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As you all know, I picked up my modded JCM800 last Thursday and played a show with it on Friday. Well, last night, I was able to take it back to the studio and play it in a controlled setting (or at least, less chaotic 
), and dialed up some killer tones.
Basic details go like this: I played my ESP M1 Tiger (Screamin Demon pickup only, in the bridge position) going into an AKG SR60 wireless unit (the Cadilac of wireless units!), as well as hard wiring straight into the head. I ended up prefering the sound of a wire much more (custom made by Synergistic Research) than the wireless, and stuck with the wire for the rest of my testing. Wireless will still be used for live shows, tho. Cabinet was a 1970's Hiwatt straight 4x12. (the one with the circular handles that you can't get your hands into!) I experimented using my Fulltone Full-Drive 2 and Fulltone Fat Boost, to see which one sounded better for a solo boost and prefered the Fat Boost. (Why not use both? I prefer simplicity for a live situation. If I had a pedal board, I would probably use both). OH, ONE OTHER THING: I only played the boost "channel", the clean channel will be turned all the way down and used as a mute postition for the rig. (For clean, I use my Rivera Knucklehead)
Sooo ... here are the settings I ended up using. I will try to make a sound clip of it this weekend, in case you don't have a JCM800 to try these settings out (Waddya mean, you don't have a JCM800?!
(This is by memory, so they might not be in the proper order)
Presence: 5
Master Volume: 5
Reverb: 2 (or lower)
Bass: 3
Mid: 2
Treble: 3
Boost channel Gain: 10
Boost channel Volume: 10
(A note about EQ ... I prefer to let the guitar's natural sound shine thru the amp, so to that end, I am very sparing about using the EQ on my amplifiers. I never set the EQ above 5, in any case. The tone is much more natural this way.)
), and dialed up some killer tones.Basic details go like this: I played my ESP M1 Tiger (Screamin Demon pickup only, in the bridge position) going into an AKG SR60 wireless unit (the Cadilac of wireless units!), as well as hard wiring straight into the head. I ended up prefering the sound of a wire much more (custom made by Synergistic Research) than the wireless, and stuck with the wire for the rest of my testing. Wireless will still be used for live shows, tho. Cabinet was a 1970's Hiwatt straight 4x12. (the one with the circular handles that you can't get your hands into!) I experimented using my Fulltone Full-Drive 2 and Fulltone Fat Boost, to see which one sounded better for a solo boost and prefered the Fat Boost. (Why not use both? I prefer simplicity for a live situation. If I had a pedal board, I would probably use both). OH, ONE OTHER THING: I only played the boost "channel", the clean channel will be turned all the way down and used as a mute postition for the rig. (For clean, I use my Rivera Knucklehead)
Sooo ... here are the settings I ended up using. I will try to make a sound clip of it this weekend, in case you don't have a JCM800 to try these settings out (Waddya mean, you don't have a JCM800?!
(This is by memory, so they might not be in the proper order)
Presence: 5
Master Volume: 5
Reverb: 2 (or lower)
Bass: 3
Mid: 2
Treble: 3
Boost channel Gain: 10
Boost channel Volume: 10
(A note about EQ ... I prefer to let the guitar's natural sound shine thru the amp, so to that end, I am very sparing about using the EQ on my amplifiers. I never set the EQ above 5, in any case. The tone is much more natural this way.)
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