Mesa F50 metal tone

[Ericlingus]

I've been working on getting a good guitar tone for a while now and finally have gotten something that I somewhat like. I play black/doom/death metal. My amp is a Mesa Boogie F50 and my guitar is a schecter c1 xxx. I have a graphic Eq(boss) in the FX loop to cut the real lows and highs. I recorded two takes. One with the contour channel on and one with it off and panned them hard right and left respectively. Each take had two mics (57 and E609s)and a DI with a cab sim from my vamp2. The 57 was about 4 inches to the left of the dust cap and the 609s was just off to the side of the dust cap almost in the middle. The 609s track was about 7db lower than the 57 track and the DI was 11db lower. I did some eqing and added compression, reverb and a master limiter.

The playing is pretty crappy. I did this real quick. I made some blatant mistakes but how's the tone?


http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=5640

 

[KeithRT99]

kinda thin and flubby at the same time. not too bad though, it has potential.

 

[Keessi]

Thin and boring. Sounds like a phase cancellation party... Keep it simple! 1 57 in the middle and made the amp really, really loud!

 

[Razorjack]

Forget the EQ pedal, just stick the gain on 8, lows and highs on 7 and mids on 5 and you'll be rocking. Maybe even push the bass to 8/9 for more power.

It's more about the guitar with an F50, with a P90 it can be really old school rock but with a high output h/b it can really scream.