MGL Plexi Killer.

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John4021 said:
Got this last week.
Mark went out of his way to make sure I'd be happy with the build.

This is the Red Circuit Model.
Killer gain that's on par to the Fortin, The EQ goes way beyond what I was expecting,

Small moves bring the tone shaping to a new level. A Lot of gain tone options as well.

Jimmy Burkard does the amp a solid with his demo videos.

Hats off to Mark at MGL.
There is no honeymoon phase with this amp as I trusted him to build me a well thought out plexi killer.
I got EXACTLY what I wanted.
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That's a lotta shit talkin about being a plexi killer.....only way to find out, ship it to me and I'll compare it to my 72. :cool:

On second glance, looks more like a 2203 killer since it's got a preamp gain knob. Congrats brutha!
 
Racerxrated said:
That's a lotta shit talkin about being a plexi killer.....only way to find out, ship it to me and I'll compare it to my 72. :cool:

On second glance, looks more like a 2203 killer since it's got a preamp gain knob. Congrats brutha!
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I can ship it .
You still shacked up with my ex wife.?

Tell that fat bitch I found her Pussy scouring pads and gloves under the sink and will send em along with the amp.

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I am on team MGL also. I was trying to figure out if it would be that badass sounding Jmp in the classifieds, an Eddy Lenz amp, but listened to the clips on this and now I am on my way to ordering the amp and probably some of those sexy yellow gloves.
 
Yeah these look very cool... Congrats man.

I’d love to play one of these someday.
 
The lenz amp does have more of a traditional bite and presence to the base tone... the mgl seems a little more smooth for legato players and not really for raw hard rock and punk rhythms.. could also be the mic positioning so ?
 
Imagine a guy that gets custom wound choke and power transformer from Dagnall, paper layer wound plexi spec output transformer, nos mustard caps, and 1 watt film resistors just to try to get the base for the mod sound. I love it. Fuck. I love amps with chokes period. Different feel.
 
lespaul6 said:
The lenz amp does have more of a traditional bite and presence to the base tone... the mgl seems a little more smooth for legato players and not really for raw hard rock and punk rhythms.. could also be the mic positioning so ?
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I know he isn't everyone's fav player, but this doesn't sound very smooth to me.


also, funny, but eddy lenz modified one of the older style models.
 
It sounds good... the level of compression is really what I'm referring to.. if an amp has a little too much it can mess you up if you want to do fast clear runs, picking all individual notes.. probably the reason someone like malmsteen never used high gain amps.
 
lespaul6 said:
It sounds good... the level of compression is really what I'm referring to.. if an amp has a little too much it can mess you up if you want to do fast clear runs, picking all individual notes.. probably the reason someone like malmsteen never used high gain amps.
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The older amp that Lenz modded was a stock 2204 circuit and really has nothing to do with what we are building currently. He did a great job on that one! I get what you're saying about compression, but I can assure you that the current amps have far less compression than most of the modern amps that are comparable. Many of them have another preamp tube and at least 1 more stage of gain. We still use 3 preamp tubes. Also, Using 2 NOS mustard caps in the first 2 positions helps for a more traditional Marshall voicing and the clarity and bite in the upper mids. The speakers Reza used in that demo were Alnico Creambacks, and IMO they have a darker and more compressed nature. Celestion speakers are what the amp was voiced for and they produce a more open tone to my ears.
 
Really interested in one of your 100 watters when they come out mark!
MGL AmpWorks said:
The older amp that Lenz modded was a stock 2204 circuit and really has nothing to do with what we are building currently. He did a great job on that one! I get what you're saying about compression, but I can assure you that the current amps have far less compression than most of the modern amps that are comparable. Many of them have another preamp tube and at least 1 more stage of gain. We still use 3 preamp tubes. Also, Using 2 NOS mustard caps in the first 2 positions helps for a more traditional Marshall voicing and the clarity and bite in the upper mids. The speakers Reza used in that demo were Alnico Creambacks, and IMO they have a darker and more compressed nature. Celestion speakers are what the amp was voiced for and they produce a more open tone to my ears.
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lespaul6 said:
Really interested in one of your 100 watters when they come out mark!
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Cool, we're excited about the new 100w. If you'd like, shoot me an email and I can keep you in the loop. I'm not sure if it's cool for me to start a new thread with info on the new 100w amp. I've been reading this forum for a bunch of time but never posted much.
 
MGL AmpWorks said:
Cool, we're excited about the new 100w. If you'd like, shoot me an email and I can keep you in the loop. I'm not sure if it's cool for me to start a new thread with info on the new 100w amp. I've been reading this forum for a bunch of time but never posted much.
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@Monkey Man Have we set up this guy with his own forum yet?
 
MGL AmpWorks said:
Cool, we're excited about the new 100w. If you'd like, shoot me an email and I can keep you in the loop. I'm not sure if it's cool for me to start a new thread with info on the new 100w amp. I've been reading this forum for a bunch of time but never posted much.
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Monkey Man said:
All he's gotta do is ask mate.
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Yeah, all you do is get an MGL amplification subforum and you can update us with anything that is coming out.
 
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