Hair Metal Dudes and Amplifier Modification

  • Thread starter Thread starter stanz
  • Start date Start date
Krull":x7fdrcys said:
stanz":x7fdrcys said:
Krull":x7fdrcys said:
Show us your chops Goat.
Click to expand...

I'm not a shredder, but it is an original composition. Please excuse the drum track... I had to use my Korg i30 for those.

https://soundcloud.com/user-283052841
Click to expand...

Sounds good :rock:
Click to expand...
Thanks. I have a ton of stuff, but don't really know what to do with it? I was told that my compostitions sound "theme-based" whatever that means?. The guy who recorded the guitar tracks for Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Alice Cooper advised me to create an account at Crucial Audio, so that they can use my music for video games, possible TV. I never did it, nor do I spend much time playing these days.
 
Krull":318vmgvk said:
stanz":318vmgvk said:
Krull":318vmgvk said:
stanz":318vmgvk said:
Krull":318vmgvk said:
Show us your chops Goat.
Click to expand...

I'm not a shredder, but it is an original composition. Please excuse the drum track... I had to use my Korg i30 for those.

https://soundcloud.com/user-283052841
Click to expand...

Sounds good :rock:
Click to expand...
Thanks. I have a ton of stuff, but don't really know what to do with it? I was told that my compostitions sound "theme-based" whatever that means?. The guy who recorded the guitar tracks for Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Alice Cooper advised me to create an account at Crucial Audio, so that they can use my music for video games, possible TV. I never did it, nor do I spend much time playing these days.
Click to expand...

That's crazy. You should have done it.
Click to expand...
This is the guy I mentioned...



 
JackBootedThug":30ftwecn said:
spends loads of money on a marshall......spend loads of money on mods.....to make it sound like a mesa.....imo.
Click to expand...
...and I was waiting for yah to say Just to make it sound like a Marshall like the rest of the crew. :thumbsup:
 
JackBootedThug":2lmj7691 said:
spends loads of money on a marshall......spend loads of money on mods.....to make it sound like a mesa.....imo.
Click to expand...
:lol: :LOL: :thumbsup:
 
paulyc said:
Your whole post is bullshit. Hendrix, Page and Blackmore all had various amp mods done. No, they weren’t Jose mods, but they were mods to increase wattage, tube swaps, more gain, etc. It’s been there since the beginning of it all. If guys didn’t have mods, they had fuzz tones etc.
Click to expand...

Exactly. Also, lots of guys in the 80's didn't mod their amps at first, they just boosted them. I'm a fan of no mods or very minor part swap mods but your post is a bit ridiculous considering sticking a pedal out front could be seen as altering the tone just like a Jose mod would. So in short, calm down. That said, fun thread.
 
I wanted a modded Marshall for years. I bought an already hacked up chassis that no one would buy in California because it didn’t smell vintage enough. I’ve turned it into my primary amplifier and brought it back to life.

I have respect for the original stuff just like anyone else but if I were to do it again, I’d build a ground up clone. Unfortunately though I have zero GAS for anything else Marshall. Between my MetroPlex, my 74, and my laney, I have all of the bases covered.
 
Ehh. To each their own. I like gobs of gain and saturation. To me nothing has outdone a properly modded marshall. Not even amps 3x the cost.
 
stanz said:
I've never heard anything that can match the sound of an old VOX and/or Marshall pushing speakers to their limit. When you're in the pocket of the feedback loop, there's nothing else like it. No attenuator can give deliver that. Jack a Super Lead/Bass 100 to 5-6, and you'll quickly find-out how useless that MV mod becomes. A "one-wire" mod + TS9 for some additional attitude is all you need. The old HIWATT heads were equally magnificent, but they don't compress in the same manner.
Click to expand...

That's one thing I agree with... attenuators have their place and they are all right knocking off a bit of DB but anyone that has ever opened up a Marshall on a 4x12 knows what's up. I did that for 15 min once with a 1987X I had built. Insane. Thump and cut the way I had set it. The AC DC recipe of just cranking it and laying into the chords. Beautiful. It rattled the room though and def. surprised the neighbours.
 
What happened, OP? Did you find some amp you wanted and almost bought it, only to discover that it was modded in a way you didn't like?

Personally I think mods are fine on principal, but if you mod an amp and want to sell it later, then yeah you should probably only expect to get about 1/3rd of the price you paid for it. I'm sure not going to pay for an amp I want plus the random changes and questionable soldering ability of who the hell knows. Basically, if you mod an amp, you'd better like it, for your own wallet's sake.

In my opinion, anybody is free to do what they want as long as they own and pay for it, but if you want the specific tone of some amp out there, buy that amp and leave it alone. If you want the baseline of that amp's tone plus some additional mods, I think you're legitimately better off getting something like an Axe-Fx and messing with the Amp model's Advanced Parameters until you get what you're looking for. You'll have way more freedom to experiment that way, and you can't blow up or ruin an amp model.
 
Last edited:
I smell a lot of dick in this thread. Who burped? I’m going to say it. Marshall has been great at making almost good amps. I don’t know many people using stock Marshall for their tone, not excluding hitting it with pedal. To many peoples ears, a pedal in front doesn’t feel the same as a mod. That said, I typically won’t touch an unmodded vintage amp.
 
TheGreatGreen said:
What happened, OP? Did you find some amp you wanted and almost bought it, only to discover that it was modded in a way you didn't like?

Personally I think mods are fine on principal, but if you mod an amp and want to sell it later, then yeah you should probably only expect to get about 1/3rd of the price you paid for it. I'm sure not going to pay for an amp I want plus the random changes and questionable soldering ability of who the hell knows. Basically, if you mod an amp, you'd better like it, for your own wallet's sake.

In my opinion, anybody is free to do what they want as long as they own and pay for it, but if you want the specific tone of some amp out there, buy that amp and leave it alone. If you want the baseline of that amp's tone plus some additional mods, I think you're legitimately better off getting something like an Axe-Fx and messing with the Amp model's Advanced Parameters until you get what you're looking for. You'll have way more freedom to experiment that way, and you can't blow up or ruin an amp model.
Click to expand...
OP is no longer around. Thread is from 2020
 
Metal-Z.jpg


Most hair/glam bands didn't even know what an amp mod was.
 
TheGreatGreen said:
What happened, OP? Did you find some amp you wanted and almost bought it, only to discover that it was modded in a way you didn't like?
Click to expand...
Kapo_Polenton said:
lol how did we get sucked in to an old thread? Slow day i guess
Click to expand...

Yeah, the thread got lost in the OTC so I moved it here where it belonged.

The fact that the OP isn't around shouldn't matter; peeps can still voice their opinions on the matter.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top