[zimbloth]

The Fireball definitely needs to have the presence waaaay down, to around 2-3 at most. Everything above that is just fizz and hiss. When I owned one i had the treble around 7, mids around 4 or 5, bass around 4, gain around 5, and presence at 2.5.

The amp also benefits from a warm, low to mid-gain tube in V1 and a proper biasing.

[RussAnderson]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

The Fireball definitely needs to have the presence waaaay down, to around 2-3 at most. Everything above that is just fizz and hiss. When I owned one i had the treble around 7, mids around 4 or 5, bass around 4, gain around 5, and presence at 2.5.

The amp also benefits from a warm, low to mid-gain tube in V1 and a proper biasing.

i respectfully disagree with the mids that low and presence it just sounds dull and lifeless like someone as thrown a blanket over it and muffled the tone out.

i suppose speakers and pickups are a key element hear i have used celestion vintage 30's and v60's both excellant for this type of amps modern voicings .also im not talking about anything else here like added eq's just the amp head guitar cab cable and guitar nothing else nothing more .

[Nick]

I agree with zimbloth to an extent i run my presence pretty low and my treble at about 6 or 7.

I dont think it makes it sound lifeless but it sounds like shit at low volumes once you get those settings at cranked volume you have 'teh br00talz'

i also dont turn the bright or depth switches on.

[blackrobedone]

Yes, this question has nothing to do with the review. This site is full of people who want to jump your shit for anything you say. Gotta be careful here.

And as for me, I've found it best with the gain at 3 (!), depth switch on, bass at 4, mids at 6.5, treble at 4, presence at 2.5. OD in front with gain at 0, for tightness and growl. this does indeed sound better when the volume is cranked.

It seems that with the depth switch on there is more fullness to treble notes, and that doesn't seem to be easily dialed in with the bass eq.

Sometimes I wonder about my tonal preferences as I always crank mids and cut highs. I take it just to the edge of 'blanket over the speaker'.

[Nick]

the gain being set at 3 is where the fireball works best. Its got a rediclous amount of gain available but dialing it in low and pushing the master volume up will get you great results.

you can get a great variaty of different metal tones from the fireball just not all at once.

It is marketed as a metal amp.

I run mine at presance about 4 treble at 6 bass at 6 mid at 6.5 gain about 3.

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