A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

[frtbzz]

I recorded this last night really quick just to hear how this amp sounds with this spec I'm running. A Van Halen riff and a Lynch riff just to get an idea. Tell me what you think. Excuse the sloppy playing. Superstrat with a Duncan EVH straight in a '71 Superlead. Everthing on 10 except bass on 0.
PPIMV dimed. Check out my soundclick. Red Superlead spec.

 

[JOLLY]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

Sounds great to me.

 

[darnright]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

I'm with Jolly...sounds great!!!

 

[Stratovarious]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

sounds really good

 

[YJM_Rocks]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

Sounds super. Nothing like my master volume marshall.

 

[Ocifer]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

What is PPIMV? Either, way that was some cool tone. A bit more gain than I would use but fat rocking tone.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

Hehe now that is a Marshall sound for sure....
Sounds good....really have that rasping dry bite!

 

[frtbzz]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

What is PPIMV? Either, way that was some cool tone. A bit more gain than I would use but fat rocking tone.

Thanks for the cool comments guys. With your help we'll make this amp into a fire breathing monster!
A PPIMV is Post Phase Inverter Master Volume. I installed this version in my Non Master Volume amp to get major grind at lower volumes.
Heres a pic of my installation. Its the dualganged pot at the back with the 2 shielded cables and the white wire. One running from the P.I. output and the other to the power grid resistors(pin 5) of the power tubes.

 

[jefferson]

Re: A bone dry '71 Superlead clip

Have you tried removing the cathode bypass cap on the cathode resistor of V2? I thought mine sounded a lot better without that cap. Without it it has a little less gain, but the clean tone goes from lifeless to amazing. I also prefer the 56k/250pf tone stack to the 33k/500pf. The 56k/250pf is the plexi value, the 33k/500pf is the metalface value. I think the 56k/250pf sounds more like billy gibbons or evh and the 33k/500pf sounds more hair metal, but its a pretty subtle difference.

Clips sounded good, I just like to encourage people to try different component values in these amps to see whats out there (especially my favorite values, because I think my amp is the greatest amp ever created.)