New Kruse Disruption amp

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Well... I have listened to this clip a couple of times to be as fair as I can about it. Since Kruse posted this clip publicly I will surmise that he wants some public feedback about how it sounds to different ears so here it goes.....

That amp in the clip has a very harsh timbre quality to it, there isn't much that is pleasing to my ears.... maybe it's the clip like the first EVH 5150 iconic clip that sounded like POOOO so guess we should wait the hear this thing in the wild before I pass full judgment on it.

The clips of the EVH 5150 Iconic are much more pleasing in my humble opinion.

Ed's tone I feel was a combination of ratty and almost fuzzovertones of the single note distortion characteristics melded with the sonic pleasantries of saggy softend attack of a variaced plexi that still had enough clarity and backbone to punch and not fall apart. I truly feel the those ratty fuzzlike overtones came mostly from the pickup on VH1 and there are existing threads on that subject matter. That's why VHII is different by comparison, you only have to listen intently for both albums to hear it........

The only album that came close to his VH1 tone was WACF in my opinion.

I fully agree on the Negative Feedback and Presence circuits as being what I like to hear in a Marshall type amp.
 
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thegame said:
I'll hold out for a mass produced by Bugera version of a Kruse modded Blades amp with final quality control done by the dream team of Tony Krank and Andy from Madison amps.
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Will be a great amp for classic Toto riffs
 
Could be the recording but it just sounds very shrill and unpleasant to listen to.
 
ClintN667 said:
I had him mod a quick rod one time and I ended up selling it pretty quickly. He added a mid sweep control and did a few other things to it that I just couldn't bond with. He made it a bit brighter
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I had a Kruse modded 5150. Sold that pretty quick as well. Not a fan.
 
Way, way too much gain for that kind of tone. Eddie’s trick for that was the edge of breakup from lower B+ voltages on the preamp and power tube compression.

I get the kind of tone he was going for and from a preamp only perspective he did well. I wouldn’t build that circuit in an amp but I could see having it in a pedal in transistor form.

He tried. It doesn’t sound good in an amp though.
 
I really feel the need to add this clip to the thread - I am not getting that overly bright, fizzy thing that everyone heard on the original post to the thread. I am thinking the high / crisp / fizz has got to be something you can dial out. This clip is intriguing...




And DAMN I love the bare wood cosmetics!!!
 
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I'm actually friends with Jens and have tried this amp in person. It actually sounds great and is very punchy in person. I almost bought one last October but had to put a new 6k air conditioner/furnace in my house so that stopped that from happening. I still may try to grab one if he still has one in stock.
 
PDC said:
I really feel the need to add this clip to the thread - I am not getting that overly bright, fizzy thing that everyone heard on the original post to the thread. I am thinking the high / crisp / fizz has got to be something you can dial out. This clip is intriguing...




And DAMN I love the bare wood cosmetics!!!
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Still awful
 
thegame said:
Still awful
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I get it … clip sounds really harsh and thin through my iPad sitting at the kitchen counter. I pulled these clips up and listened to them through my desktop with nice external speakers, and there is a lot of low-mid in there that really fills out the overall tone and balances some of that high end. Not reaching for my wallet - but I’d really like the opportunity to plug into one with my own guitar running a quad of greenbacks and twist the knobs myself.
 
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