Shinozoku said:
m0jo said:
Shinozoku said:
JKD said:
Doesn't really matter on the Grail since the Treadplate sounded like fizzy junk to me in higher gain settings...but there are only I think 3 component differences.
I think the Scary mids are a little higher than Zakk tone but I'm not an expert on Zakk tone..I think he uses a pitch shifter to get some chunk or something...the Scary doesn't immediately remind me of that.
He runs a mild Chorus all the time along with his overdrive goin into his JCM800s loaded with GT 6550's into cabs loaded with 200/300 watt EV speakers. Everything in his setup (right down to his LP) is aimed at getting some CHUNK in his sound.
He doesn't run the chorus all the time. And he uses only the signature 300 watt EV's now, I guess he didn't have enough headroom with the 200's! :lol:
But yeah as you said his entire gear from his speakers to his strings is aimed at chunk, add his thick fingers to that and you know you can fuggedaboudit.
But I'd just like to approximate the type of tone and feel, my style is very influenced by him and everytime I play solo's on a JCM800 with an overdrive it gets me in the zone.
But that's just one aspect of the tones I want, so that's where MTS steps in .. oh and I'm a tweaking-junkie :mrgreen:
Actually, I've heard he does keep the chorus on fairly low all the time in an interview. Can't remember where it was though. And it very well could have been talking about his older solo disks. I mentioned the 200/300 watters because his older tones are from the 200 watt speakers.
Very true though
I'm currently loving a nice, fat, British voiced clean with a rhythm sound based on the ferocity of a Framus Cobra, but crunchier and a bit less gain than what is normally used. I also love the classic Marshall crunch sounds, and especially the German variations on it found in ENGL and Larry amps. On top of that, I've always dug the sound of Celestion Greenbacks, but I really want my own spin on it, so I wanna make a cab based on the Framus Cobra cabinet, but with Eminence Private Jacks. So basically, I've heard sounds I love and want, and luckily with the MTS, I can get all of them in one package
Hmm, okay, he also has the Rotovibe on that board of course.. I might be mistaking that for it. Also he uses (used.. dumb move from sharon) his pedals differently on the Ozzy tours of course.
You sound very much like me haha, I love a cranked marshall lead, fender clean, then a marshall crunch and tweedish growl (for lack of a better word). And sometimes I'd just like to give it the full on mesa balls out wall of sound!
This is impossible with any other amp. I also love the idea of being able to change your mind without having to suffer enormous financial losses or sellers remorse afterwards when you remember the tones in your old amp..
Also I play a lot of very different styles, one time it's funk, then it's (I'm ashamed to say) punk rock, and then a lot of times it's full on metal...
Any other amp requires me to choose one and compromise the others..