Here's A Lil Trick Straight From The 80s

I've never used the Quickmod but the best tones I ever had were from a Rockmod II preamp, Kasha stuff is great.
 
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Four things!!!!

1. I can't believe that thing is legal to sell! there can be as high as 300 volts going into some of those pins!

2. I am certain that it will add noise to your amplifier from being able to place the unit nearer things it shouldn't be; among other reasons.

3. It is a bit overpriced by A LOT. There are likely only about 20 components in that thing from input to output. That box probably could be made at the homebrewer level for about $50. I wouldn't pay more than $200 for it.

4. There is the potential to install this into the VERY WRONG tube socket. IT probably won't damage anything, but it will certainly not work if you place it in the Reverb, Tremolo, or Phase Inverter sockets. What, if any damage that can occur, is up for debate. So as an end-user, you will have to be pretty familiar with your amps tube socket layout. Most are not that savvy. If you can't bias an output tube, you probably shouldn't be using this without supervision.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it does what it says ( adds another two stages of gain ), and it probably sounds pretty good even, but I see it as a gimmick. It is not much different than placing a dirt pedal in front of your amp. A different approach, same thing.
 
It's the 80's solution that would have been most useful in the 70's. Here in 2022, my amps pretty much have all the gain I need, and the ones that don't, do perfectly well with a boost or dirt/distortion box in front.
 
I think this would be simpler and you don't have to screw with your amp

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Four things!!!!

1. I can't believe that thing is legal to sell! there can be as high as 300 volts going into some of those pins!

2. I am certain that it will add noise to your amplifier from being able to place the unit nearer things it shouldn't be; among other reasons.

3. It is a bit overpriced by A LOT. There are likely only about 20 components in that thing from input to output. That box probably could be made at the homebrewer level for about $50. I wouldn't pay more than $200 for it.

4. There is the potential to install this into the VERY WRONG tube socket. IT probably won't damage anything, but it will certainly not work if you place it in the Reverb, Tremolo, or Phase Inverter sockets. What, if any damage that can occur, is up for debate. So as an end-user, you will have to be pretty familiar with your amps tube socket layout. Most are not that savvy. If you can't bias an output tube, you probably shouldn't be using this without supervision.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it does what it says ( adds another two stages of gain ), and it probably sounds pretty good even, but I see it as a gimmick. It is not much different than placing a dirt pedal in front of your amp. A different approach, same thing.

Well yeah, it's not designed for morons. :D

This is not much different from the old Marshall xtra preamp tube mods that were ubiquitous in the 80's.... all those poor plexis getting cut up....
 
Hey, that's pretty cool. But it costs more than I paid form some of my amps.
As mentioned already, since 1980 or so most amp designs have plenty of gain on tap already.
But if price were not an issue I'd grab one to try on my blackface Fenders.
 
Interesting when I saw his rig it was a much smaller club set up. Also a couple of years after that.
 
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