heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

[drew_half_empty]

whats the heaviest, raunchiest, meanest distortion you've ever played under, that still retained definition

like, say you strum an Em chord & do pull offs while it rings out, neither are overpowered

for me, it's been my modded blues driver with the gain maxed, tone at 11, into the hot rod deluxe with the ext cab in the main jack, and my tele, 59b

amp settings were
bass-12
treble-6
mid-5
presence-7

 

[Biu]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

Hmmm

1.) 5150 with single-coils

2.) Boss Blues Driver on my Boss ME-50 with gain maxed (all the way into the turbo zone!!! :saeek: ) into my Carvin X-60A. It's not as hi-gain as you might think, as the Blues Driver is pretty moderate in gain to begin with anyway.

 

[Imp]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

L500-XL, jcm 900, bass 7/middle 8/treble 6

lovely heavy tone, i like the 900 for hi-gain stuff (shame about everything else )

a lot of that comes from the pickup though..

 

[mrid]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

Soldano

 

[some_dude]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

Rectifier. Gain at 10:30. EMG 81.

It starts to loose definitian above that.

But then again, if you're gains above that, you're probably not after definition

 

[JeffB]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

Prolly my current setup (that is, when my Valvetronix was working ). Set for max gain on the UK Modern model or setting the gain on the amp about 2/3 up with my (stock) SOD as a boost, I get great definition on my MIA strat bridge pickup...and thats even with the tone rolled off a bit on the guitar (that delta tone control is subtle but pretty neat..can get some serious twang on 10 or a humbuckerish tone rolled off a bit) .

And there's ALOT of gain either way. With hot humbuckers I had to roll off the gain on that setting to 1/2 or less. and I rarely go for LESS gain

Also, surprisingly..My Heritage LP with 59's had some great definition too at least on the bridge pickup with my 1987X RI volume cranked, and the SoD or a TS-9 set for a boost. I attribute that moreso to the amp than the guitar though...it has a very cool high end "sparkle" that really helps with reducing "mud" and keeps things from getting too compressed...in fact most non-MV Marshalls I've played have that quality. One reason I prefer them over 800/900/DSL/TSL, (at least stock).

And finally I have to say a Charvel archtop soloist cherry sunburst flame top with the stock Jackson active pickups..I ran it through several amps at the time..Marshall 800 series channel switcher combo, Laney 30 watt combo and 100 watt head, A Marshall 9000 series (?) 3 channel tube preamp into a Jackson 50 tube head (POS, in my experience), or a Rockman Distortion rackmount pre-amp into a Roland Jazz Chorus....note definition was quite good regardless of setup and how much gain..but the active pups were so sterile and bland...clear..but, :yawn:

 

[Marcel]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

the heavyist distiortion i played was a soldano hot rod and a dual recti at big volumes....
the cab is very important keep definition imo

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

The heaviest, best sounding highgain that will rattle your pantlegs, make you sterile, punch you in the chest like a sledghammer, and blow your face off like Yosemite Sam is..........Dual Bogner Ecstasy 101B's. Unfortunately they'll run ya $8000

 

[Davey]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

a mesa mark4 combo... thats pretty much all i played in the high gain amps department

 

[Imp]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

a mesa mark4 combo... thats pretty much all i played in the high gain amps department

ditto :yell:

this is what we've played, not what we'd like to get our mitts on :laugh2:

 

[xerxes]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

i once played a marshall mode 4 in a guitar store and it was basically cranked. i nearly lost my hearing and my ears were ringing for about 2 days. the idiot person who set me up didnt relize it was so loud when u let me play it (no, i didnt set it that loud). to be honest, however, i dont know how much deffinition there was, couldnt hear it!

 

[\m/(00)\m/]

Re: heaviest, raunchiest gain, with definition

im able to get some really nice raunchy, tones out of my marshall avt150

but i'd say a mark 4 combo