Chasing the Green Day Live '94 Dookie Mod

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Hey Guys,

This is basically where it all started for me. I got into the whole modded Marshall thing because I was a big Green Day fan and wanted to get their sound...
Once I dove into the whole thing a bit more I landed on a #34/36 mod as my first modded Marshall about 7 years ago, but now it's time to finally tackle the Dookie Mod...

I had a rough idea of what the original "PETE" Dookie mod is, but the actual circuit is only known by very few people, so I tried to tweak the unknown variables by ear.
It's of course extremely hard to tell when you've made a correct choice because I don't have the same guitar/cab/mic setup from those '94 gigs, but I tried my best.

There's not a lot of info on the speakers they used back in the day, but from my testing, I think they used 25W Greenbacks. I tried G12T-75, but they sounded like trash... My 1988 G12 Vintage 4x12 is still in the rehearsal room, so I can't try those speakers right now, but going from memory of recording with that cab, it's too mid-heavy for that sound anyway.

Playing that stuff with the same energy that Billie did in the 90s is very hard, but here's my take on it.



Here is what inspired this whole thing:



 
Hey Ed. Big Green Day fan here as well. I’ve actually tracked down Golub crunch and lead modded Marshalls over the past few months. They used the Marshall branded v30’s from Dookie onwards. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions about the amps!
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Cool to hear that tone again, been ages since I thought about it. My first concert ever was Green Day in 1994 here in NY. The whole show I was at is on youtube....

 
Not a Green Day fan, but Billie's tone has always been phenomenal. To me, that's the quintessential Modded Marshall tone. I love it, could never find an amp that gets in that ballpark that wasn't stupid loud.
 
haven’t posted in awhile… I’m pretty sure that it’s a mod Suhr did… called his “Crunch” mod … different then the SE or SE+ mod. It’s very thick sounding
 
jtgainor said:
Hey Ed. Big Green Day fan here as well. I’ve actually tracked down Golub crunch and lead modded Marshalls over the past few months. They used the Marshall branded v30’s from Dookie onwards. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions about the amps! View attachment 215380



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Yeah, I was under the impression the actual Dookie mod was done by Golub
 
Need a Duncan Invader too. That pickup will get you there

Great tones in your video
 
I had to look the thread up from long ago, on a different forum


mattv said:
John, how would your “Crunch” mod compare across the board with your handwired series? What would your GreenDay mod be closest to?
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From John;

“It’s a flavor of my of my original crunch mod but more hairy….”
 
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I’d still like to hear a 100 watt version of the amp you made Loomis
 
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