How to get the best Lead tone (metal) ?

[rumy22]

Re: How to get the best Lead tone (metal) ?

I have found this works best for my lead tone.

Tone + donut = tone nut ?

Somebody check my math

 

[El Dunco]

Re: How to get the best Lead tone (metal) ?

Lately I've been using a dual rec (2 channel and with a few mods) straight into the red channel for metal rhythm, the orange channel set to clean and a Blackstar HT-Blackfire with orange mode for a bluesy breakup sound and red mode for a thick lead tone. I don't know if I will keep this setup for the stage because just about everything requires me to hit two footswitches but it sounds good.

 

[JCM900MkIII]

Re: How to get the best Lead tone (metal) ?

Best tip is to not skimp on mids.
Mids make you cut through the mix (which is what you want I guess)

A clean boost (or a second MV channel) works great as well.

Smiley faces (on EQ's) don't belong in metal (unless happy metal???)

 

[Demanic]

Re: How to get the best Lead tone (metal) ?

I have yet to find an amp that I couldn't put this in front of and get quite variety of useable sounds, from chicken pick, to heavy blues, to classic, to modern metal.

 

[SFW]

Re: How to get the best Lead tone (metal) ?

I get a pretty ripping lead tone out of my 5135 with a TS9. Set the gain and volume to noon and the tone at 9:00. The gain on my red channel is at 1:00.