Best Modded Marshall you ever heard/played ?
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Ascension
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One of the Lee Jackson modded 800's that Daymon Johnson had when he was playing with Brother Cain. That particular amp was just a freeking tone MACHINE!! Had a shot at buying it from him and now wish I would have bought that amp!!
Was the amp on this session
One of the Lee Jackson modded 800's that Daymon Johnson had when he was playing with Brother Cain. That particular amp was just a freeking tone MACHINE!! Had a shot at buying it from him and now wish I would have bought that amp!!
Was the amp on this session
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DankStar
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Ayrton's friedman-modded marshalls BE/HBE (he had a red tolex head and an orange one, not sure which had which mods but both were killer).
As far as just heard - I don't know what they did to Gary Holt's (Exodus) Marshall to make it sound as it does, but his rhythm tone was always so gnarly.
Ayrton's friedman-modded marshalls BE/HBE (he had a red tolex head and an orange one, not sure which had which mods but both were killer).
As far as just heard - I don't know what they did to Gary Holt's (Exodus) Marshall to make it sound as it does, but his rhythm tone was always so gnarly.
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LLL
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Why, my own modded c.1996 JTM45RI, of course. :naughty:
Bought used in 2003 stock for $650. Sounded like complete ass (the older Marshall RIs were a joke).
I slapped a turret board in there with the correct mid-60's values, correct mid-60's filtering, Mercury Mags OT, Mullard pre's, Valve Arts KT66s, etc...
Night and day difference.
Then last year I changed the tone stack, NFB resistor, tap, EHX 6CA7s, etc... to be more like a Superlead instead of a JTM45.
Paired with a Celestion Alnico Gold. Variac'd to 100v.
Goes from clean to mean with a twist of the guitar volume knob:
Why, my own modded c.1996 JTM45RI, of course. :naughty:
Bought used in 2003 stock for $650. Sounded like complete ass (the older Marshall RIs were a joke).
I slapped a turret board in there with the correct mid-60's values, correct mid-60's filtering, Mercury Mags OT, Mullard pre's, Valve Arts KT66s, etc...
Night and day difference.
Then last year I changed the tone stack, NFB resistor, tap, EHX 6CA7s, etc... to be more like a Superlead instead of a JTM45.
Paired with a Celestion Alnico Gold. Variac'd to 100v.
Goes from clean to mean with a twist of the guitar volume knob:
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Hot Octopus
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my CCV. I'm never ever selling it.
my CCV. I'm never ever selling it.
beaubrummels
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Wallace BKW45
Wallace BKW45
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Best Ive ever owned? Well, if I can count my Splawn QR...?? I did have a JCM800 that I bought from a forum bro that had a modded gain knob to where the last part of the sweep sounded more like a driven Jube...
Best Ive heard? Well, that would be EVH's, and the one Slash/Lynch used.. (SIR#34?)
Best Ive ever owned? Well, if I can count my Splawn QR...?? I did have a JCM800 that I bought from a forum bro that had a modded gain knob to where the last part of the sweep sounded more like a driven Jube...
Best Ive heard? Well, that would be EVH's, and the one Slash/Lynch used.. (SIR#34?)
Kamanda~SD
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Best I've played...my 2204. It's only been modded with an additional vol/gain so it's not hot rodded. But step on an OD and ooooh baby!
Best I've heard? See Bloodrose above
Best I've played...my 2204. It's only been modded with an additional vol/gain so it's not hot rodded. But step on an OD and ooooh baby!
Best I've heard? See Bloodrose above
Joey Voltage
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The best I've played/heard in person: My own work, and I've seen many Marshalls modded by the top dogs come through my shop.
The best I've heard on a recording: Too many to list!
The best I've played/heard in person: My own work, and I've seen many Marshalls modded by the top dogs come through my shop.
The best I've heard on a recording: Too many to list!
One of his was modded by Todd Langner from ADA in the late 80's early 90's when Todd was still modding amps. Todds 5 stage circuit sounds pretty good, but quite honestly its a little dated nowadays and it has the potential to be a little unstable and noisy, plus most 4 stagers will produce the same amount if not more distorted goodness with out the noise potential that's inherent in the design. I reproduced it once a few years ago and had to build an internal noise gate to get it quiet enough for studio use.
They both used 34 in rehearsals, but slash used 36 on the AFD recording because 34 was on loan at the time by lynch I believe for the BFTA sessions. Certainly sounds like it on that album. Slash owns #36
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DeadandBuried
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At the moment its the Dookie SE mod used by Green Day's guitarists.
At the moment its the Dookie SE mod used by Green Day's guitarists.
PFDarkside
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Has anyone been able to document some of these epic Marshall mods?
For example, as listed above isn't the SIR mod used on albums by Slash, Lynch and another high profile 80's player?
Wasn't the Dookie amp used on Dookie, Smash and Out Come the Wolves or some similar trifecta of 90's pop punk?
You'll never know the truth with Van Halen, but were the first two albums cut with a relatively stock Plexi or were there some mods to get there?
Has anyone been able to document some of these epic Marshall mods?
For example, as listed above isn't the SIR mod used on albums by Slash, Lynch and another high profile 80's player?
Wasn't the Dookie amp used on Dookie, Smash and Out Come the Wolves or some similar trifecta of 90's pop punk?
You'll never know the truth with Van Halen, but were the first two albums cut with a relatively stock Plexi or were there some mods to get there?
Kamanda~SD
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Mike Soldano has looked that amp over and has confirmed it is bone stock.
Mike Soldano has looked that amp over and has confirmed it is bone stock.
Joey Voltage
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Really? I had a crunch se Marshall in that was modded by Martin Golub when he worked for Bradshaw, and couldn't get along with it. Just goes to show.
Really? I had a crunch se Marshall in that was modded by Martin Golub when he worked for Bradshaw, and couldn't get along with it. Just goes to show.
Gone_Shootin
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I'm partial to OD2 orange in my JVM 410H that I nodded myself. I did the plexi cap, variable slope resistor, variable negative feedback, one wire, and recto mods to it.
I'm partial to OD2 orange in my JVM 410H that I nodded myself. I did the plexi cap, variable slope resistor, variable negative feedback, one wire, and recto mods to it.
Nightburst
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Is it me or do Marshall's always have to be modded to sound good?
Is it me or do Marshall's always have to be modded to sound good?
Joey Voltage
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There's only really a question regarding the first album. There have been some studio pics that surfaced during the time that vh1was recorded that show there was either a master volume or line out fitted to the back of eds #1, that may have been used to reamp it into another super lead type amp that is also pictured in the studio. There was also question whether the variac set to 90v was also used as well as the ghetto attenuator across the whole OT primary. Honestly who knows....
VhII is said to be just the #1 by it self, and you can tell eds sound is much tamer on that one, so I believe it.
There's only really a question regarding the first album. There have been some studio pics that surfaced during the time that vh1was recorded that show there was either a master volume or line out fitted to the back of eds #1, that may have been used to reamp it into another super lead type amp that is also pictured in the studio. There was also question whether the variac set to 90v was also used as well as the ghetto attenuator across the whole OT primary. Honestly who knows....
VhII is said to be just the #1 by it self, and you can tell eds sound is much tamer on that one, so I believe it.
Ah but Mike Soldano and Reinhold Bogner both looked at it much later in the late 80's, early 90's respectively after it had been put back to stock. There have been other accounts of it not being stock by earlier techs that had looked at it. Truth is who knows.
Joey Voltage
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It's just you, I think most of the old classics sound great as is. They do on the other hand have some models that need help.
It's just you, I think most of the old classics sound great as is. They do on the other hand have some models that need help.
