Now after reading your last post. I will tell you I liked the first Cameron amp in the first clip a heap more than the second. That said.
I lean towards darker tones/amps. But being open is /or must be more important to me/my ears than I realized. Because like you say, the first Cameron was open sounding...
So I want it all. Open sounding,and darker. I loved the Fortin clip but the overall tone from the amp, the Fortin amp, had that little extra sizzle that I don't care for.
I want my tone to heat up your ears with out that sizzle. To me, I hear that as some sorta push over the edge for a piece of gear that needs the help.
If that makes any sense at all. IMHO!
Another take on the so called sizzle is, like with Jerry's clips with the peavey stuff. My ears deem that sizzle in the tone as METAL TONE.....For that type of music exclusively then that tone, sizzle etc... It would rule!
JERRY/FJA, SEEMS TO HAVE A FIRM HOLD ON THAT TONE.
After hearing that Fortin clip......SO DOES MIKE FORTIN...
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN... ???
I'm a Classic Hard rock and 80's metal guy at best.....