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American Viking · 10-18-2009, 04:42 PM

Middle on ZERO??? holy mother of god. I play in a black metal band and my mids are always cranked. On an old Marshall like that you are going to get a real fizzy sound with the mids down like that. Keep the treble down, roll the bass back a little and push the mids up. That's where all of your good gain is going to come from anyway. Sometimes EQ's can also have strong relations to the other knobs, IE, turning the middle to zero will make the treble control become more dominant and vice versa. If you're playing metal, what style and are you using any effects?

+1 on checking the cab as well. It never hurts to verify if everything is correct on the inside. I would also suggest getting a multimeter to be able to verify that the impedance is correct on the cabinet, also you can use the meter to check if a speaker is bad or not.

10-18-2009, 04:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
American Viking Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Posts: 2,030	Re: JMP + 1960b JCM Middle on ZERO??? holy mother of god. I play in a black metal band and my mids are always cranked. On an old Marshall like that you are going to get a real fizzy sound with the mids down like that. Keep the treble down, roll the bass back a little and push the mids up. That's where all of your good gain is going to come from anyway. Sometimes EQ's can also have strong relations to the other knobs, IE, turning the middle to zero will make the treble control become more dominant and vice versa. If you're playing metal, what style and are you using any effects? +1 on checking the cab as well. It never hurts to verify if everything is correct on the inside. I would also suggest getting a multimeter to be able to verify that the impedance is correct on the cabinet, also you can use the meter to check if a speaker is bad or not. __________________ Transformers inside amplifiers were not originally designed to be in there, and the tube was not created for the guitar amp. ANY recommended idle current is a guideline and in no way a necessary requirement. There is no skeleton key for any tube amp.