Acidrain79

What gear do you have ? VHT/Fryette shit is amazing!! Their KT88 amps(Pitbull UL, Sig X, Deliverance) have such a unique voicing and gain structure. I love the dry high headroom sound of KT88 and 6550 power tubes. Part of why I went with the Krankenstein Plus, older Kranks were pretty unique but hard to dial in and had a weird buzzy midrange that was hard to deal with. The updated "Plus" versions of the Revolution and Krankenstein with bigger transformers and 6550 tubes totally smoothed out the overalls jagged edges and made them a lot fuller/rounder/warmer and easier to dial in. But yeah you are right. Not all lower gain amps boosted with an OD get you modern sounding tones of even just better tones. I find it usually works best with amps that are mid gain, aka JCM800 2203/2204. To me it's not even about adding gain, it's more of the added compression/sensitivity to make it "feel" like it's got more gain than it does. To me a mid gain amp with some added OD pedal compression makes for some of the most organic, versatile "high gain" tones that work for more than just metal. My Peavey Butcher from the 80's is a perfect example of this approach. I tend to prefer the attack of my Krank more these days but even with that amp, I leave the gain only 1/4 of the way up and clean boost it with an OD pedal. I can get the same round about tone with the gain at 5-6 but I just prefer those boosted lowered gain tones. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What gear do you have ? If you hit an amp that does not have very much gain with a tube screamer it usually works really well for getting modern metal levels of gain out of it. Some of my favorite high gain tones have been very low gain amps that have been boosted with a tube screamer or an overdrive of some sort Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Getting the right tone? Help please! What are your settings on your 6505+? Including your presence and resonance. Those make a huge difference. And if you are using a 6505 cab, then do yourself a favor and sell it and get a cab loaded with Celestion V30's. Mesa Boogie is a good cab to go with or if you can find an Orange for a good price. Avatar makes excellent cabs that's are nicely priced that you can have loaded with V30's. What sort of a tones are you going for? What are some of the bands that have similar tones to what you would like? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

What gear do you have ? -guitar 1: black BC Rich Warlock Platinum series 7 string with an EMG 707 in the bridge position -guitar 2: trans green Samick SKN700 7 string with stock Duncan Designed pickups(soon to be replaced with Blackout 7's) -amp 1: Krank Krankenstein Plus(newer version, 6550 power tubes) head into a Genz Benz GFlex 412 cab loaded with Randal RES-80 Jaguars(made by Eminence). No pedals with this set up. -amp 2: Peavey Butcher 120 all tube head(essentially Peavey's ripoff of the JCM800 2203 but with 6L6 power tubes) into a Peavey 412M cab(old version with cloth grill and stock Celestion G12K85's aka G12K100's). Amp is boosted with an Ibanez TS7 Tubescreamer for some extra grit and drive. -my drums: Pacific FS all birch 5 piece kit -22x18 kick with Remo Powerstroke 3 heads(coated front, clear batter) -10x8, 12x9 and 14x12 toms(all with Remo clear Emperor batters and Remo clear Ambassador resonant heads) -Pearl 14x5 Chad Smith signature series snare with Remo coated Ambassador batter and clear Ambassador snareside -Paiste Rude series cymbals(14in hi hats, 16in and 18in crash/rides, 20 inch Power Ride) -Tama Iron Cobra double bass pedal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free