Getting close to Joe's tones with a Metro 50W Plexi... (Page 2 of 2)

After realizing that my Bruno Underground 30 has no master volume I just started looking for a attenuator.  I dont have any money so I settled for a 60 dollar Little sucker i think is its name. I dont know if its going to be worth a crap but really i just want to turn down the Bruno so i can use it's amazing overdrive with my band. I am hoping that it will not affect the tone too much.

I cant believe the Aracom attenuator is 785 dollars.  Holy crap...  You can almost buy the metro for the price of the attenuator. Thats crazy. 

I would call Metro and ask them to include a master volume.  I bet it wont cost 785 dollars.

Hi!
Back for some update here. I have eventually sold my Super Reverb. The first guy who wanted to buy it owned a Blackface 66 Super and wanted mine as a spare to keep his beloved jewel at home, away from the risks of taking it out for gigs. So I had the chance to A/B his 66 and my blackfaced 73. They were darn close, but the 66 was still better, more open, clearer. Just a matter of a few components, but he didn't take mine. It got sold to another man who fell in love with it. I don't regret selling it at all because I heard a better Super than mine, so if one day I want that sound again I'll look into earlier silverface models (68/69) or if I get rich by then I'll get a Blackface!

Now I have completed my Metro 50W head build. I have ordered a large 1X12 cab from Tube Town in Germany (I'm in France). It's their British Gold model, which you can check out here: http://www.tube-town.net/ttstore/produc … -Gold.html TubeTown are great, I've already had two cabs from them!

So I'm going portable! I saw a good deal for a great 4X12 cab around here but hell, that's too big, it doesn't even fit in my trunk...  The British Gold will be carrying an EVM12L Classic!

I've also ordered an Alex's attenuator. It's not the hype Faustine or Aracom but it's handmade in the USA by a MetroAmp addict and it supposedly makes wonders. Guys say that it beats the crap out of a THD or even better the Ultimate Attenuator... It's also twice cheaper than a used Aracom... Go find his sale topic on TGP if you want one. Alex is a great guy and knows his stuff!

I'll let you know how my rig sounds when I get everything but I can't wait to crank the beast!

Yes I would try the X-blender if you are having trouble dialing in your wet signal (delay/verb).  You could also install an effects loop as there are many nice ones out there.  As for 'thickening' your tone here's what I would try:

1) bigger strings
2) lowering your tone controls
3) adding more gain with the FD2, then lowering the volume on the LP.  The electronics on most Les Pauls are wired such that when you lower your volume things get a lot more mellow and thick sounding.  Joe does this all the time. 
4) like you said, there's sometimes no substitute for volume 
5) perhaps try the 'FM' mode on the Fulldrive, this mode has more low end and less pronounced midrange than Vintage mode
6) If you are after the THICK tone, I've never tried anything thicker than the BK Butler Tube Driver.  A close second would be the Xotic BB preamp.  These two pedals are very thick and make even the thinnest guitars have meat!  The Xotic BB is wayyyy more transparent and would work very well stacked with the Fulldrive I'm guessing.  The BK Butler kind of takes over the signal chain and is less transparent than the BB.