Billy Blades Update

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Pretty sure Michael Wagener would take free gear from just about anybody with a smile on his face.... he's been pictured with all sorts of stuff including MTS modded Randall stuff and Kempers etc... Seems to me, the only person who is more of a gear whore than Wagener would be Lynch! He loves having amp and pedal known to mankind. Pics mean nothing.
 
Heard Billy Blades puts his pants on one leg at a time.
Just like the rest of us bums.
I have hope.
 
FourT6and2 said:
charveldan said:
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All bullshit aside, it doesn't need to look great to sound good. I just threw together a modded JCM 800 preamp into my little 5 watt combo, and it sounds great. It looks like shit because I didn't give a shit, but it still sounds great.

No prototype looks good on the 1st try. You work that out latter. I do think the clips sound good as they could through shitty hand held cams.

Ghetto boom box speaker covers aside, the amps have a sense of humor.

Why all the hate? :D
 
midnightlaundry":3dty1hm2 said:
FourT6and2":3dty1hm2 said:
charveldan":3dty1hm2 said:
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All bullshit aside, it doesn't need to look great to sound good. I just threw together a modded JCM 800 preamp into my little 5 watt combo, and it sounds great. It looks like shit because I didn't give a shit, but it still sounds great.

No prototype looks good on the 1st try. You work that out latter. I do think the clips sound good as they could through shitty hand held cams.

Ghetto boom box speaker covers aside, the amps have a sense of humor.

Why all the hate? :D

Yeah, this has all been covered already. :lol: :LOL:
 
midnightlaundry":z9w1qn1k said:
Dont be a douche.

WTH, man. I wasn't being a douche. Jesus fucking christ wtf is up with this thread...

You must have missed the 5 pages where people (including myself) talk about it being a prototype and that it sounds pretty good regardless of lead dress.
 
follow the link:

http://www.marshallforum.com/workbench/ ... ybrid.html

you will get a good idea of the kind of guy blades is. he rips everyone to pieces, says everyone who mods amps but himself is a thief and a liar, and that he would NEVER do it for money because he is not in it for the money. he wants to get it out there for free, bring your amp to him, and you and him will mod your amp for free. he is clearly mentally ill. says that everyones mods are secretly the same exact mods, that friedman tried to rip him off, Cameron did rip him off, and that jose is the only real genius, that all the guys who do mods are a bunch of sheisters in on it together doing everything in their power to keep the mod a secret because there is basically one mod that everyone does, just under a different name. holy shit, when you read the posts, you realize the guy is a fullblown madman. I usually root for the underdog, but this guy brought it on himself. I like how he emphasizes he is not doing it for any money, that it should be free!! bring your amp to billy and he will mod it for free with you! this is why he is banned from the forums. he says it is a conspiracy against him because he is going to give out the closely guarded mod specs that they have hid for years. my god, the man is insane. I would never buy an amp from this guy, I wouldn't care if it was the holy grail of all tone, that when you struck a chord, lights came shining down from the heavens. he is a hypocrite. I would never post something like this in normal circumstances, but its the actual truth. just follow the link and you will see, prepare to get annoyed and irritated.
 
mooncobra":7vfr3fri said:
follow the link:

