PeteLaramee
Well-known member
EightmanVT offered up his Diezel Einstein, Splawn Quickrod, and Bray modded Marshall. He has a bunch of amps so he let me borrow these before he sells them. Besides being an all around nice guy and an excellent player his generosity is second to none.
I played the Diezel first (and most) and really liked it. First was the clean mode (mode 1 on the bottom channel) and I was very pleased. This is my first experience with any Diezel and I was surprised how good the clean was. Mode 2 added gain to what seemed to be the same or similar voicing and made a good crunch sound. Mode 3 added even more gain and brought it into high gain territory. I liked all 3 modes on the bottom channel but when I REALLY liked the top channel. High gain and more modern voicing than mode 3 on the bottom. I loved the depth in the mids. It made me think of the OD2 channel of the JMP1 with the bass shift on. I'm not saying the gain and tone sounded just alike, but the feel and depth of the mids were very similar. If this channel had better attack I could see this being my main amp. The gain on all channels/modes was liquid and was pretty easy to play. I played the Diezel for about 75 minutes.
I then plugged into my JVM again. My thoughts on the JVM I posted a few weeks remain unchanged. I really like the clean and love OD2. The other 2 channels are good but not my flavor. I played this for about 30 minutes.
To keep everything in check I plugged into my DSL with the deluxe voodoo mod and it is still the cat's ass. I just love that fucking thing.
Time was starting to run out and I quickly went through the Quickrod. To be honest I didn't like it that much but keep in mind I didn't play it for more than 20 minutes. I only tried Dimarzio equipped guitars and I'm finding more and more amps are displeasing to me while using Dimarzios. If any of you Splawn guys read this please give me some suggested settings and tell me what guitars/pickups you use.
I then plugged into the Bray modded plexi re-issue but quickly realized the knob functions were changed. I didn't have the time to figure out how each knob functioned so I put everything on 10 for a few minutes and peeled the paint off the walls. I simply don't like stock plexis or anything of the sort, but Petey Likey this one. I have an email in to Malcolm so he can give me the low down and I'll give it another test (along with the Splawn) tomorrow.
I played the Diezel first (and most) and really liked it. First was the clean mode (mode 1 on the bottom channel) and I was very pleased. This is my first experience with any Diezel and I was surprised how good the clean was. Mode 2 added gain to what seemed to be the same or similar voicing and made a good crunch sound. Mode 3 added even more gain and brought it into high gain territory. I liked all 3 modes on the bottom channel but when I REALLY liked the top channel. High gain and more modern voicing than mode 3 on the bottom. I loved the depth in the mids. It made me think of the OD2 channel of the JMP1 with the bass shift on. I'm not saying the gain and tone sounded just alike, but the feel and depth of the mids were very similar. If this channel had better attack I could see this being my main amp. The gain on all channels/modes was liquid and was pretty easy to play. I played the Diezel for about 75 minutes.
I then plugged into my JVM again. My thoughts on the JVM I posted a few weeks remain unchanged. I really like the clean and love OD2. The other 2 channels are good but not my flavor. I played this for about 30 minutes.
To keep everything in check I plugged into my DSL with the deluxe voodoo mod and it is still the cat's ass. I just love that fucking thing.
Time was starting to run out and I quickly went through the Quickrod. To be honest I didn't like it that much but keep in mind I didn't play it for more than 20 minutes. I only tried Dimarzio equipped guitars and I'm finding more and more amps are displeasing to me while using Dimarzios. If any of you Splawn guys read this please give me some suggested settings and tell me what guitars/pickups you use.
I then plugged into the Bray modded plexi re-issue but quickly realized the knob functions were changed. I didn't have the time to figure out how each knob functioned so I put everything on 10 for a few minutes and peeled the paint off the walls. I simply don't like stock plexis or anything of the sort, but Petey Likey this one. I have an email in to Malcolm so he can give me the low down and I'll give it another test (along with the Splawn) tomorrow.