What is the best modded plexi style amp you've ever played?

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Mark Cameron told me a couple of times specifically that it is very difficult to mod a Marshall and make it sound better than just hitting the front of a stock Marshall with an SD-1 or TS-9. He felt most guys who modded Marshalls didn't achieve that and that is what my experience tells me too. Again, this is for what I want to hear and feel when I play.
 
psychodave said:
I had a vintage Marshall amp Mark A modded. I got it from Steve K. It wasn't close to anything VH. All of the clips Mark posted sounded good because of his playing and the added things he was using during the recordings... like the 4X12, variac, room, etc.

The closest VH mod I played was from Michael R/T. But I've heard a LOT of negative things about him.
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Here's an RT modded 1976 Marshall Super Lead....Out of all the gain mods for Marshall's that I have tried out... including the Mod 5, this RT mod gets the closest to my actual variaced 68 metro plexi, the same gain and feel but with a master volume. I installed the mod myself so I didn't have the build issues that RT Mike seems to have.

Here's a 50 watt Granger M50 amp with the RT mod into an 1x12 isolation cab with Creamback 12M 65 watt.
 
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Chubtone said:
I have owned a few modded Marshalls including 3 or 4 Cameron modded Marshalls. The Camerons are killer but to my ear and the way I play, I prefer a stock Super Lead circuit and I "mod" it with a Boss SD-1 or a Boss OD-1 or a Boss GE-10 or an MXR 6 Band EQ, or a Tube Screamer or with a strat I "mod" it with a DOD OD250. Every single one of them has a slightly different flavor of modded Marshall sound to them.

I had a more modern built "Jose" modded amp that came from another country and the owner is the nicest guy in the world so I won't say what brand, but I could not get rid of that thing fast enough. The diode clipping sounded so synthetic, like the distorted sound a kazoo makes when you blow into it hard. I messed with it for weeks and it would give me ear fatigue within about 15 minutes every time I played it. I could not sell that thing fast enough!
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Love my Killer Kali++
 
I'm about to get molecular....
Or AH 100 next....

Or that JoeJoe...

Cannot decide currently.
 
Yall seem to have very sharp ears. If anyone has any experience may I ask how the synergy syn50 with a plexi module sounds comparatively? I heard a back to back clip and it did a great job copping the tone.
 
I still regret letting go of this one to this day, I don’t know wtf I was thinking.

Metro 1987x modded by BFG - 3 modes #34, 800, Snorkler

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Psychodave,Mark A.didnt use a variac on any of his mod 5 clips yes he added some reverb but no big deal
 
My absolute favorite at the moment is a stock 72' JMP 50 watt lead. YouCan still find these here and there at reasonable prices and unmolested. Put a decent OD pedal in front and a PS-100 to drive the amp/tame the volume,,,I got to tell you, I'm shocked at how killer this sounds. It's my first Marshall of this Era and it's sounds so great,, I just wish I went this route years ago when these were half the $ that they are now. That said, I got this rig and it's matching 72' 4x12 cab a month ago for the same as a new Friedman or Bogner head.
 

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LanierP said:
My absolute favorite at the moment is a stock 72' JMP 50 watt lead. YouCan still find these here and there at reasonable prices and unmolested. Put a decent OD pedal in front and a PS-100 to drive the amp/tame the volume,,,I got to tell you, I'm shocked at how killer this sounds. It's my first Marshall of this Era and it's sounds so great,, I just wish I went this route years ago when these were half the $ that they are now. That said, I got this rig and it's matching 72' 4x12 cab a month ago for the same as a new Friedman or Bogner head.
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Very nice, Lanier…
Yes, It’s really hard to beat the real thing.
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VHTStark said:
Probably my Wizard w800. Even though it is Rick's take on his idealized 800, it feels/responds like a Superlead with more pre-amp gain on tap and tone shaping.

Volume up, the superleads mids fill out and bloom more, whereas the Wizard stays more linear.
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That is a very good amp. I loved mine. Just sounded so goddamned pissed off. I thought it was the best of the Wizards before the hellrazor
 
Exo-metal said:
Not sure yet, I'm taking a few amps over to FourT6and2. Looking forward to this!!
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I'd be all about this, or some minor changes, if I were close by.
I've often thought about reading thru the threads or picking his (and others) brain for mods to a superlead or 2203 circuit.

In fact, just sold a Friedman Plex with plans to do this with @scottosan dilapidated ToneNerd amp he left in my garage when he abandoned us for Japan.
 
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