Recent content by steve10358

Yesterday, I received the Suhr Custom Classic T I ordered. It's a partial twin to the Classic S I ordered last year. Thin skin, jumbo stainless, vintage c medium on a roasted maple neck, rosewood, JS sig on the headstock, traditional bridge, bucker route hidden where you'd expect it, etc. Main...

Hello. I've had a Torpedo Live since May or so and have struggled with a variety of things. Right now, my biggest issue is getting my amps to sound as they do in the room with a cab (when mic'd). The tone comes across distorted, small and flat. I am not overdriving any of my input meters and...

Hi guys... I figured some of you would enjoy this. Pictured are: 1977 100w JMP w/ 100/50/25/10 switch and some sweetening done to it. This thing is uber loud and has an aggressive whack and 3d clean. I love this amp. It makes you feel your inner ear and where your heart is when on 7. Loves...

Diezel Herbert in NAMM WHITE with NAMM BOX purchased directly from Salwender. Chassis and black shell are 04, white is right off the NAMM Floor. Also comes with complete retube and bias, and $130 studio slips cover. This is as low as I go. I want studio gear. This isn't to buy gifts. If it...

Ya know. It seems like everytime I come back to the herbert- it's just a fun amp that sounds so good. It's not just for metal! :) cant wait to post clips when we hit the studio early next year. S.

It seems to me, all I have ever done is bias my amp. I can get it to sound killer, and then like a frog in boiling water... I realize months later that it doesn't sound the same. So I hop in there, and have to set the bias again. I've got matched tubes (Strb's) and have always had to do this...

I dig my Herbert as it's a lot of fun and sounds great... but is there a way to make it cut better? I generally set the gain low, the mids up and dont really use the midcut- but I still have a hard time sometimes making the amp cut. I've tried it with a Greenback 4x12, a Celestion 65w 4x12, a...

Booooya!!! (l-r) 1955 Fender Princeton, 1984 Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+, 1977 100w JMP, 1969 100w Plexi, 1980 JMP by Bogner, 07 NAMM White Herbert, 1973 Marshall 4x12, 2000 Marshall 4x12RI Missing: 1 RI 4x12, 112 Mesa thiele cab, 112 Mesa openback cab, tele, strat, ebmm axis, pedals...

Hello. I generally run shuguang 34's in my herbert and dig them. My questions... 1. I ran 6550's and found them to be too preampy. Would KT88's do the same? 2. Would JJ el34's give me a more marshall midrange?? Thanks!! S.

pardon the fact that I didn't spend the usual amount on the engineering... just trying to practice over some chords. gotta get better damnit! www.soundclick.com/stevemattucci PS-Other herbert tracks include: never again (herbert on right side) and funk'd. S.

Hello. Next month I will be getting a matching Diezel 4x12R for my Herbert. 1. I understand that the NYC has a thinner baffle for a more spongy/vintage tone? Does that mean the normal R is a nice mid point between NYC and Front loaded? 2. Anyone try 30W Heritage Celestions? What are your...

I notice a lot of guys (Neil Schon, Tony Rombola, Adam Jones, Warren Demartini, etc...) mix a marshall w/ a diezel. I gotta say- the two compliment each other well. I love running two halfers w/ my JMP and the Herbert. Sounds unreal!! S.