Decide between Mesa/Marshall

[MetalJazzCat]

I need to choose between a Marshall JMwhatever Head/Cab or a Mesa Roadking Head/Cab. I know your first instinct is MESA! I like, no LOVE mesa, but its really expensive and might not be what i'm looking for. I want a sound that's metal, really deep, v8 engine sounding. I don't know if you listen to old Staind stuff but thats the sound i'm looking for. Download Suffocate by Staind if you can. Also, have a really nice Jazzy clean channel. Thats the sound I want. If you reccomend Marshall, let me know what model and i'll go to guitar center and test it out. Thank you soo much for your input. I really appreciate it.
~Chip:-)

[Edited by MetalJazzCat on 10-12-2003 at 09:24 PM]

[Lordathestrings]

Originally posted by MetalJazzCat
... I want a sound that's metal, really deep, v8 engine sounding. ... Also, have a really nice Jazzy clean channel. Thats the sound I want. ...If you can get your head around the difference between what you need, and what you want, you can save yourself some coin, and please both yourself and your audience.

Get an early-to-mid-70's Ampeg VT-22 2x12 combo, or a V-4 head and some good speakers. Drive the input with a good distortion pedal for endless sustain. Back off the guitar volume a bit to clean it up.

You heard it here first. :D

[PonyOne]

Marsh JCM800's (i think?) seem to be the marshalls of choice. Personally I don't think I'd ever buy a marshall. My favorite frontman (Ken Andrews, of Failure and Year Of The Rabbit) uses a JCM, and gets a wide variety of sounds from it (his is also a '67, so it's a little on the rare side), but I've tried them before and they just don't do it for me.

I'd kill for a Mesa Dual Recto Road King, and I literally mean kill... i mean it would have to be someone I really hate, like one of those dumb women who wear velour sweatsuits and talk on cell phones outside expensive clothing boutiques who almost back their SUV's into your Jetta... but hey, why not kill two birds with one stone, right?

If you can't dole out the cash for a Road King, look at an F50. The things are awesome, they one a Guitar Player Pick award for best amp or something, plus Petrucci (or one of those guitar god types) uses one. They have an amazing clean tone, and can tear it up great.

[Lordathestrings]

Originally posted by PonyOne
... i mean it would have to be someone I really hate, like one of those dumb women who wear velour sweatsuits and talk on cell phones outside expensive clothing boutiques who almost back their SUV's into your Jetta... Man who park Jetta in front of expensive clothing boutique is like statue in park ... both must expect bird-inflicted indignities. :)

[MetalJazzCat]

lol Thanks guys. So basically if I have the money get the road king? I know the roadking has diffent diodes and progressive linkage to emulate alot of sounds, so i gues i cant go wrong there. There goes $2499

[PonyOne]

yeah, that's my vote

[jk_647]

you want versatility specially witht oens you want man if you have the cash go for a Road king they ****ing rock im waiting to get my hands on one. but will tak eme a year to save for "thats whats not so cool about them" lol. I personally dont understand people that slag off other brands but for me i think it has to Mesa. but marshalls do rock also. you want versatile Marshall try them Marshall JVM410 it redefines versatility. Enjoy dude.

[HDJ]

Definately check out a Marshall JCM 800. Probably not up your alley b/c it doesn't have the greatest clean tone....but nothing can touch 'em when it comes to the overdrive channel...My opinion anyway. I have found that a bit of chorus added to the clean channel makes a huge difference.