I usually rehearse with a Class 5 due to cupboard sized rehearsal space. Recently did a gig with my 1974x and on a song which required my guitar playing a bass part and having low end... well there wasn't any - we abandoned the song as it just sounded odd!
So I A/B'd my 1974x against my Class 5 through my 1974cx cabinet last night and the Class 5 + 1974cx has more low end punch and more of a 'marshally' midrange than the 1974x. I wasn't expecting that. (On it's own the Class 5 can't compare to the 1974x).
So the low end in the 1974x is not due to the speaker.
Tonally the 1974x was slightly (very slightly cork sniffing here) more complex and chimey in the treble - but only by jumping the channels. And actually less Marshally. In a gig situation I think the C5+1974x would cut through more (if it could be heard). If it helps I play on edge of clean and use fuzz.
a) How do I increase the low end in the 1974x (at the amp, not by adding eq pedal if preferable).
or b) How do I get that Class 5 tone but louder - is it based on a JTM/superlead at all? I used to have a JCM800 1987 that I sold for pennies as it weighed a ton and I was never allowed to have it above 0.5 on the vol! It reminded me a bit of that...
Thanks in advance! J