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hi all
as you might know, right now my amp is a laney gh 50l /w el34 tubes. although it is a REALLY great sounding head, and i'd love to keep it for when i'm playing like old megadeth, van halen, acdc and stuff (it nails the VH brown sound by the way), i'm in a thrash/speed/death metal band right now, and the sound isn't quite the one i'd like to hear. while the laney can sound quite brutal, it's still that "british-brutal" sound...listen to kreator-live creation to get an idea of what i'm talking about.
now, i think i want something that sounds more "american" so to speak. basically, its the sound of albums such as metallica - master of puppets, dream theater - sfam and cannibal corpse - bloodthirst that i'd like to hear coming out of my cabinet. a quite dark tone, smooth, and tight.
i guess most of those albums above were done using a mark IIc+, exept bloodthirst (which sounds like mop and sfam on steroids, though), but there are lots of recordings done with a c+ which i dont like (for example and justice for all or the second 6doit disk). too bright sounding for my taste.
the problem is, i'm from europe, and as everybody knows mesa amps are insanely overpriced over here. futhermore, the mkII's are very hard to find. so i'm looking for some alternatives. it should be a head, not too pricey (because then i'd be able to keep my laney for that british sound) and basically sound at least similar to those albums.
there are a couple of amps that pop up frequently @ ebay which are affordable. those are the .50 caliber series, the DC series (particulary the DC5), the quad, the nomad 45/55 and the small F series combos.
well, i've done some internet research and found out that the quad should deliver that sound (although i'd still need a poweramp, but hell....i could use the laney for that), while the dual calibers sound a bit too rectifier-ish (=a bit too harsh), and the nomad is very warm, but not really "heavy" enough for my tastes (never played anyone of those, though).
so, i know there are lots of mesa users around here, and i'd appreciate it if you would tell me about your experiences with mesa amps and which one should come as close as possible to that sound
greets
fragle
ps: nevermore - dreaming neon black is another great example for that sound, although imo it is too bassy
as you might know, right now my amp is a laney gh 50l /w el34 tubes. although it is a REALLY great sounding head, and i'd love to keep it for when i'm playing like old megadeth, van halen, acdc and stuff (it nails the VH brown sound by the way), i'm in a thrash/speed/death metal band right now, and the sound isn't quite the one i'd like to hear. while the laney can sound quite brutal, it's still that "british-brutal" sound...listen to kreator-live creation to get an idea of what i'm talking about.
now, i think i want something that sounds more "american" so to speak. basically, its the sound of albums such as metallica - master of puppets, dream theater - sfam and cannibal corpse - bloodthirst that i'd like to hear coming out of my cabinet. a quite dark tone, smooth, and tight.
i guess most of those albums above were done using a mark IIc+, exept bloodthirst (which sounds like mop and sfam on steroids, though), but there are lots of recordings done with a c+ which i dont like (for example and justice for all or the second 6doit disk). too bright sounding for my taste.
the problem is, i'm from europe, and as everybody knows mesa amps are insanely overpriced over here. futhermore, the mkII's are very hard to find. so i'm looking for some alternatives. it should be a head, not too pricey (because then i'd be able to keep my laney for that british sound) and basically sound at least similar to those albums.
there are a couple of amps that pop up frequently @ ebay which are affordable. those are the .50 caliber series, the DC series (particulary the DC5), the quad, the nomad 45/55 and the small F series combos.
well, i've done some internet research and found out that the quad should deliver that sound (although i'd still need a poweramp, but hell....i could use the laney for that), while the dual calibers sound a bit too rectifier-ish (=a bit too harsh), and the nomad is very warm, but not really "heavy" enough for my tastes (never played anyone of those, though).
so, i know there are lots of mesa users around here, and i'd appreciate it if you would tell me about your experiences with mesa amps and which one should come as close as possible to that sound
greets
fragle
ps: nevermore - dreaming neon black is another great example for that sound, although imo it is too bassy
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