Engl Blackmore... do I need one?

[axeman81]

congratulations what guitar and cab are you using?
I only use channels 1 and 4 as well, 3 is good for rock only, and if you ease off the gain you can get very nice bluesy/angus-ish tones.
5150 does have more sizzle, fo' shizzle but who the hell wants sizzle?

[DumpyWumpy]

I'm using a Carvin DC127M with a Mesa Recto slant 4x12, my Blackmore settings were something like...

Channel 4
Gain: 9
Bass: 6
Mids: 10
Treble: 3.5
Presence: 5

Unfortunately the Recto didn't show up yesterday So it won't be here until Monday, and I fly back to work Monday morning so I won't get to turn it on until May 13th. Bummer.

[axeman81]

pretty similar to my settings, but I'm very surprised that you dime the mids like that!
I can't imagine utilizing all that midrange

This is how I roll
gain 7 or 8 (depending on "hot-ness" of the particular guitar i'm using)
bass 5
mids: 3
treble: 5
presence: 5

volume set to taste. I've tried experimenting with low channel volume and loud master volume and vice versa, but I can't really say that I'm able to discern any difference in tone when doing so. So I just crank both It's really cool that you can get very good tone from this amp at living-room levels. I've actually been rehearsing on it some nights without any complaints from the landlord. But if you go below 1 on both volumes it won't sound very good IMO.