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...or just post the "obligatory" pic of your Marshall - even if it's from a crappy camera phone (right metdistortion?) 
Please do! I just got the little MB4210 and would love to see what others think sound awesome
+1Please do! I just got the little MB4210 and would love to see what others think sound awesome
rokkitt and Qvist,
We'd love to have you join. All it takes is sending a case of beer (postage paid) to each member
Oh yes, of course! I'd send all you fine people beers if I hadn't spend every single penny on my new love, the MB4210
Very happy I am, I found my "kinda thing" with the classic channel already! Hope it will work in a band situation, I have yet to experience that.
And thanks for the settings Engine207, I'm gonna check them out and see what I like best
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I have an mb 30
. Grabbing all 450 watts is quite the sound, the main downside for me was carrying 2 cabs.
I actually set my settings up to the guy who posted his stuff! Lol, the thing is, mine doesnt have the same settings. It makes for a very interesting sound though
Reason being is that I don't have a universal favorite setting. It entirely depends on the song I'm playing and the bass I've chosen (also, to a lesser degree, which of my favorite players I'm trying to sound like 
). I should also point out that my 1x15's tweeter is shut down.Anything over 12 o'clock for me and I start getting the distortion, only at living room level its more like a rattling loose speaker or grille than a nice warm overdrive tone. I leave mine at 4.5 (thats about eleven thirty) and it stays clean (no boost button) but compared to modern channel its quite a bit quieter for the same channel volume setting. My treble settings are more conservative that E207 as both cabs have the tweeter on, I get enough highs. I can't turn off the tweeter on the 4210 but the 115 cab has a switch on the back.
I think I might be the "treblish" guy.
I've got my treble turned waaaay down on my Precision, because I only use that for blues and Motown. With that bass, I'm looking for straight thunder.
In general, I like my bass to growl. I choose my Ric for growl + high end and my Jazz Bass for growl + low end.
And metdistortion, with regard to the gain settings, it frustrated me initially, because it sounded so overdriven (at any gain level) it was kinda "muddy". I've since found that turning the "gain boost" off allows for finer control of the distortion. Give that a try and tell me if you find the same thing...
My gain knob is all the way up to 9 or so, with voice shift aswell and treble 6-7. I like the gritty clank you get from it
My treble settings aren't high enough? What a crack-up!! I'm gonna call up one of your posts every time someone tells me to cut my top-end back an "o'clock or two"!! Thanks for the brotherhood! No wonder you feel Modern is dull.
As I've nary laid my basses down today, I'm also coming to the conclusion that Modern should be called the Non-Shifting, instead. It pretty much relies on the bass and any effects that you run for it's tone. I guess it's kinda "transparent".
! You're welcome, the grit and the clank has come to stay!!!I think I might be the "treblish" guy.
I've got my treble turned waaaay down on my Precision, because I only use that for blues and Motown. With that bass, I'm looking for straight thunder.
In general, I like my bass to growl. I choose my Ric for growl + high end and my Jazz Bass for growl + low end.
And metdistortion, with regard to the gain settings, it frustrated me initially, because it sounded so overdriven (at any gain level) it was kinda "muddy". I've since found that turning the "gain boost" off allows for finer control of the distortion. Give that a try and tell me if you find the same thing...
. But I just use the modern channel for clean playing anyway, so it's all good . It's great that the MB series has gain controls, unlike most amps I have used. Although the distortion is good enough for most things, it's not exactly like lead guitar gain, so I prefer using a muff for very high gain Cliff Burton-esque stuff. I tried running playing with my Behringer sansamp BDDI rip-off pedal today through the classic channel, it was MONSTROUS! I felt like I could knock down a wall with that sound! Real tubes + tube emulation = Godlike!I just discovered I was cheated of a footswitch! Can you use the regular marshall footswitches for guitar amps for the MB series aswell?
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You could make one up pretty easy - £5 project box from maplin/Radio Shack, a stereo jack and 2 footswitches, just wire up as in the pic here and connect the common centre terminals of both switches to the yellow Ground lead.
