NAD! First Diezel! Need the Hetfield fanboys to chime in lol

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Picked up a VHX and was wondering if any Metallica fans have any good Hetfield rhythm and clean presets? I come from playing nothing but Mesa’s for ages so the Diezel is a bit of a learning curve for me. Thanks!
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Welcome! As @the other John Browne pinged me, I am the ultimate fanboy. Here are some JC-120 cleans below.

Start with shape 0 in classic mode, lower bass and boost mids/treble. Also no mid-cut or raising of deep. That works for me... but I can maybe make a vid going through the settings. Also red channel can be used for chug chug as well and not just lead. The VHX loves OD pedals in the Pre-loop. @Leo Diezel said Modern is more in Mesa territory so experiment. Once you go to shape 1 and 2, things get REAL boomy and you need an OD or to cut lows.

Report back some settings and I'll post some soon here.


JC-120 wanna be tone:
 
@MesaSean The clean tone sounds killer, I’ll have to dial that in. Certainly wouldn’t mind a quick vid of it dialing in.

I remember you from back on the ESP boards ages ago when it was in its heyday. I went through a lot of mx’s and jh sigs. Sadly I sold em all but I’m getting back into it many years later at the height of inflation. Still salty I sold my mint jh2 and Chechen KL that James signed. You still had the two that I could never get my hands on Jh3 and mx220 eet fuk. Maaaaybe one day. But since I’m only rocking a snakebyte now you should sell me a MX 😳😂

On my Mesa mark v I was running the puppet master eq in the loop and it really tightened the tone up. I swear the diezel sounds better in my 2x12 recto than the RL diezel 4x12 with 30’s. I might try a Diezel FL with the g12k’s.
 
I have to say the onboard 5band eq is fantastic for tightening the tone up!
 
Here is my VHX trying to sound like James' live JC-120 Triaxis cleans he used to use:

For chugs I use Shape 0, blue, boost mids, treble and presence then lower bass. Same settings I do on my VH4. VH4 sounds a bit better to my ears as it has 6L6 power tubes so I now I want my VHX re tubed with 6L6 tubes.

Cheers!
 
@MesaSean mind taking a picture of the screen for the clean and chunk display?
 
@MesaSean plugged that in and it sounds siiiick. Thanks. I may be stupid buuut I can’t seem to get the delays to switch through. I think there are 3 options of delay? I’m stuck on “tape”

I’ve noticed I’m have not a hard time between the blue and red channel. The blue has such a precise attack and the red is just HEAVY. It’s a tough call to pick one haha
 
Explorerthis said:
@MesaSean plugged that in and it sounds siiiick. Thanks. I may be stupid buuut I can’t seem to get the delays to switch through. I think there are 3 options of delay? I’m stuck on “tape”

I’ve noticed I’m have not a hard time between the blue and red channel. The blue has such a precise attack and the red is just HEAVY. It’s a tough call to pick one haha
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Hmm I am using the Digital delay in that pic.

I find blue is my fav with shape 0. I do the same thing I do with my VH4.... lower the bass and crank mids/treble/presence. Red also is great for rhythm chug if you want as it is full of mids naturally. Play around with red but reduce gain of course
 
Explorerthis said:
@MesaSean plugged that in and it sounds siiiick. Thanks. I may be stupid buuut I can’t seem to get the delays to switch through. I think there are 3 options of delay? I’m stuck on “tape”

I’ve noticed I’m have not a hard time between the blue and red channel. The blue has such a precise attack and the red is just HEAVY. It’s a tough call to pick one haha
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Turning the knob should cycle between 0-1-2 for 'Digital - Analog - Tape' options on the display
 
Philhouse said:
Turning the knob should cycle between 0-1-2 for 'Digital - Analog - Tape' options on the display
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Yeah that doesn’t seem to work. Also I don’t get the options for the reverb or pitch shifter.
 
Explorerthis said:
Yeah that doesn’t seem to work. Also I don’t get the options for the reverb or pitch shifter.
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Please have a look at those video, it should be pretty easy:



If that still doesn't work would you please give me your software version by going in the setting screen and make a quick record of the issue?

Thank you,
Leo
 
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