Recent content by glpg80

Metal zone into a Dumble overdrive, sent to a THD hotplate, then into a boss katana 15W for all post effects.

There’s a death metal forum called thegearpage that you should join. They’d love a full rig rundown.

Mesa mark IV

I price to include any and all fees. If a buyer wants the easiness to find and purchase on an online platform they’re going to pay for the convenience just the same as you do for drinks at a convenience machine. If you don’t like paying sellers fees but also want the convenience of no travel...

The OPs. Please read the thread in full :) It’s subjective. I hate the top end of JJs. They’re all a sonic mess and sound like a wool blanket is over the cabinet. Doesn’t matter the volume. The only JJ I can tolerate is a JJECC803. The rest I throw in the trash.

They’re biased cold because peavey had reliability issues after their good stock of sylvanias ran out. He has 1K screens like most of us which now lets you bias the amp to get it out of crossover distortion which they come with stock from the factory. The only other mod they need is the bias...

Another example - why do people chase early Metallica with IIC+? Because the music needs the tone to match the writing. The riffs aren’t going to hit the same with a vox. Same with Van Halen and his tone. They’re linked together. Chase what inspires you to play. Whether it’s the tone of someone...

EVH is more SLO inspired. JVM is more hotrodded Marshall. I’d go boost + JVM for that tone because as said prior it’s based on modded 2203 tone.

You’re learning that stacking mods gives unintended or unreported results which is common for first timers. Don’t know until you try. One thing at a time. Remove the cameron mods and also check your solder joints to make sure everything is soldered correctly and making contact. Play it then to...

No DC current flows in grid bias but the pot shorts the bias splitter when the value is less than the the total resistance in parallel with the pot, which sends more negative voltage to the grid, biasing the amp hard class B, reducing volume. Unless I’m misunderstanding something here that’s...

Nope. The 220k are apart of the grid bias that sets idle plate current. Friedman’s design just turns your amp into a hard improperly biased bi-phase class B amplifier and gradually becomes class A/B as you turn it up and then depending on where bias is initially set, could become hard class A...

If these designs are messing with the bias supply voltage, how are they assuring no crossover distortion as you turn it up or down?

It’s because the shunt input impedance has a maximum tolerance for the power tubes and is typically 1M. The tubes are happier and there’s also less white and shot noise being amplified.

I’ll caveat I used EB for reliability when it mattered most and other brands hand not existed yet. If anyone can vouch for the feel of EB in a different brand but with the same reliability and better new like sound I’d change in a heartbeat lol

I gigged GHS boomers for many years and they never held up and I always broke them at the nut. I switched to EB long ago and have used them ever since. No they don’t sound new long but they last and are stable for a VERY long time before they start unreliably going out of tune. I honestly...