Lydian_Pisceano wrote:I suppose a lot of us share the same wish, and it's always fun to dream, eh?
Oh, yes! Dream on!
I spent years asking Santa Claus to get IKM to put a treble booster stomp model in AmpliTube, but one finally came along in the Brian May package!
Now I'm just waiting for the standard Marshall 100w Super Lead and Super Bass with various matching cabs (the JH Gold is cool, but you can never have too many vintage Marshall options), the Laney 100w Supergroup with matching cabs (sure, it tried to clone the Marhsall, but: Iommi! And Marshall was trying to clone the Fender Bassman anyway, which I have, too!
), updated stomps from the AT2/Metal era, like for Tubescreamers and Big Muffs ... that Binson Echorec people have been talking about ... a Colorsound fuzz-wah model ....
So, we may as well keep dreaming!
Lydian_Pisceano wrote:I've also read about all these different versions of Mk II's. The most recent article I read on the C+'s was about one of Prince's C+'s that apparently was initially a Mk IIB(the engineer at Mesa did the conversion and sent it back to Prince), which then years later ended up at a secondhand shop, or something. The article said he had three C+'s that were originally B's. It was an interesting read.
Ha! I was just reading that the other day, too! And, yes: interesting read. The '80s seem to have been one of the golden ages of modded amps, as everyone went nuts trying to get more gain. Besides all those, IIC+(+) amps, everyone was tinkering with their JCM 800s, and even Slash's AFD tone was a bastardized old non-MV Marshall that the AFD100 now tries to emulate. Soldano basically got its start from modding people's Marshalls, no?
Lydian_Pisceano wrote:I made like one preset that reflects the Black album era Metallica tone via the Mk IV. You're right, it's all about the cab and speaker selections. Although in my case, I've been able to get a pretty close tone with an additional rack EQ on top of that. Seems a bit of a dip in the 1.2kHz can get the tone to be closer to the Black album sound. Of course, the only problem is that I can't really use that sound for my own music, LOL.
Well, sure you could, if it worked.
You'd probably not play the same thing Hetfield played anyway. From what I've read, the Black album stuff with Bob Rock was even more complex than the stuff on earlier albums with Rasmussen. Different blends of bits of Marshall and Mesa gear, recorded in various ways, processed in various ways .... I haven't even tried to go there! Besides, I don't have EMGs or Hetfield's fingers ....
But, frankly, with either a Mesa III or IV, if you dial it in scooped and do some evil palm muting, I think one quickly starts hearing Metallica vibes. Messing with the cabs/speakers and EQs and stuff is almost icing on the cake.