Do you guys follow Splawn Amplification on FB?

I've owned 4 Splawns over the years: a 100 Watt QR and a 100 watt Nitro - both 'pre' Mid/Cut and Old/New switches and then a pair of 50 watters: a QR and a Nitro both sporting the Mid/Cut and Old/New switches. I ended up selling the Nitro only because the QR in 3rd Gear with the Mids 'Cut' in 'New' voicing is literally the Nitro circuit without the resonance control. And I found that the Nitro threw so much low end and lo-mids that I rarely had the Resonance control higher than maybe 2. SO as cool as the Nitro was, it was sort of redundant with the fully loaded QR.

Every time I wonder if I should move the 50 Watt Fully Loaded QR along, all I need to do is plug into it and step through the gears and flip a few switches and its just a 'hard stop' on letting it go. Splawns are not as slippery or 'greasy' feeling under the fingers as a Mesa Mark Series or a Cameron or a Gower - but once you get over the tighter, slightly stiffer 'feel' of the amp, you realize how muscular and ballsy it sounds in a full band mix - whether live or recorded. Splawn just carves out its own spot in the sonic spectrum and sounds 'up front' in a way that few amps do.
 
I've owned 3 Quick Rods and a Nitro with EL34s and later I changed it to use KT 88s. I installed some Gold Lions (y)
I regret letting go my 1st Quick Rod and the Nitro.
 
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Just chiming in here on how cool Scott is. I’ve spoken with him on the phone quite a few times. He always took the time to talk and hear what I was hearing. Very appreciative of a guy like that. I have a Splawn modded Marshall with KT-88’s and he built me a custom foot switch with lights and I love service like that.
 
I have the latest version Quickrod 100 w all the options and its just a great sounding amp. Sounds like a mean modded Marshall, way more open than say a Friedman even at TV volumes. Cheap too on the 2nd hand market.
 
motorboy1 said:
I have the latest version Quickrod 100 w all the options and its just a great sounding amp. Sounds like a mean modded Marshall, way more open than say a Friedman even at TV volumes. Cheap too on the 2nd hand market.
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what is the old/new and mid switch all about? very curious 😍
 
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Erock said:
what is the old/new and mid switch all about? very curious 😍
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The mid-cut takes away some upper-mids that classic marshall sound and a makes it smoother sounding like a Friedman. The new switch adds a little gain and thickens up the sound, more lower mids.
 
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Erock said:
what is the old/new and mid switch all about? very curious 😍
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Motorboy1 has a great description. The switches feel like modest but noticeable boost/cut of 2 different midrange frequencies - low mid and higher mid. I find that they really do help the amp play nice with a wider variety of speakers and cabinets.
 
I played mostly Splawn amps for close to 10 years. I used to bring 2006 Pro Mod and Quickrod heads + a 4x12 small block cab to gigs. No shortage of love, especially those late 2006 and 2007 amps.

I had 5 over the years, only one I didn’t love was a 2014 50-watter. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t the same.
 
Scott rebuilt my 79 Marshall 2203 that was having issues, he rebuilt it with one of his boards. I then purchased a 2004 Quickrod new from him but it was a bit redundant with my Marshall so I sold it after my band broke up.

I'm still rocking my 79 Splawn Marshall 20 years later! It's been a great workhorse amp that just has killer tones and I love the solo boost and rhythm/lead switching that ya don't have with a stock 2203 Marshall.
 
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