Author Topic: Holy Diver + high gain Soldano SLO clone preamp (Read 5120 times)

ericsabbath · « **on:** November 30, 2007, 08:13:14 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1RafxMYU5w

_tom_ · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2007, 08:19:57 PM »

Sounds so thick :D

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2007, 08:43:15 PM »

Sounds REEEAAALLLLLYYYY nice, did you make the preamp yourself?

What poweramp is it running into?

Speaker?

:twisted:

ericsabbath · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2007, 09:29:40 PM »

Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL

Sounds REEEAAALLLLLYYYY nice, did you make the preamp yourself?

What poweramp is it running into?

Speaker?

:twisted:

thanks, guys! :P

it's a leadvox leadmaster preamp made by a brazilian guy called Carlos "Nenê" (Carlos "Baby" :lol:)
it was modded for a bit more bass response (changed a capacitor), the resistor on the 2nd gain stage is a bit lower, so it has less gain limitation on this stage, and it has an extra tube gain stage (5 gain stages + buffer stage)
the power amp is that little head over the framus
it's a TubeAmps Gemini Power Amp made by another brazilian guy called Manollo (www.tubeamps.com.br)
it has 2 x 6550 and 1 x 12ax7
the cab is handmade too, but i don't know who made it
it's sized for a 1x15 (the guy built it wrong :lol:), but it has a regular 12" Celestion Century Vintage speaker (i think it's the same as the Vox Neodog speaker)
unhappily i'm selling the preamp and the power cause i'm heavily GASing for a true lp custom

but i still have the framus and a peavey rockmaster

the camera couldn't capture the bass too well but i think the leads were well recorded (except for my sloppy playing :roll: )

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:19:37 AM »

Quote from: Eric Hellstyle

Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL
Sounds REEEAAALLLLLYYYY nice, did you make the preamp yourself?

What poweramp is it running into?

Speaker?

:twisted:

thanks, guys! :P

it's a leadvox leadmaster preamp made by a brazilian guy called Carlos "Nenê" (Carlos "Baby" :lol:)
it was modded for a bit more bass response (changed a capacitor), the resistor on the 2nd gain stage is a bit lower, so it has less gain limitation on this stage, and it has an extra tube gain stage (5 gain stages + buffer stage)
the power amp is that little head over the framus
it's a TubeAmps Gemini Power Amp made by another brazilian guy called Manollo (www.tubeamps.com.br)
it has 2 x 6550 and 1 x 12ax7
the cab is handmade too, but i don't know who made it
it's sized for a 1x15 (the guy built it wrong :lol:), but it has a regular 12" Celestion Century Vintage speaker (i think it's the same as the Vox Neodog speaker)
unhappily i'm selling the preamp and the power cause i'm heavily GASing for a true lp custom
but i still have the framus and a peavey rockmaster

the camera couldn't capture the bass too well but i think the leads were well recorded (except for my sloppy playing :roll: )

will the preamp run on 240v and how much do you want for it?

:twisted:

ericsabbath · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2007, 04:54:14 AM »

Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL

will the preamp run on 240v and how much do you want for it?

:twisted:

well... the power amp has a 110/220 switch
the preamp doesn't have it, but it uses an external 110 to 24v power supply
i think it could be changed or you could find another 24v supply for 240v

i rehearsed with this rig through my framus cobra cab today and it sounded great, better than my bandmate's mesa stiletto deuce + marshall mode four cab (70w v30's)
it makes the harmonics (both types) jump in your face like no other amp i've had
i didn't give too much attention for this preamp when i got it at first (i traded my other les paul with BKPs for it and the power amp), cause i love my peavey rockmaster, but these days i'm really impressed with it
it's awesome for leads, sounds really open on chords and has a ton of gain
i use the gain knob on 12 o'clock
it has about 3 months of use

i checked the shipping to great britain and it gets VERY expensive for express shipping (from £90 to £180)
i can do £400 shipped by economic mail (17-23 days) with a 3U rack case
:D

Pale Rider · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2007, 06:27:29 PM »

I really like how the sound stays so clear without fizz while being high gain-y.
Very good string separation on the closing chords!

Great!

ilÿti · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2007, 07:41:13 PM »

That's great! Very nice sounding pinches.

ExtendedShred · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2007, 04:37:01 AM »

that's awesome man!

FernandoDuarte · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2007, 06:23:00 PM »

F@&#* awesome clip!!!

JamesHealey · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2007, 09:08:46 AM »

absolutely loving that!

Machek · « **Reply #11 on:** December 12, 2007, 10:51:08 AM »

The last 30 seconds -with the chords thing- are absolutely amazing, even with the big quality loss due to the recording, so thick, grinding, growling yet clear and articulate.... Pure gold...