Recent content by El Dunco

I may have exaggerated but only slightly. Forum advice is very biased against scooping when the texas honk isn’t the only way to be heard and some of the best tones have a fairly narrow, strategiy chosen frequency band to scoop. Not to mention that most tone stacks are a bit scooped at neutral...

There’s too many better choices in the small pedal format. Modelling has gotten verr convincing with some units the size of a stompbox. There’s the preamp pedal craze like the very tiny yet convincing Mooer digital preamp pedals, the same idea entirely in analog like the Revv G series or AMT...

It’s really hard to say why without knowing the exact signal chain of being able to hear it. “Huge” doesn’t tell me much except that it’s serendipitously fitting perfectly in the mix with an ideal frequency balance that requires very literal compromise of the elements you loved most about it...

I think it’s misunderstood as being for a super modern hi-gain metal tone when it came out in the very early 90s before that sound was ubiquitous. It would have been based more on esrly Metallica/Pantera and the swansong of glam in contemporary heavy music at the time before it disappeared...

That’s very surprising. That Santana like silky, smooth lead tone is what people love about the Mesa Mark series and what drove so many bands to replace their Marshalls. Rectifiers are noticeably gritter (but can be dialled in to be smoother) but I haven’t played any Mark series (or even Dual...

Agreed! It’s one of the most widely discussed, sought after tones in metal for a reason. I feel the tone on Obsolete is overlooked. It’s similar to Deman’ but sharper (he stated an an interview he double tracked instead of quad tracking which he did on Deman’ for more clarity and pick...

Does the Harley Benton have good enough low end? Will the Celestion V30 loaded 2x12 hold together with a dual rectifier and compare favourably to a Mesa with the same speakers?

Production trends probably play a part. Moving away from the reverb heavy sound of the 80s, back to the dry, in-your-face sound in the 90s onwards and never looked back. All the thrash bands for looking for tighter sounds out of their Marshalls, Metallica famously made the jump to Mesa. Bands...

Unused, in original boxes. $100AUD, price negotiable. Assorted 12AX7s to include.

Got this real UK made Fane speaker for an absolute steal (under $50AUD). The guy who sold it to me lived on the street I grew up on. He included it in a modified bass cabinet with a removable back for closed or open. Does the David Gilmour clean to mild sounds very nicely and with a heavier...

I’m happy you noticed. You could probably be a professional reviewer like the reviewer for this global magazine (called Power Play magazine) who really seemed to pay attention to the details and topics at hand. I can’t wait to finish the remasters of our first two albums just so they sound as...

My recent health scare got me thinking about the music I would be leaving behind. While I still have so much to say and feel I still have much better work left in me. I listened back through my band’s early works to see if it holds up and it gave me an idea for everyone to share songs they’re...

It’s our drummers practice amps. The TB is surprisingly not too bad for a quick, easy jam setup but it’s terrible with the stock cabinet. He has another cabinet I swapped him for a 4x10 bass cab. It’s an early 2000s Behringer cabinet (that I rebadged with a motorcycle club badge so nobody has...

Studio A located in a rural compound. I will try and get a panoramic shot because it’s very difficult to capture the whole studio in one photo. It’s a bowling ball lane long, three lanes wide. Not pictured, full rack of outboard interfaces, compressors and tape machine. Studio B while...

I’d prefer something a little more hi-fi and sparkly in the neck of one of my guitars. I’ve loved every Jazz I’ve installed in customers’ guitars so I figured I’ll trade the ‘59 that’s already in there. Used is fine, so long as it works. The ‘59 has been in that guitar a while but it’s in the...