Blending Marshall and Fender tone.

[Thomas Welch]

Are there any other players who are blending Marshall and Fender tone? I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe at the left channel and an Ampeg VL-502 at the right channel of my Digitech 2112 , with various pedals configured in the mix as well. I think this combination gives a fullness to the over all tone that I have not been able to achieve with other setups. Tell me your experiences with this type of setup or any other blending of amps you may be using.

[rosster]

Yes! I had been using a Marshall TSL 601 with a red-knob Fender Super 60
for the last band I was with. We played a combination of older blusey stuff
and some newer stuff. These two amps were plugged into via my Digitech
RP6 or occasionally and RP7. I prefered the RP6 since all the "valve" overdrive was pretty much covered by the all-tube amps. It really helped
with stage coverage since I was running stereo for both sides of the venue.
And while I only set up volume balances at the beginning of the night, I am told I was getting very "fat" sounds from that setup.

[Thomas Welch]

I should have mentioned that the Ampeg VL-502 is basically a "Hot Rod" Marshall circuit, Designed by Lee Jackson. I've tried blending other amp tones and so far, nothing works as well as this.

[Thomas Welch]

Anyone else?.........

[Thomas Welch]

Same here Rosster. Volume balance never seems to be an issue after the first setup. It's all in the pre-amp after that. For me it works great with everything except full on metal. I use two Ampeg VT-60s for that. Which is basically a tweeked Mesa sound.