Just want to know if anyone can help me with defining my amp sound.
I have a Marshall JCM 2000 TSL 100. Love the amp, but want to get a bit more originality out of it, kind of make it my own.
What are the best ways to do this i.e. pedals, rack units, tweaking etc.
The style of music i am playing varies from Alternative to metal to grunge to hardcore. A few examples: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Isis, Neurosis, Converge, Cog (AUS), Karnivool (AUS), Mastodon, Tool etc.
I love the low end distorion sound i get out of my amp (i think the seymours have a helping hand with it), also the fullness of the distorion sound, great for alternative/hard rock such as Karnivool, COG, Tool etc. And seeing as the music i write and play chops and changes between styles, sometimes i want to have a real edge to the distortion, sort of metal esq (for alot of tremelo parts and heavy syncopated rhythm parts).
Can anyone help me???
Cheers,
Az
Hi,
From what I've been reading it's best to start with a clean tone and work from there, but I don't think there's any hard and fast rules. I can't stop reading this article on the subject of tone in general:
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2008/Apr/The_Tone_Checklist_Eight_Steps_to_Tone.aspx
You may also want to do a search for amp settings for the Marshall; I did that for my Vox AD30 and found a great site devoted that very thing.
Good luck!
"...I don't know - but whasomever I do, its gots ta be FUNKY!"
Dude,
Awesome article. One of the best pieces of information i have found on the internet in a long time. Thanks alot.
I will search on some Marshall amp settings.
Thanks again, it really was helpfull.
If anyone has any other ideas, send 'em my way please.
Az
Thats a great article.
I'd recomend it, especially for us beginners.
I stumbled into the website during a random search and they had a free year subscription going. I was thinking electronic when I signed up but its a full-fledged monthly magazine. I REALLY like their focus on the gear first, artists second. I'm still a classic metal fan, but would rather not walk around with "Artist X" mugging for the camera on the magazine cover. Guess I'm past the poster days... :lol:
"...I don't know - but whasomever I do, its gots ta be FUNKY!"
Ironically, I find myself in search of amp settings. Lately my love for The Rolling Stones has been rekindled, and the first song I've decided to learn is Gimme Shelter. Fretplay has a tab but I either wasn't playing it correctly or just plain don't like the way it sounded so I worked out my own version. What I'd like to see is amp settings others use to approximate that classic sound. I've worked out my own that I like, but just curious to see what others use.
"...I don't know - but whasomever I do, its gots ta be FUNKY!"
