Marshall TSL60 + 2x12 Marshall cab + SM57. Right to my ears, wrong to my speakers

[mekke]

Amp folks! I need help.

I use my marshall for several recordings.

Lately I bought a SM 57 to record. I am not new to recording, and more often than not I am happy with the sounds I get

 

But whenever I record saturated distortion, the result is poor: sound like the somebody forced the sound into a can of coke, or some sort of metal container that makes the resonance so weak.

 

I cannot cranck this amp all the way due to neighbours

 

My recording settings:

 

main volume: 3

dist channel volume : 10

gain: 5

 

What am I doing wrong? Any suggestion to succeed recording a solid rock saturated distortion (Sound of Nickelback guitarist - dunno his name...- is close to perfection IMO)

Any new input might help, thanks for reading, (and not moving this one to the recording forum which is totally deserted)

Matteo