always seemed to me that 6550 amps had that, but didn’t have the smoothness of an EL34 when pushed just a little.

I know power tubes don’t have a “sound”, but I’m referring to how they handle very low levels of compression, and how that affects the tone and dynamics...

 

[Budda]

I have never found a high gain 6L6 amp I liked very much.

Anyone have a high gain model suggestion with EL34’s as a non stock substitution?

Try them in everything. I ran EL34's in my old mesa roadster (recto) and thats when I learned I want high gain marshall, not high gain mesa.

The cab IR will make a big difference too. Example: pull up a 5150block amp, and try a GB 70s marshall cab, an orange v30 cab , and a mesa recto standard cab (412/sm57). Try each, try blending, mess with smoothing and proximity in the cab block.

Then try the jcm800 and cab of choice with the rat drive block in front.

 

[stereotactic]

Try them in everything. I ran EL34's in my old mesa roadster (recto) and thats when I learned I want high gain marshall, not high gain mesa.

The cab IR will make a big difference too. Example: pull up a 5150block amp, and try a GB 70s marshall cab, an orange v30 cab , and a mesa recto standard cab (412/sm57). Try each, try blending, mess with smoothing and proximity in the cab block.

Then try the jcm800 and cab of choice with the rat drive block in front.

Thanks again, tried a GB mix, which was an improvement over the Basketweave mix I had chosen previously for the 5153 50w Blue.

Oddly I haven’t had much luck with the JCM800s in the Axe. But then again, my main amp is a heavily modded JCM800 50w, which is not like any of the modded amps in the Axe...

 

[2112]

Try some of these mods on the Brit 800 or Solo 100 model for some chugga-chugga fun.

 

[stereotactic]

Try some of these mods on the Brit 800 or Solo 100 model for some chugga-chugga fun.

Thanks Leon! That clip mentions a different MV location, is there another part before this section that demonstrates that?