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another part of the jam here too http://www.zshare.net/audio/593054423374f639/

!@+@, i love that tone so much... you cant describe it in words how it feels like to play a GT1

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Haven't played a Fender, but if you're thinking of those smooth Red Hot Chili Peppers Californian 6L6-style cleans, I'd say "not really".. it doesn't have the same breakup or presence. It does, on the other hand, have a lot of string definition (crispness) and "metallic" clarity which sounds excellent and pro. Some more break-up and the mids will pop out again making the sound "woody".

A scooped EQ would probably work well. Thing is, compared to other amps the whole amp seems to work in a different frequency range with emphasis on lower mids . Sure it can get those shrill sonic icetaps, but they don't really hurt you. They're too smooth, as if cut off by the speakers. As someone else said in some other thread - playing a Matamp will not hurt until you turn it off. This is very true.

Hm. I played this amp also very clean. Its not the same Fender style clean sound, but its still very nice. I linke it better with a telecaster clean, as with a les paul. Humbuckers can tend to sound too muddy with JJ's

The Clean sound is a bit muffeld, but still nice, depends also on the speakers. Because the amp is very dark an sounding a bit muffled, a guitar like a tele is a better match for clean sounds.

With a tele it sounds like some fender with minimum overdrive. Also i have to say, the JJ preamp tubes muffle most of the sound. Switch the tubes for cleaner sounds.

Its simple, with other tubes, highs and more presence jump in your face. I have tune where i play my matamp almost clean! I prefer the sound over the fender clean, because it sounds so special.

I cant really describe it, but this clean tone is so uncommon and totally underrated!!!

Here is a short demo with my band Matamp almost clean