Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: blue on July 22, 2009, 09:15:08 AM
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morning boys and girls, how are you all today?
my internet was playing up over the last couple of weeks. before that i had been e-mailing Martin at MJW about having power scaling installed in my Genz Benz El Diablo :twisted: but, while i was offline, this little beauty came along, and i'm afraid i just couldn't resist! :)
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Nice catch!
I owned a 2266 and it was just great for Ballsy Marshall Gain Tone!
If only they'd come out with a second Master for the low gain mode so you could make up lost volume, it would be a great 2Ch amp. I need cleans so it had to go :(
Hope you're gonna enjoy the ride as much as I did!!
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thanks Hunter, i remember you raving about yours :)
hmm, that's an interesting thought, i wonder would it be possible to have a second master volume added?
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great amp!! love these
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thanks Hunter, i remember you raving about yours :)
hmm, that's an interesting thought, i wonder would it be possible to have a second master volume added?
Hang out in the Vintagemodern forum, the maker of the amp hangs out there a lot and he's really passionate about his amp designs. He was pretty defensive regarding the 2nd master though, not sure why, but it shouldn't be that complicated, one more pot and a relay?
It would add a great deal to the amp's utility.
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I really love that blue tolex on the VMs.
I've never played one but I reckon I'd probably like it.
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Does the VM or the Mode Four have more gain?
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I really love that blue tolex on the VMs.
I've never played one but I reckon I'd probably like it.
Tom, it's PURPLE, like DEEP PURPLE :O)
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oh it looks blue to me haha. Still looks cool whatever it is!
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sweet :)
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oh it looks blue to me haha. Still looks cool whatever it is!
I thought it was blue, lol
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i'm blue, it's purple :)
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Cool, I gigged a Marshall combo in the late 80's for a couple of years. Always got a good, aggressive tone from it :D
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thanks Hunter, i remember you raving about yours :)
hmm, that's an interesting thought, i wonder would it be possible to have a second master volume added?
Hang out in the Vintagemodern forum, the maker of the amp hangs out there a lot and he's really passionate about his amp designs. He was pretty defensive regarding the 2nd master though, not sure why, but it shouldn't be that complicated, one more pot and a relay?
It would add a great deal to the amp's utility.
the master volume of the vintage modern is a PPIMV control (a dual potentiometer wired between the phase inverter outputs and the power tubes)
an extra regular master volume would be interesting, but not wired as a PPIMV
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NAD's are fun, I hope you enjoy it!
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another go at the resurrection shuffle, everyone's favourite dance! ;)
been spending some more time with the amp, it's certainly a change from what i was used to! it seems very sensitive to different guitars, requiring dramatically different settings. with my Miracle man loaded 7 string Les Paul i had both body and detail (pre-amp gain) up fairly high, about 3/4, and master at about 5. this gave me a great biting, aggressive eighties metal kind of tone, perfect for chugging riffs and squealing leads with plenty of upper mid grind and low end body. but plug in my Les Paul standard with Burstbucker pro's and the same settings give a fizzy, shrill mess! i ended up with both gains down around 3 and the master at about 7 with that guitar, which gave the most fabulous, dynamic sound. stroke the strings and it chimed, dig in and it roared!
all that was in the high dynamic range.
i really look forward to exploring further, and i haven't even used any pedals yet! i reckon my Thundertomate Treble Booster and my Marshall Guv'Nor will be magnificent through it :)