Hi all! I´m hoping you can give me a hand with this setup:
I have a Mesa Rectifier Recording Preamp with a Mesa 2:90 Power Amp (I always leave Deep and Modern voicings on, sometimes I turn on the half-drive as well) running a Marshall 1960B cab, all connected in stereo. Ok:
First of all I know Mesa gear need a lot of tweeking and time to dial in a satisfying tone. The cleans aren´t great but that´s not reason why I bought this rig. I´m pretty happy with the dirty channel for rythym but when I have to pull out a solo it just doesn´t work for me, it lacks saturation, sustain, It´s hard to explain, but just to say something: many will laugh, but I liked the solo tone I got from a Fender frontman 25W with the gain maxed on 10 (at very low volumes, louder than 2 o clock the tone just breaks) than the one I can get with the Mesa. I hope I am doing something wrong? Or is it just the nature of the amp that I can´t get a good solo tone out of it? I know many people use the dual rectifier with an overdrive (like the tubescreamer series), is it for this reason?
I hope you can help me out with some settings for this rig (I tried those factory settings that come with the manual) because I´m not very happy with the results I`m getting.
I can´t believe I prefer the tone of a maxed on gain 25W solid state amp over a 3000 dollar rig.
Oh, I use the Preamp on 20-30% (I never go up 30% because it´s just not necesary, it´s a very hot preamp) and the Power Amp on 40-60% (quite loud).
Anyway, I hope you can give me a hand and/or suggestions with the settings. Do I need and Overdrive? Or is there something else I´m missing?
Thanks a lot!!
I have a Mesa Rectifier Recording Preamp with a Mesa 2:90 Power Amp (I always leave Deep and Modern voicings on, sometimes I turn on the half-drive as well) running a Marshall 1960B cab, all connected in stereo. Ok:
First of all I know Mesa gear need a lot of tweeking and time to dial in a satisfying tone. The cleans aren´t great but that´s not reason why I bought this rig. I´m pretty happy with the dirty channel for rythym but when I have to pull out a solo it just doesn´t work for me, it lacks saturation, sustain, It´s hard to explain, but just to say something: many will laugh, but I liked the solo tone I got from a Fender frontman 25W with the gain maxed on 10 (at very low volumes, louder than 2 o clock the tone just breaks) than the one I can get with the Mesa. I hope I am doing something wrong? Or is it just the nature of the amp that I can´t get a good solo tone out of it? I know many people use the dual rectifier with an overdrive (like the tubescreamer series), is it for this reason?
I hope you can help me out with some settings for this rig (I tried those factory settings that come with the manual) because I´m not very happy with the results I`m getting.
I can´t believe I prefer the tone of a maxed on gain 25W solid state amp over a 3000 dollar rig.
Oh, I use the Preamp on 20-30% (I never go up 30% because it´s just not necesary, it´s a very hot preamp) and the Power Amp on 40-60% (quite loud).
Anyway, I hope you can give me a hand and/or suggestions with the settings. Do I need and Overdrive? Or is there something else I´m missing?
Thanks a lot!!