Marshall Mode Four

[Rex_Rocker]

Ah, thanks, then! Yep, definitely boosted. And using an EMG 81, more than likely.

[maug2122]

If you have time and patients, anyone can have a great sound with any amp .

[El Dunco]

If you have time and patients, anyone can have a great sound with any amp .

Doctors can afford the most expensive amps after all

[Rex_Rocker]

If you have time and patients, anyone can have a great sound with any amp .

Not really.

I don't think I could get a great Metal sound from a Jazz Chorus if I tried. At least not without pedals.

But now that I think about it, I don't think the Mode Four sounds good without a boost either. So there's that.

[dave74]

I like many solid-states as long as I have some pedals in front.

[Rex_Rocker]

Honestly, not just with solid states, I just boost 99% of what I play.

It's only the EVH stuff or maybe some ENGL stuff that I like better unboosted.

Even if I love the EVH red channel, there's something really fun and satisfying about matching the right boost to the right amp.

Personally, what I just can't live with amps for Metal tones is open back cabs. I mean, it's OK for home practice if you put your little combo right against the wall. But for recording they just don't cut, IMO. Nor when playing with other people who are playing closed back cabs.

[maug2122]

Not really.

I don't think I could get a great Metal sound from a Jazz Chorus if I tried. At least not without pedals.

But now that I think about it, I don't think the Mode Four sounds good without a boost either. So there's that.

If you use an amp like the Roland Jazz Chorus for Metal, you have to pump in pedal in the amp .
That amp is really a pedal platform .
If you don't have a MIDI'fied pedalboard, you'll end up "tap dancing" to change channels from dirty to clean .

[Rex_Rocker]

Even if you can get the nicest distortion pedal in front of a Jazz Chorus and you tweak it until you're happy, play it next to a real meal amp head into your 4x12 of choice, and I'm sure you'll be underwhelmed by the JC, tho.

With the exception of maybe if you're playind Swedish Death Metal and you're running an HM-2. But in that case, I'm sure the JC head into a 4x12 would sound much better than the combo.

[jeremy]

bruce can tell ya

[blakejcan]

I have a mode 4 cab I got for $50 with speakers and cleaned up. I run my Orange & Marshall heads through it and it's a monster and way way way more than I will ever really need.

BUT IT'S FUN!

[Rex_Rocker]

I have a mode 4 cab I got for $50 with speakers and cleaned up. I run my Orange & Marshall heads through it and it's a monster and way way way more than I will ever really need.

BUT IT'S FUN!

I think the MF cabs were always well-regarded. Both the V30 and the K100 variations.

It's the head that no one liked/likes.

I do think it was way overpriced for what it was back in the day. But I could say the same about 99% of all of Marshall's catalog.