steve_k":1gar1plj said:Gonna do the Aldrich trifecta clip......Cameron, Suhr, Golub.
When You get the CCV you aint going to regret a thing. Trust me.texmarkmusic":2xm9698m said:Is this the Aldrich I sold you Steve? What an idiot I was for selling my two best amps...This new CCV better be a motherfucker.....
texmarkmusic":j35dpurq said:Is this the Aldrich I sold you Steve? What an idiot I was for selling my two best amps...This new CCV better be a motherfucker.....
jcj":2d2b1vwq said:Yeah man....I have the original 79 JMP Mark did at the house. It's the one that Norum and everyone apparently used....it's ridiculously good
I'm not sure quite what you mean by "the CCV voicing and layout was built around the Aldrich mod" because they are very different amps. The CCV has two channels. One is two gain stages, the other is three. Both with cathode followers. A lot of the gain and saturation in both channels comes from the diode (and other things) clipping circuitry. The Aldrich mod's I've seen are four gain stages, no cathode follower and do not have the clipping circuitry. They do not need it because there is enough gain from the 4 stages. The CCV is much closer to the HG/LG Jose mods Mark does than the Aldrich mods I've seen. The CCV has less gain stages than the Aldrich mods I've seen, not more - the percieved gain of the CCV may be more to you because of the saturation of the clipping circuitry. The Aldrich is voiced much more modern and agressive as well. I dunno maybe yours is some kind of hybrid... Is your amp 4 gain stages or 3 and a cathode follower? Based on my understanding and talking to Mark, the CCM was supposed to be more like the Aldrich - 4 gain stages, no clipping circuits, but he said to me it was really his business partner's idea to bring it to market and not his... The CCV was his take on the HG/LG Jose...steve_k":2b5udysh said:Having owned a CCV and now this one, you can certainly tell that the CCV voicing and layout was built around the Aldrich mod. So, you will definitely have the Aldrich covered somewhat in a CCV. Won't be the same though. You will still retain a lot of Marshall tone in the Aldrich whereas with the CCV you are going to lose some of that, at least that is what I remember of my two CCV's. The CCV will have the dual gain pots and clipping circuits like the Aldrich, where one is a push/pull pot here. However, they are a little more tame on the Aldrich and the gain is not too over the top. The CCV got out of hand much quicker than the Aldrich gain. And, it is likely designed that way as the CCV will have an additional tube stage, if I remember correctly. The bottom and resonance controls on the NFB circuit on this Aldrich is what adds some character and control to this amp like no other.
sah5150":3cykr3lm said:I'm not sure quite what you mean by "the CCV voicing and layout was built around the Aldrich mod" because they are very different amps. The CCV has two channels. One is two gain stages, the other is three. Both with cathode followers. A lot of the gain and saturation in both channels comes from the diode (and other things) clipping circuitry. The Aldrich mod's I've seen are four gain stages, no cathode follower and do not have the clipping circuitry. They do not need it because there is enough gain from the 4 stages. The CCV is much closer to the HG/LG Jose mods Mark does than the Aldrich mods I've seen. The CCV has less gain stages than the Aldrich mods I've seen, not more - the percieved gain of the CCV may be more to you because of the saturation of the clipping circuitry. The Aldrich is voiced much more modern and agressive as well. I dunno maybe yours is some kind of hybrid... Is your amp 4 gain stages or 3 and a cathode follower? Based on my understanding and talking to Mark, the CCM was supposed to be more like the Aldrich - 4 gain stages, no clipping circuits, but he said to me it was really his business partner's idea to bring it to market and not his... The CCV was his take on the HG/LG Jose...steve_k":3cykr3lm said:Having owned a CCV and now this one, you can certainly tell that the CCV voicing and layout was built around the Aldrich mod. So, you will definitely have the Aldrich covered somewhat in a CCV. Won't be the same though. You will still retain a lot of Marshall tone in the Aldrich whereas with the CCV you are going to lose some of that, at least that is what I remember of my two CCV's. The CCV will have the dual gain pots and clipping circuits like the Aldrich, where one is a push/pull pot here. However, they are a little more tame on the Aldrich and the gain is not too over the top. The CCV got out of hand much quicker than the Aldrich gain. And, it is likely designed that way as the CCV will have an additional tube stage, if I remember correctly. The bottom and resonance controls on the NFB circuit on this Aldrich is what adds some character and control to this amp like no other.
The reason you may feel you are losing the "Marshall" with the CCV is because the power section is different than a Marshall, while the Aldrich you have mainly still has a Marshall power section.
Steve
steve_k":2ju97ups said:All I do know is that this amp has me grinning like a dog in the brier patch.
Steve (the other one)
RoidRage":3ew2ig4w said:steve_k":3ew2ig4w said:All I do know is that this amp has me grinning like a dog in the brier patch.
Steve (the other one)
And In The End... THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS MAN!!!
Roid