elammark13 wrote:Just by the amps I listed, you can see I'm an 80's metal guy. So along those lines, I'd love preset packages for 80's metal.
I'm not going to reiterate the calls for specific gear (except to say, who wouldn't love a Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC?!
), but, to some extent, I think of the '80s as the
Age of Modded Marshalls: people rejigging (sometimes in the course of repairing) the circuitry of JCM800s (of course), but also late-'70s master-volume JMPs and earlier Plexis. Sure, there are a few models in AmpliTube that capture some of this vibe, and there are a fair number of other "based" on Marshall models (including a "stock" JCM800), but it might be fun for AmpliTube to do some models that were essentially their own take on such things.
Alongside the Brit8000, there could be a separate "based on modded JCM800" model
that perhaps had a few switchable options for different kinds of gain structure or power tubes or other aspects of voicing. The old Vintage Metal Lead could use a refresh, so perhaps there could be a model representing a "stock" late-'70s master-volume JMP (i.e., early #2203) that also had some switchable "mod" options. And, then, there has never really been a "stock" based-on-Plexi model (as much as I like the JH Gold), so there could be one of those that perhaps let you switch in various mods, including (why not!?) the option for a stock Super Bass circuit.
I know that AmpliTube moved away from models with switchable pre-/power-amp and tone stack sections that had existed from AT2/AT Metal, but I'm thinking about this more along the lines of the switchable options in things like the current VariDiode+ stomp model. I'm sort of also thinking of the MiniPlex 20, and the gain switch from the real Pink Taco amp on which it is based, which essentially try to let you choose gain structures from different "Marshally" kinds of amps. Even Marshall's own JVM410 family sort of tries to give you various variant options within a single physical amp (and the SatchVM reproduces this). It that sense, I'm mostly suggesting IKM could create the switchable Marshall-type amps that Marshall itself has not.
And, then, it could also be fun to bundle all the "based on some kind of Marshall" models (current and future) into a "Brit Black Tolex" collection
sort of like the Fender collections though not actually licensed (as only the Slash models enjoy that privilege at present) so that people could just buy a whacking great pile of Marshallesque things all at a go.