Thx for the info Mike. The V-amp does have a JCM800-ish setting so I'll start there with the settings you gave. I'm up north now, helping my father through the winter, with a BC Rich ST-3 I put a Screaming Demon in and playing through a old Montgomery Wards SS amp I had as a teen. Still works most of the time :) I do have a LP w/Alnicos in it back in Texas which I run through a VHT 18W and can get close to his sound. May be time to throw the covers off the Carvin and wake the neighbors up!!! Thanks again. Dale PS; Sounds like it time GnR got some attention on Tricks!!!