Jon Donais (Shadows Fall) - a Korg AX30G?

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Jon Donais (Shadows Fall) - a Korg AX30G?

I've been using my processor for all my tones for two years now, plugging it straight into the front end of my Marshall. I am surprised at the amount of versatility and tweakability you can get. I still have to try to sculpt an extremely brutal sound but I'm getting frickin' close. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Plus, I find my setup is pretty easy and very quick to plug in. No fancy pedalboards or stompboxes. Just my GT-6, combo amp, and guitar... and maybe my Morley wah if I need that sort of sound the GT-6's wah can't give me.

[jgcable]

Re: Jon Donais (Shadows Fall) - a Korg AX30G?

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I just saw them on Sunday. They opened for Priest. Donais was playing a Washburn with passive pickups in it. They were standard black humbuckers. They are an extremely bottom heavy band. It is all about the drums and the bass. Sometimes I couldn't even hear the guitars although when I did they both sounded great. I didn't see a Korg AX on the floor but it could have been in front of one of the wedge monitors. I am a big fan of Korg processors to. I had a 411FX that I ran for years straight into a Randall head on the clean channel. The 411FX is basically a portion of the AX1000 or 1500G

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Yeah, the guitars were difficult to hear and didn't cut through the mix very well. All highs. At least where I saw them at which is a good venue. Many bands play there and they have a good sound setup.

Their albums pound though. I'm awaiting the new one. There is a track on their site for the new album in case you haven't heard it yet.

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They played the new track on their upcoming album and it KILLED. It was the best song they did the entire set. I am certainly going to pick up their cd's.

[Inazone]

Re: Jon Donais (Shadows Fall) - a Korg AX30G?

I gave my Korg to a friend of mine who wanted to try a new pedal, but I do think that running a good distortion pedal in the clean channel of a tube amp can result in a great tone. That's what I've been doing for years, both with the Korg and an ART Xtreme. Old Peavey single-channel tube combos go for dirt cheap used, so pairing the right amp with the right pedal can make for a great bargain-basement rig. Last night, we played a show with myself and the other guitarist running distortion pedals into our Peaveys, and the tone was great. But there's also the whole "analog vs. digital" thing with distortion, and I find that analog pedals will sound far better with a tube power channel than digital.

[Hamner1]

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This is not a new concept. Many of the great players ran a distortion pedal into the front end of Marshall amps. Quite frankly I do not think the JCM800 has alot of distortion, which is probably why most players in the mid-late '80s had their Marshalls modded to get more gain or ran a pedal or effects unit in front of it to get their distortion/overdrive.

[Hamner1]

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also you have to remember that all tube Marshalls also get there tone/distortion from driving the poweramp tubes. I would bet they ran those Marshalls loud.

[Inazone]

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also you have to remember that all tube Marshalls also get there tone/distortion from driving the poweramp tubes. I would bet they ran those Marshalls loud.

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Funny how Marshall and other manufacturers push their "hybrid" amps as having tube preamps, when it's the power tubes that really make the difference. Ah, the wonders of modern marketing!