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Originally Posted by James 'LA' Lugo  |
cool lil vid, looks like you guys had a blast
the channel 1 is nothing like other marks for sure, it is AMAZING! though the tweed voicing has an attraction to it, have been finding it just a bit TO much, to clean for tracking with a lot. the clean voicing is quite sweet though. channel 1 also SHINES on 10 w. starts to break up and can actually overdrive like no other boogie i have heard. sounds great.
you never mentioned the mark 1 voicing on channel 2. it is CRAZY. really i think it should be on a different channel. sounds nothing like the other 2 voicings on that channel. can have a creamy lead channel or a pretty ballsy distortion channel w it. the other 2 voicing on that channel lead to more of a almost 80's hair metal distortion (marshally) but w/o the awful midrange.
the combo was nice when i was playing it, but the head smokes it for sure. the combo felt a bit tubby with the open back, palm muted notes could get a bit tubby. i am running my head through closed back combo's and really tightens it up.
been tracking and reamping like a madman through it lately and really enjoying it. still a bit of geting used to after years of rectifier use and abuse! sad thing is, my road king kinda sounds like ass to me now.........
my biggest issues i had when tracking is the clean channel, especially the tweed voicing gets a bit hissy. actually completely ruined tracking with it for me at first. my dr z was so much quiter!!
i ended up putting a tube package together from eurotubes and got them in and been using it for about a week now. SO much quieter and a bit more gain and tighter. which for me i wanted on channel 3. it is got a descent amount of gain, but does not have that over the top grind if you want it. i am now a bit closer
there is a serious notable difference in channel 1 as well. a bit chimier and the clean voicing took on a whole new sound and is beautiful. but imo opinion boogie tubes are the weakest link and have never owned one w/o replacing them asap. i also grabbed a couple kt77 tubes wich are a slight variation of the el34 to pop in there. want to get a couple weeks hearing the 6l6's before trying them.
still not lovin the extreme voicing on channel 3. the mark iv voicing seems to be just right!