Tone Talk - Mick Mars and Chris Collier Interview Ep. 158

[Kapo_Polenton]

Yeah that was probably the biggest "Oh really?" from the whole vid lol I actually have an SLP reissue here that Dave did that mod on and while the tone is right it definitely has less gain than I was expecting. Makes me wonder if the other amp just has the diode clipping option with the same circuit.

Also given Mick was trying to get things straight when talking about them who really knows. Hell I have problems getting things from the 90s straight and I'm only in my 50s lol

I think unless you have the diodes, the mod is gentler and just a bit more than people expect. The other thing to consider is how loud you are playing. These amps gain up as the volume goes up so the mod on top of it is then likely the perfect amount of gain because you have added compression/saturation. Mick would have played these with the master up. I have a Jose style mod on my 800 and it's perfect. it isn't as gainy as you'd think.