Videos: Dallas Mini Ampfest. Fun Times, Grindage, and Chuggaliciousness

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Spent about 4 hours hanging with some fellow forumites @LPMojoGL @Junk Yard Dog and @Shredsmcgee . Good times, hanging out, and a few brews.

We ran out of time, but definitely want to do again. All I have to say is the @RedPlated Ground Zero MOAB slays.

MOAB and Roxy Pickup


MOAB and Wicked 8



I can only do 5 vids per post, so standby..
 
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Damn that looks like a fun time! Honored to be part of the mix.

The Roxy is such a good pickup. I have one in my #1 Les Paul and it's what I've been voicing my amps with, the amp in these videos included. Lots of output, mids in the right place and tons of clarity.

I'm digging the 3rd video you posted with the Wicked 8. I hear some good, big chugs in that one. Guess I need that one too!
 
I thought all of the amps sounded killer......:2thumbsup:they all had their own attributes that I liked. I liked both the Roxy and the Wicked 8 pickups Scott....

What are the Roxy and Wicked 8 specs?

What was the BFG mod on that Egnator amp? Snorkler?

Your TNV100 sounded great! Are you still running those EVOX/RIfa's on the cathodes?
 
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The Roxy is ~17.6k/short roughcast A5@ 7150 winds of 44awg. The Wicked 8 is ~14k/roughcast A8@7000 winds of 43awg. The Wicked 8 is is the hotter of the 2 due to the magnet. The wicked 8 cleans up insanely well. Both are aggressive and open, but the wicked is just insidious


Yes. I have those yellow evox’s on the cathodes
 
Looks fun man!! I love that people are still doing this. I've been throwing the idea of doing a little amp fest here in Erie, PA but I just don't know how to structure it to make sense
 
Bad.Seed said:
Looks fun man!! I love that people are still doing this. I've been throwing the idea of doing a little amp fest here in Erie, PA but I just don't know how to structure it to make sense
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This sound crazy, but the less planning the better,LoL. If you plan it too far out, for whatever reason people back out.
 
I had another listen and I think I liked the Sunset Strip pickup best Scott, I think it brought out the best in your TNV100.:2thumbsup:

Can you please tell me what the specs are? Is this an asymmetrically wound PAF type pickup?:cool:
 
harddriver said:
I had another listen and I think I liked the Sunset Strip pickup best Scott, I think it brought out the best in your TNV100.:2thumbsup:

Can you please tell me what the specs are? Is this an asymmetrically wound PAF type pickup?:cool:
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The Sunset is 14k/short A5, as that’s the magnet that would have been in a 61 PAF. That’s a $400 Squier guitar too! For a machine wound pickup, lower winds and offset coils will help the pickup cut through the mix, but machine wound has that openness and clarity inherently. I think guys that like PAF, would have no issue going up in output with my pickups, because they don’t get muddy or over saturated/wooly on the top end.

I am going to play with some higher voltage zeners to bring the gain down on the Jose MV to be more versatile. When I built it, I wasn’t really using higher gain pickups, so at least on one of the channels I’ll have some different clipping thresholds instead of both channels being the same clipper choices.
 
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I can attest since I was there. Scott's Charvels and the Roxy and Wicked 8 were incredible. Both pickups had a clarity under high gain I've not experienced before. I usually play Duncan Custom 8's and I love those, but these were on another level for sure. I want to replace my Custom 8's with either of Scott's two concoctions.

As far as the amps, the Ground Zero MOAB was my favorite, and that's comparing to some already great amps. It was so versatile and had THAT sound. I could easily make it do AFD/Slash, or some raw AIC ala FL and Dirt, and early Metallica easy. Great range on the EQ on all knobs, which I don't understand why all amps don't do this. The features it has is what I would want on all of my amps.

I was happy to see, though, that the Splawn could hang with it pretty well. The TNV100 was also badass. I'd like to spend more time with that one.

@harddriver The BFG is an earlier Engater Seminar Head, 4 gain stages, an AFD switch to get closer to Slash's early tone and UYI tones, and Thump and Negative Feedback on the back. Also has a foot-switchable solo/volume boost with its own knob and foot-switchable OD, as Splawn has on his amps. I'll never sell that amp as the EQ has so much range in it and it's a beast at 50w...It's been a gigging head, and/or a backup to my Splawn when I was gigging regularly. Cuts very well. ...I wish Brian would have stayed in the game; great dude.

Something I noticed. At these 9:00+ volumes, I noticed I backed off the gain, especially if I wanted to use a boost, and when I increased the gain a bit on the heads, I did not need a boost to get the saturation and tightness that I like for rhythm and leads. I preferred these heads at these volumes without the boosts.

My left ear is still ringing pretty loud. Forgot to wear my earplugs.
 
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I wish I could have been there, awesome tones going on guys. I'll never get rid of my Sunset Strip in my Jackson!!!! I am ready to install my Roxy on a secret project to be revealed.
 
...I forgot to add... I'm thankful for @scottosan @LPMojoGL @Shredsmcgee 's time to do this over the weekend as it was pretty last minute and I definitely needed the time to hang, jam, and enjoy the camaraderie. Cheers to those dudes.

Hoping we can do a bigger one on the fly in the near future.
 
Killer killer killer! ?

That MOAB with Scott’s pickups and Charvel just destroys. I’ve got a SS, Roxy and gonna grab a neck pup soon.
 
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That tnv 100 sounded great. Is that the ccv clone you made a while back?
 
mooncobra said:
That tnv 100 sounded great. Is that the ccv clone you made a while back?
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It’s based on the CCV with some tweaks. I don’t recall everything that’s changed, as it going on 5+ years and me being a tweaker
 
Looks like was a great time!! I have the wicked 8's in my custom guitar, they clean up great, The neck is amazing, the bridge is pretty crazy,
 
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