Mark V - Brad Paisley Setting - Chicken Pickin' Tone
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Vanzant said:Hey Folks...I have a Mark V combo, and I was curious about what settings you all use for a good Brad Paisley - chicken pickin' tone. Thanks in advance!
I'm a little late to the party, but I just got a Mark V a couple weeks ago and I'm huge Brad Paisley fan. Have owned several Dr. Z amps to get close to his tone and currently own a Z-Wreck.
Brad's tone is based around the AC30, which is more upper mid-range voiced with some "grit" to his tone.
I find "Tweed" mode on channel 1 one set similar to this: Gain: 9:00-10:00, Treb: 12:00, Pres: 10:00, Mids: 2:00, Bass: 2:00, output: 3:00 (to match other channels), Reverb: to taste. 90wt mode and the thick switch (or what ever it's called) turned on (in the down position). This is a good, upper mid-range clean tone with some hair. With the thick switch engaged, it fills in some of the gaps. It's not dead on, but would fool some people. No GEQ
I play a Tele with Lindy Fralin Blues Specials and can get pretty close. But if I play my Z-Wreck for a while and come back to the Mesa, it's not quite as close as I'd like but I think it's close enough........ And maybe as close as the Mark V is going to get.
The other way I found to get his tone, and it's really close.... Find the most neutral clean tone you can get in either clean or Fat mode, then put a Wampler Paisley Drive in front of the amp with a little grit dialed and then set the tone from the pedal. This can get a little closer, but you lose the ability to use the Paisley drive for some great "rock" tones. I got that trick from Doug Seven on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ct8ncGWkA
BTW: I LOVE the hardwood / wicker combo, nice amp man! Makes my black Mark V look plain
