The rhythm guitar is a strat through the Blackstar clean with just a bit of hair. The blackstar is feeding a peavey 212 with Celestion Greenbacks. The lead guitar is two tracks with no pedals at all. The Blackstar is cranked on 10 through the dirty channel and it’s recorded direct to the DAW...
If you crank up the mids it will sound very vintage. TSL is an awesome amp. The spring reverb is not that great. JVM digital reverb is way better. Or the digital reverb on a modern DSL. And one last point, the TSL will really sound great if you crank it up through a greenback loaded cab
The signal
Here is the exact signal path: Charvel + EVH Humbucker + Joyo Classic Overdrive + Joyo Hot Plexi + Behringer DD400 + Blackstar HT1R+ Mackie Pro FX16 + Zoom Q4.
Thanks for the excellent response. I do agree about the volumes. I have quite a few real marshall heads and love to crank em up and record em. But lately at home I am not able to do that. So recording with pedals and emulated out seems to be a decent way to go. The sounds of a real heavily...
I like em even more since Fender bought them out. I think this guitar came out of the fender plant in California. Its been my main workhorse for a long time. Also has an EVH humbucker in the bridge.
I have a lot of amps. I have found that the high gain amps, like the JVM, JCM2000, etc. are great to plug into and play. If you want an amp with pedals as your overdrive and distortion, these are not the best. Your better off with an older marshall with lots on clean headroom. Or I might add a...