Always almost happy. It's a curse.

Simon Dorn

Simon Dorn

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I don't know...I'm getting good results with the Lenz Octane, but still i started looking for Amps again, after two bad days in a row. I think it's more about oneself when the playing sucks, the mood's not good and the ears hear different and boom GAS. :D
So i started watching SLO 100 Clips and reading stuff about it again. I thought "maybe a slightly thicker sound with a bit more saturation would be better?"
But i'm not sure...I'd had to boost it and i had one already. I learned, that the Crunch channel is basically a 2203 without the Cold Clipper and the Overdrive has an Extra Gain Stage with the famous 39k resistor. It was a bit fuzzy i must say. But it's a very good Amp.

Years ago i decided, that i only want to have a few high-quality items. I did that for my "Studio" as well and never had to second guess anything - equipment related - again. I also want that for an Amp.

The Lenz is killing it...but...

I arranged a (do you say) Date to check out a Fortin Cali on Friday, dare i say Fartin? Yes, i do :D It's a 1,5 hour drive, but i don't know if it's worth the hassle...I really Like The Lenz Octane.
And also the Hermansson modded Dual Rectifier popped up again in my (more or less) area. Seems like the Love is gone.
There's one on Reverb in Sweden btw. that Nobody wants:
https://reverb.com/de/item/86391711-mesa-boogie-hermansson-dual-rectifier-100w-3-channel-chrome

I can't complain. ( Yes, i can :D )
Anyway.
 
You play death metal dude, you don’t need an slo. Get a triple rec, not a modded one or a 5153 100w, you could get both for the price of a SLO. or try different speakers if you want a different flavor
 
Variety is the spice of life.
A few different amps, guitars, pedals and cabs seem to be the remedy for any GAS that pops up.
After going thru a plethora of gear, I've found a handful of things that I wouldn't ever want to get rid of.

I think everyone should have an SLO, or something similar with a super sustainy, singing lead tone.
 
RaceU4her said:
You play death metal dude, you don’t need an slo. Get a triple rec, not a modded one or a 5153 100w, you could get both for the price of a SLO. or try different speakers if you want a different flavor
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I went to the Store today and i must say the Lenz is on par with the SLO. I had my Amp, Guitar and Pedals with me and i also tried 'em with an 808.
They have an Amp switcher. At one point i didn't know which Amp was on. The SLO maybe had a bit more omph, bit was slower and the Octane had more clarity and was faster. They only had two Marshall Cabs with Greenbacks so at first it was a bit strange but i could get the Idea. I also tried the 5150 III 50 Watt Version ( the first one) and it was very much like i remember it. It's a Gain Monster and my Favorite of the EVH Line. I played one for a good while.
Probably beats 90% of the High Gainers out there. But it's also very compressed and hence a bit flat. + @all
 
LPMojoGL said:
Variety is the spice of life.
A few different amps, guitars, pedals and cabs seem to be the remedy for any GAS that pops up.
After going thru a plethora of gear, I've found a handful of things that I wouldn't ever want to get rid of.

I think everyone should have an SLO, or something similar with a super sustainy, singing lead tone.
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When i had multiple Amps, Cabs, Pedals, Guitars i was always comparing them trying to figure out which one i like the best.
And i had days where all of them sounded like shit...
But i maybe should have kept the Rev D and my modded 2203KK....
Isn't there this saying "comparison is the end of joy"?
 
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One of my main solutions that let me jump from "almost happy" to "totally good" with my sound has been to free myself from any conventions of "tonal purity" or what you should do or what a real player would do.

So what do I mean by that? Well, a lot of players just put way too much demand and expectations on individual pieces of gear. The best example I can think of would be when the total brain geniuses over at The Gear Page when they say stuff like "if an amp don't sound good in a simple [ guitar -> amp -> cab ] setup with all the knobs at noon, then it ain't a good amp" and other idiotic nonsense, as if their entire vision of perfect tone must reach them with zero effort or tweaking or any actual understanding of guitar gear or tone, but instead it should just one day magically appear in front of them in the form of exactly one simple and concise amp-and-cab setup with exactly 3 knobs and no scary thinking required that will sound perfect to them in every situation now and forevermore, like they actually think the path to perfect tone should feel like Excalibur falling out of the sky and landing at their feet or something, and suddenly their troubles are over. And you wouldn't plug an OD pedal into Excalibur, would you? Why, that would be cheating! How impure!

Basically, I'm saying once I allowed myself the freedom to just do whatever it takes to get the sound I want, suddenly new paths opened up that really did take me where I wanted to go. Like if I find that a rig sounds best with a boost, three EQ's, two compressors, and 14 blended IR's, then that's what I do. You can bitch and moan as much as you want about it, but sorry I'll be busy over here soaring over mountains with tone of the gods or whatever.


Notions of purity aside, as for the gear itself, it also helps to have a collection of stuff you can rotate through when you get bored and want some variety, as everybody naturally kind of does. Stick with an amp or three for several weeks / months / or even years if you particularly love them, and then if you get bored with something, go to your collection and swap something out for a while. After all, you were happy with it for weeks / months / years! It's not like you hate it now, you just need a palate cleanser for a while is all. What I'm saying here is don't be so quick to sell your stuff. Sometimes you just need to set it aside for a while. If you've ever bought and sold a piece of gear more than twice then I'm looking straight at you.
 
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