dboy5150
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I got into MTS two years ago and like many of you, I go thru phases where I think about getting out and just buying one or two of the amps that my favorite modules emulate. Went thru that again last month. So I borrowed a stock Single Rectifier, stock JCM800 and a JCM900 dual reverb from some friends. A/B'd with my rig. These amps all sounded great...but only at higher volumes (master at 5-7).
Problem is that I'm never allowed to crank up that high at any of the venues we play, and at lower volumes (3-4) these amps all lost their mojo. My RM4/RT2/50 sounded more massive at lower volumes, period. The two Marshall's are also "one trick ponies"; dial in a great high gain tone but the clean goes to crap; vise versa. The mesa clean couldn't hang with either the JTM or Plexi modules either, especially for heavy rhythm work. The mesa was just sorta sterile (both clean and pushed). My bandmates agreed; rehearsed with these amps and handsdown they liked the Randall rig better.
So I returned the loaners, took my rack rig off the market and even bought an RM50 to dive deeper into MTS. (oh how I love the new addition!)
Anyone else have similar experience?
Problem is that I'm never allowed to crank up that high at any of the venues we play, and at lower volumes (3-4) these amps all lost their mojo. My RM4/RT2/50 sounded more massive at lower volumes, period. The two Marshall's are also "one trick ponies"; dial in a great high gain tone but the clean goes to crap; vise versa. The mesa clean couldn't hang with either the JTM or Plexi modules either, especially for heavy rhythm work. The mesa was just sorta sterile (both clean and pushed). My bandmates agreed; rehearsed with these amps and handsdown they liked the Randall rig better.
So I returned the loaners, took my rack rig off the market and even bought an RM50 to dive deeper into MTS. (oh how I love the new addition!)
Anyone else have similar experience?