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Lewguitar
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I know some of you think I brag up my brother Bruce to much - so don't read this post if you feel that way.
I've been working with him Sundays because his arm is immobilized in a sling and he can only use his left arm for the time being. He'll be fine...just had some tendons surgically reattached and he's mending.
But we worked together on getting two Marshall JCM-800 single channel master volume combo amps ready to ship to their buyers (one is going to our forum friend Matt at martin6stringcustoms) and what Bruce did to improve the tone of these amps just blew my mind.
Matt's amp sounds so fabulous! Much more overdrive from the high input when the volume on the guitar is dimed, but when I turn the guitar's volume down it cleans up beautifully to a nice rock ryhtym chug. Really spectacular.
The low input sounds like a vintage Vox AC-30 now...no longer weak and without balls.
This puppy chimes like a Vox AC-30 and rocks better than any Marshall I've ever owned! And it's all due to Bruce's creativity and out and out genius.
Just a great, round warm tone. I know Matt plays in church alot, so we really went for a sweet tone on this one.
We worked on these amps together and he asked me not to give away his trade secrets but I will say that he put a little network in Matt's amp that quieted these noisy beasts down to a whisper and removed the hissy hum almost completely and smoothed and sweetened the tone.
This amp of Matt's was always a great amp...but I told Bruce it was for a friend and he pulled out all the stops. We removed the circuit so we solder underneath it and although my soldering skills are not as cosmetically pefect as Bruce's, we still did a first class job.
Matt: you are going to love this amp! I asked Bruce to sign it for you inside.
I'm really glad it's going to a good home!
Lew
I've been working with him Sundays because his arm is immobilized in a sling and he can only use his left arm for the time being. He'll be fine...just had some tendons surgically reattached and he's mending.
But we worked together on getting two Marshall JCM-800 single channel master volume combo amps ready to ship to their buyers (one is going to our forum friend Matt at martin6stringcustoms) and what Bruce did to improve the tone of these amps just blew my mind.
Matt's amp sounds so fabulous! Much more overdrive from the high input when the volume on the guitar is dimed, but when I turn the guitar's volume down it cleans up beautifully to a nice rock ryhtym chug. Really spectacular.
The low input sounds like a vintage Vox AC-30 now...no longer weak and without balls.
This puppy chimes like a Vox AC-30 and rocks better than any Marshall I've ever owned! And it's all due to Bruce's creativity and out and out genius.
Just a great, round warm tone. I know Matt plays in church alot, so we really went for a sweet tone on this one.
We worked on these amps together and he asked me not to give away his trade secrets but I will say that he put a little network in Matt's amp that quieted these noisy beasts down to a whisper and removed the hissy hum almost completely and smoothed and sweetened the tone.
This amp of Matt's was always a great amp...but I told Bruce it was for a friend and he pulled out all the stops. We removed the circuit so we solder underneath it and although my soldering skills are not as cosmetically pefect as Bruce's, we still did a first class job.
Matt: you are going to love this amp! I asked Bruce to sign it for you inside.
I'm really glad it's going to a good home!
Lew
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