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  • #76
    Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

    Originally posted by guitfiddle View Post
    In defense of the Metal Zone, I saw a video where Ola Englund used it as a stand-alone pre-amp going into the return of an effects loop, and it sounded SO much better than running it into the front of the same amp. Worlds of difference in the tone.

    I think the reason why this video pisses me off (other than it was clearly released with Ola to generate Metal Zone hype leading into the MT-2W) is that I’m pissed I didn’t record me doing this 20 years ago in my bedroom!
    Oh no.....


    Oh Yeah!

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    • #77
      Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

      Originally posted by Mincer View Post
      I'd actually say that it sounds like his whole rig is made of paper.
      Yep. Sounded like Satan's freight train the first time I heard it, though. The opening of Crazy Train hit my brain the way VH1 did for a lot of other players.

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      • #78
        Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

        Originally posted by Powdered Toast Man View Post
        Small combo amps sound boxy and terrible. (I'm looking at you, Princeton)
        WRONG! My 1/10 Boogie Subway Rocket!

        Last edited by Ascension; 06-22-2020, 11:28 PM.
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        • #79
          Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

          Lighten up, Francis. The takes are supposed to be controversial. You don’t need to disprove it.

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          • #80
            Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

            Originally posted by Mincer View Post
            I'd actually say that it sounds like his whole rig is made of paper.
            I once referred to it as sounding like confused peanut butter.
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            • #81
              Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

              Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
              There's nothing a high gain amp can do that a clean amp with a few pedals can't do better.
              Not true. They're great at being less stuff to haul around.

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              • #82
                Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View Post

                Oh! And also: Any incarnation of the 5150 sounds horrible with the mids set above 4.
                True. You also never see a Boogie with the EQ pointing up instead of down.

                Oops! Fact!

                JP2c sounds like mush next to any old Peavey hybrid.
                Last edited by Joelski; 06-26-2020, 05:34 AM.

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                • #83
                  Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                  Marshall cleans don't sound bad to me at all.

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                  • #84
                    Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                    Marshall heads sound better through Mesa cabs. Mesa heads sound better through Marshall cabs.

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                    • #85
                      Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                      Right!?
                      Originally posted by TMD
                      The best my Marshall TSL100 ever sounded was through a Mesa 2x12 Recto-Cab with V30s.

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                      • #86
                        Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                        Sold Friedman JJ-100 for not doing AIC well enough.

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