http://www.marshallforum.com/workbench/ ... ybrid.html

you will get a good idea of the kind of guy blades is. he rips everyone to pieces, says everyone who mods amps but himself is a thief and a liar, and that he would NEVER do it for money because he is not in it for the money. he wants to get it out there for free, bring your amp to him, and you and him will mod your amp for free. he is clearly mentally ill. says that everyones mods are secretly the same exact mods, that friedman tried to rip him off, Cameron did rip him off, and that jose is the only real genius, that all the guys who do mods are a bunch of sheisters in on it together doing everything in their power to keep the mod a secret because there is basically one mod that everyone does, just under a different name. holy shit, when you read the posts, you realize the guy is a fullblown madman. I usually root for the underdog, but this guy brought it on himself. I like how he emphasizes he is not doing it for any money, that it should be free!! bring your amp to billy and he will mod it for free with you! this is why he is banned from the forums. he says it is a conspiracy against him because he is going to give out the closely guarded mod specs that they have hid for years. my god, the man is insane. I would never buy an amp from this guy, I wouldn't care if it was the holy grail of all tone, that when you struck a chord, lights came shining down from the heavens. he is a hypocrite. I would never post something like this in normal circumstances, but its the actual truth. just follow the link and you will see, prepare to get annoyed and irritated.
This. Exactly. I remember reading this shitstorm a few years ago...at first I felt sorry for the guy and the fact that he lost an amp to Cameron. Then I came to my senses and realized that he's just a dude with some SERIOUS mental issues..congrats on copping all the Friedman/Cameron mods...now shut up or you're just gonna make it worse...and he didn't shut up. Clown show...
 
MORIANO":1roi04m5 said:
Eddie Van Halen had cabs like this and its genius...Billy did NO TOLEX, and NO speaker covers cause the speaker covers take off the top end frequencies of the tone (even if its a few DB), tolex can dampen it as well, Billy went old school EVH style to where these X-Pattern WGS speaker loaded MONSTER cabs sound FRICKIN amazing!!! I personally think Im SOLD on WGS speakers...period. What I heard at Nashville NAMM was simply mind blowing, the BEST tone I have heard, unless I was beside Eddie at Sunset Sound Recording Studio's, Hollywood Califiornia 1978 (VAN HALEN 1), wish everyone a great night! <img src="">



Really dude , you go on raving about getting early EVH tones from a BB amp with a cabinet loaded with V30's in a X pattern and those speakers are about as far from EVH tones you could possible get .
No amp is going to give you all the mojo without the proper speakers to compliment it . And if you think a high gain BB modded marshall tone with WGS V30's and high wattage greenback clones is the recipe for early EVH , you way off course.
 
So in case I missed it somewhere and I can't find a website what's the price on these amps and cabs??
 
messenger":2lmui2aj said:
So in case I missed it somewhere and I can't find a website what's the price on these amps and cabs??

How does "way too much" sound?

http://www.bladescustomamplification.com/ordering.html

Seriously, who is going to pay $2k for an amp designed (I use this term loosely as it's really simply a rip off of amps designed by others) by some raving lunatic tattoo artist that looks like it was actually built by a grade 9 wood shop student.

Give your head a shake, Mr. Blades.... :no:
 
The amps may sound good and be well built by now...

But the aesthetics, marketing and names of the amps are so bad!
 
Those look so terrible they somehow are awesome. The cup holder and keys/phone tray are hilarious.
 
TrueTone500":1vbu1zpv said:
peterc52":1vbu1zpv said:
The amps may sound good and be well built by now...

But the aesthetics, marketing and names of the amps are so bad!
You're right! He should have exhibited some class, and modeled the head cabinets after Marshall, and named the amplifiers after an asshole and a pussy.
Now that's funny. :lol: :LOL:
 
rlord1974":1v6avkud said:
Seriously, who is going to pay $2k for an amp designed (I use this term loosely as it's really simply a rip off of amps designed by others) by some raving lunatic tattoo artist that looks like it was actually built by a grade 9 wood shop student.
Just for your own knowledge and edification, the design matrix of every tube amplifier used today are essentially rip-offs from designs by Western Electric scientists who were working at Bell Labs. I would think any guitar amplifier enthusiast with at least a 9th grade education would know this? :dunno:

Artists are known for their eccentricities... You wouldn't understand, so just let it be.
 
TrueTone500":32w1a9sr said:
peterc52":32w1a9sr said:
The amps may sound good and be well built by now...

But the aesthetics, marketing and names of the amps are so bad!
You're right! He should have exhibited some class, and modeled the head cabinets after Marshall, and named the amplifiers after an asshole and a pussy.

Yeah!!! You're right man!!!
 
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