It’s hard to hear the pure tone through all the blatant whammy bar overuse. Nothing against the guy but just because the bar is there doesn’t mean we want to hear it on every damn chord.
I primarily run cleaner amps , like the ACs , Matchless etc. They sound excellent. To be honest with you, I have owned an FM9 for over 2 years now, and only once when I first got it, did I briely run a few factory presets for about 5 min. I now have an AM4 too, ad still only spent 5 minutes on the factory presets. I know people rave about Fractal factory presets, but I am very particualr on how I want stuff to sound and never find it in factory preset. Im sure I could if I spent more time, but maybe the 25 years of using amp modelers have taught me to not like factory presets.
You have the JVM, right? The JVM is stellar. I've been futzing with the Superbass lately as well and really been digging it as well as all my usual Mesa suspects \m/I completely agree... and also feel seen.
Have you played w the Splawn Quickrod that also a cool hot 800 type voicing dryer not as saturated as JVM in lower gears
I have not. I have been trying to break out of my box a bit and find some "lower gain" (less modern sounding more than anything else) options. @EOengineer got me on the Superlead kick when I had the Stadium and the FAS is really nice as well \m/
Mesas on FAS are the best. Get to moving on it!
Mesas on FAS are the best. Get to moving on it!
Oh ya the 1970 plexi is great too
The Fractal Superlead > the Stadium version by a WIDE margin. The Stadium SuperBass is pretty good if you’re into that particular vibe I suppose.
I vote AM4 if you have never tried FAS amp modeling.
Through my powered Yamaha wedge I grabbed (using the Recto dynacab); it's GODLIKE. REALLY digging into palm mutes and just MASSIVE chunk.
I've been thinking the same but in the loop for any wet effects I might want to play around with since front of amp is covered by dirt and analog delay.
