tweed module

[nomad100]

I just recently bought a new tweed module, and compared to my blackface and sl+ it feel sluggish and i don't remember the one i tried at the store feeling this way. Is this normal?

 

[crankyrayhanky]

Same guitar? I find the Tweed is inappropriate with some axes & fantastic with others (strat)

 

[Mattfig]

Same guitar? I find the Tweed is inappropriate with some axes & fantastic with others (strat)

Ray is so right...Choice of guitar and pickups is huge...The same guitar that can give you huge Marshall thunder can sound fat and sloppy or too gainy for crystal cleans...Of course, I have a nice hollowbody with Lollar P-90s that just sings on cleans thru mid gain blues but sucks on Mesa and Marshall tones for obvious reasons...

 

[kc2eeb]

Try changing tubes. The Tweed seems to be more sensitive to tube
variations.

 

[nomad100]

all good to know, i'll try my guitars i hardly play.

 

[speedemon]

Hmm,

all the above is good advice for using the MTS and getting good tone, but it seems if you liked in the store, you likely had a different speaker as well, that makes a big difference.

good luck!

 

[nomad100]

that is true the cabinet i've had for years is a mesa 2x12. it's not so much the sound but it just felt sluggish. The last time i tired it at the store i used a 4k les paul. Usually i used an Epiphone Zakk Wylde as a test guitar, since i have one. Do modules have a break in period?

 

[crankyrayhanky]

yes, maybe 50 hours? It gets more organic and less sterile

 

[nomad100]

My conclusion, i want a tweed that is tighter with higher gain maybe slight boost in mids.

 

[KillTone]

Have you seen a Tweed Plus? I had not heard of them, but there was one in the Randall booth at NAMM. I was really impressed with it for gainier tones.

 

[nomad100]

i love the chunky texture of the module.

 

[drewiv]

My conclusion, i want a tweed that is tighter with higher gain maybe slight boost in mids.

I would recommend looking into the Jaded Faith Plexi Tweed modification. You can get some pretty sweet tones from Marshall Plexi to Fender Tweed. I suppose that's pretty obvious from the name...