Does anyone have a favourite amp, or a favourite guitar tone?
Personally, I really like old Crate and Ampeg solid-states, the GX/VH/SS series of amps as made famous on loads of older death metal, slam and grindcore albums.
I also really like the Marshall 8100 and related amps, which were also common on a lot of older death metal albums, along with bigger albums by bands like Prong, White Zombie and Static X.
I'm also pretty fond of the Peavey VTM, as used by His Hero Is Gone on their album Monuments To Thieves. Soundgarden used them for awhile as well.
Soldano SLOs sound killer, I've never played through a real one but I really like my clone.
I just found an article with Kerry King talking about his amp and amp settings...
Quote:
King: My mids are around 8, treble is probably around 6 or 7, bass is between 4 and 6-depending on the venue because every stage makes it sound different. I'm going to guess presence is around 7, the preamp is probably around 8 or 9
That's basically how my JCM800 model is setup. I knew I was on to something.
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