Enchilada Jones
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I just tried it. Using a Player and a Toaster I installed a Rig from Thomas Dill, the Jimmy Page version of his Plexi mkII uploads.
I made sure the rigs were identical and the headphones volume was same. Same guitar cable. Global setting matched as far as any gate, input or output settings I could find. Effects off except same subtle reverb setting as he uploaded it.
It sounds like the same profile. There is nothing wrong with the MkI presentation of the profile, it isn’t glitchy or aliasing or muddy at all. It sounds fine and probably will be an improvement over all to a non ‘2.0’ profile.
The first thing I noticed was the rig through the Toaster was a bit brighter and had the effect of being slightly less in gain.
Fundamentally the characteristics are the same, I am confident I could tell you which of the rigs were which..the Jimi, the Jimmy, the Clapton and the Angus as they were but there are noticeable differences in the overall sound when playing through the two machines.
Sorry have to let the guitar tone adjectives loose…
The mkII has a more full richer gain. Not necessarily higher gain level but more pleasing. Also, If you think of yourself listening in the room with speaker cab, not a mic’d sound then, for this particular profile anyway, one difference is the mkII sounds like a 4x12 and the mkI is an open back 2x12.
The volume knob roll off is better, more natural and realistic on the MkII machine
How much of all that is the resonance/ frequency I don’t know but I’m guessing it could be a lot if not all of it. I felt like I could have used eq and compression to narrow the gap between them but probably not a match.
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