What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?
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MetalManiac
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Re: What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?
Oh, i read the thread.. nice amps. I heard Metallica had to use pedals to get high gain out of thier marks, which I don't know how 'high gain' they are, I havent been able to dial in any crushing stuff on a MKIIC+ I been playing .Some guys consideration of ol skool guitars and amps, or total ignorance and the "tone is in the fingers" high gain thing, like "man, whatever i have is high gain" BS in is absurd IMO. A cranked AC30 might be a great distortion tone , but it is NOT high gain especially witha stock Tele, those guitars cannot do high gain.
I guess there will never be a definition of what is modern Metal gain /vs. ol skool metal gain , and of course that will always lead to trouble on these threads
Oh, i read the thread.. nice amps. I heard Metallica had to use pedals to get high gain out of thier marks, which I don't know how 'high gain' they are, I havent been able to dial in any crushing stuff on a MKIIC+ I been playing .Some guys consideration of ol skool guitars and amps, or total ignorance and the "tone is in the fingers" high gain thing, like "man, whatever i have is high gain" BS in is absurd IMO. A cranked AC30 might be a great distortion tone , but it is NOT high gain especially witha stock Tele, those guitars cannot do high gain.
I guess there will never be a definition of what is modern Metal gain /vs. ol skool metal gain , and of course that will always lead to trouble on these threads
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Virtual Kevorkian
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Re: What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?
Get at me.
Kinda cheating, but it's cured my amp GAS for just over a year now and doesn't look like it'll be letting up anytime soon.
Get at me.
Kinda cheating, but it's cured my amp GAS for just over a year now and doesn't look like it'll be letting up anytime soon.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?
Why not just a MK I? I assume for the rare/wow factor?
Why not just a MK I? I assume for the rare/wow factor?
SirJackdeFuzz
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Christian . . . i remember (probably a few years ago, by now) that you once said you liked the Hi-Gain tones of the VHT (back then) Pitbull UL, and that you also once nearly pulled the trigger on the amp.
I was very surprised to hear that you liked any hi-gain amps (...well, THAT hi-gain, anyways), and even more so that you even considered buying one !!!
What do you like about the VHT Pitbull UL dirt tones ?
I heard/read that the UL is a very dry sounding amp - any thruth in that ?
Cheers
Christian . . . i remember (probably a few years ago, by now) that you once said you liked the Hi-Gain tones of the VHT (back then) Pitbull UL, and that you also once nearly pulled the trigger on the amp.
I was very surprised to hear that you liked any hi-gain amps (...well, THAT hi-gain, anyways), and even more so that you even considered buying one !!!
What do you like about the VHT Pitbull UL dirt tones ?
I heard/read that the UL is a very dry sounding amp - any thruth in that ?
Cheers
chris effect
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Re: What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?
6505 or 3120
6505 or 3120
some_dude
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Metallica used pedals to boost Marshall's in the early days.
If you can't get a crushing tone out of a Mark IIC+ it's not the amps fault.
Metallica used pedals to boost Marshall's in the early days.
If you can't get a crushing tone out of a Mark IIC+ it's not the amps fault.
Inder_Cine_Mann
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Re: What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?
Has anyone played a Diezel?
Has anyone played a Diezel?
SirJackdeFuzz
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My cousin (he plays in two metal bands, and is better at the genre) gets uber metal tones with my true-single-coil Tele (see sig) through his Line6 Spider Valve and with my 5150 (boosted with a 10Band EQ & BD-2 of all things)
. . . just sayin'
My cousin (he plays in two metal bands, and is better at the genre) gets uber metal tones with my true-single-coil Tele (see sig) through his Line6 Spider Valve and with my 5150 (boosted with a 10Band EQ & BD-2 of all things)
. . . just sayin'
SirJackdeFuzz
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ItsaBass
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I'd be thrilled to have one of those too! But what I really meant is that if I wanted a high gain amp, I'd like to take my silverface Princeton (a '69 or '70, maybe, no-reverb model) and do the Boogie treatment to it, the way it was done in the early days of the company. I like the look of the modded Fender, as opposed to the factory Boogie look. Also, is the Mk. I really the same amp as a Princeton Boogie? I didn't think they were exactly the same.
I'd be thrilled to have one of those too! But what I really meant is that if I wanted a high gain amp, I'd like to take my silverface Princeton (a '69 or '70, maybe, no-reverb model) and do the Boogie treatment to it, the way it was done in the early days of the company. I like the look of the modded Fender, as opposed to the factory Boogie look. Also, is the Mk. I really the same amp as a Princeton Boogie? I didn't think they were exactly the same.
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Falloffthebonetone
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Seeing as you like the Randall Warhead, and have the Tardis as a profile pic, I assume you like Metal and Doctor Who. Have you ever given the back of the album Caught Somewhere in Time and the single art for Wasted Years by Iron Maiden a good look?
Seeing as you like the Randall Warhead, and have the Tardis as a profile pic, I assume you like Metal and Doctor Who. Have you ever given the back of the album Caught Somewhere in Time and the single art for Wasted Years by Iron Maiden a good look?
SirJackdeFuzz
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NOT cheesy at all . . . it worked for this bloke :
Saying that, i LOVED the 1st gen Krankenstein tones even more . . .
NOT cheesy at all . . . it worked for this bloke :
Saying that, i LOVED the 1st gen Krankenstein tones even more . . .
Danny Boy
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No I never did pay a lick to it. That's friggin amazing lol. Went ahead and saved it.
No I never did pay a lick to it. That's friggin amazing lol. Went ahead and saved it.
Danny Boy
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That's why I love them Warheads bro! Maybe one of these days I shall own a matching half stack.... but tis but a dream for now.
NOT cheesy at all . . . it worked for this bloke :
Saying that, i LOVED the 1st gen Krankenstein tones even more . . .
That's why I love them Warheads bro!
Maybe one of these days I shall own a matching half stack.... but tis but a dream for now.Similar threads
