No Wizard I’ve played is remotely dark or rumbly (Recto’s or Uber’s are more like that). If anything the opposite. That’s just from something about how he recorded it. Some Monomyth clips using IR’s had the same problem and those amps also aren’t rumbly. I guess this shows here one of many problems that can sometimes mislead an amp’s sound from a clip, but I think most listeners also can look past this past as most amps set well in person in general don’t give rumble like that
A bright and cutting sound isn’t necessarily crisp or scorching in the way I meant. No doubt your clips were bright, which I also prefer, but the palm mutes imho sounded a bit washed out and scratchy (maybe the pickups were too close to the strings?) where I wasn’t actually hearing the note itself with the weight and distinction I got on the OP’s Wizard clip despite it being way darker and rumbly and the chords didn’t have the clarity/separation of the OP’s Wizard clip (or other wizards clips imo). That unique clarity plus the dryness is I think what gives the crispness I get with wizards. If you listen to Pretty Reckless they also get that same crisp sound on chords (they play wizards) and of course no rumble there. Guys here won’t like or resonate with this, but playing wizards is to me a little like drinking a gin and tonic. It’s crisp, dry, refreshing and can make you thirsty for another drink. The only amp I’ve tried that I found more crisp or scorching is the Dino
The OP’s clip sounded more “studio” to me I think because it sounded more polished with less extraneous background noise and room hollowness. Not that I explicitly hear extraneous noises, but somehow the OP’s clip with the IR’s sounded cleaner or more put together to me somehow (not because of the amp used). We can all agree there shouldn’t be that low end rumble. If he can just correct that part and not be as dark I think he’d have a very solid clip. I don’t know much about recording and suck at it myself, but just what I hear
