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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Bainzy on February 28, 2010, 10:59:32 PM

Title: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: Bainzy on February 28, 2010, 10:59:32 PM: amp mods article (http://www.shredaholic.com/5-awesome-extra-gain-amp-mods-80s.html)

Just wrote this article for my site, thought you guys might be interested. Some of it will be old news to you but its a nice little introduction to the modding scene. :D
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: shobet on February 28, 2010, 11:05:09 PM: That gives a 404. Fix the linky and we might read it. ;)
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: Bainzy on February 28, 2010, 11:16:27 PM: haha link fail. sorry about that, should be fixed now! :D
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: shobet on February 28, 2010, 11:24:30 PM: Interesting. I don't think I'd be brave enough to try mod 5 on my old Marshall, she's a delicate old bitch.
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: Bainzy on February 28, 2010, 11:26:00 PM: Haha yeah big risk of frying the OT. What'd put me off more is the huge voltages that are actually outside the amp, although having said that, I've even been electrocuted by flicking the standby switch before so you're never really that safe...
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: Frank on March 01, 2010, 02:37:34 PM: good grief

I had a look at that Cerrem mod and this looks horribly dangerous

http://www.twistyneck.net/cm.html
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: Alex on March 01, 2010, 07:03:13 PM: You know when EVH said in interviews he was using a Variac to up the voltage of his amp, he was lying. He later confessed he never did that and that the variac wasn't used.
:?
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: Bainzy on March 03, 2010, 07:20:48 PM: Quote from: Frank on March 01, 2010, 02:37:34 PM
good grief

I had a look at that Cerrem mod and this looks horribly dangerous

http://www.twistyneck.net/cm.html

it is! mr. twistyneck knows what hes doing though, ive corresponded with him a bit, cool guy. check out his videos on youtube playing live with this setup.

Quote from: Alex on March 01, 2010, 07:03:13 PM
You know when EVH said in interviews he was using a Variac to up the voltage of his amp, he was lying. He later confessed he never did that and that the variac wasn't used.
:?

hard to tell with him isnt it. the consensus seems to be these days that he used it to lower the voltage, in order to reduce the strain on the output valves from this Cerrem mod he was using.
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: BigB on March 03, 2010, 09:25:28 PM: Quote from: Frank on March 01, 2010, 02:37:34 PM
good grief

I had a look at that Cerrem mod and this looks horribly dangerous

http://www.twistyneck.net/cm.html

Indeed. The youtube vid is a monument, still - totally sick, made me laugh so hard my son started to wonder about my mental health :mrgreen:

And, man, THIS sound :twisted:
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: gwEm on March 03, 2010, 11:03:35 PM: i rather liked mrtwistyneck's sense of humour :)
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: cerpintaxt on March 05, 2010, 12:15:37 PM: "It makes the two halves of the amp try to kill each other"

This made me laugh uncontrollably, and I have no idea why!
Title: Re: 5 Awesome Extra Gain Amp Mods From The 80’s
Post by: Vilches3 on March 07, 2010, 02:10:15 AM: i read somewhere that Eddie made up the story about the amp mods as a favor to help that jose guy generate more business (they were good friends)