today I went to a music-shop to try out some amps, because I'm searching something I can use on stage and (if possible) at home, too.
First I tried the Marshall JCM900 which didn't seem to be what I'm searching for (nice, but it just didn't give me enough distortion )
The next thing the guy showed me was the Marshall 6101LM Aniversery Series which I found very good (though maybe a BIT to expensive with its 2200Euros if I remember right.....) lots of variation with 3 channels, nice sound....
My problem was especially when I played palm-muted stuff (which I use pretty often) it just sounded too muddy in my opinion. The guy asked me if I had a transistor-amp myself and when I told him that my own amp is a transistor-amp he told my that this sound is typical for tube-amps. Is this right? if yes: how do all those metal-guitarists get their razor-sharp sounds using tube-amps????
Talking about sharp sounds my Marshall G30RCD (transistor) seems to sound much better than the ones I tried there.
Or is there some secret behind that? some effect-pedal or anything?????????
First I tried the Marshall JCM900 which didn't seem to be what I'm searching for (nice, but it just didn't give me enough distortion )
The next thing the guy showed me was the Marshall 6101LM Aniversery Series which I found very good (though maybe a BIT to expensive with its 2200Euros if I remember right.....) lots of variation with 3 channels, nice sound....
My problem was especially when I played palm-muted stuff (which I use pretty often) it just sounded too muddy in my opinion. The guy asked me if I had a transistor-amp myself and when I told him that my own amp is a transistor-amp he told my that this sound is typical for tube-amps. Is this right? if yes: how do all those metal-guitarists get their razor-sharp sounds using tube-amps????
Talking about sharp sounds my Marshall G30RCD (transistor) seems to sound much better than the ones I tried there.
Or is there some secret behind that? some effect-pedal or anything?????????