EOengineer
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I still dabble in R2 sometimes too but it never seems to get incorporated into my actual rig usage. The real kicker is that it does actually sound good and feels nice to play. It has a really pleasing harmonic haze and nice compression that makes it feel juicy to play. R2 is one of the things that does change a fair bit between Mark III versions so it’s possible we might have different realities there. I wish they had found a way to sneak a gain knob in for R2 somewhere.Hot take: very much enjoying using the III as a fully fledged 3 channel amp
R2 is a perfectly acceptable lower gain drive tone with knobs set to my desired clean/brootz balance. Particularly nice for lead work over clean rhythm tones when going full fledged lead channel is a bit much. I like it better than hitting the clean channel with a dirt pedal for that sort of thing![]()
My lack of R2 usage is more or less an issue of not wanting to add more switches and another cable run from my board to the amp. I should chase down one of those aftermarket footswitches.