MGL AmpWorks
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Wanted to post some info on the new MGL100 that will be available soon. It's a project that we've been working on in collaboration with Jimmy Burkard who does our demos. Jimmy's become part of the amp family and lends another great set of ears and hands to help with voicing and the feel of the amps. He's a working guitar player so we also get good feedback from the amps going out and playing gigs.
So like our other amps, the new 100w pulls from the 3 great Marshall eras, Plexi, metal panel & JMP-JCM 2203 along with our own circuit ideas. Some appointments are not 100% solidified yet but this is pretty close: Custom made .090" aluminum chassis from a local metal shop, powder coated gloss black w/ metallic silver screened text, 2 channel master volume that share the tone controls, 2 Masters & 2 Gains, since each amp will be built to order, customers will have the choice of a dirty and clean channel or 2 dirty channels, amps are hand wired turret board construction, each amp will have 8-10 real mustard caps in the circuit, other caps will be SoZo, custom paper wound & layered Plexi spec Heyboer MGL100 transformers, custom wound Dagnall MGL choke, Metropoulos "Zero Loss" effects loop w/ true bypass switch, 4-EL34 power tubes & 3-12AX7 preamp tubes, like our 50w there's a voicing switch on the back that has to do with negative feedback, also a switch on the back to engage a saturation circuit, there are a few mini switches on the front panel. The first will choose between 2 different caps for the treble control, in the "VIN"(vintage) setting it will use a real NOS Lemco red dogbone cap and in the "MOD"(modern) setting a ceramic disc cap, another switch will give a choice between 2 different caps for the first position in the circuit, in the "VIN" position it will be a real mustard cap and in the "MOD" position a SoZo. The first cap in the circuit really sets up the overall voice of the amp. The 3rd switch will set preamp tube bias, in the "VIN" position it's a Plexi value and in the "MOD" position it's metal panel -JCM value. Below are pictures of the front and back panels with parts installed to see the layout.
So like our other amps, the new 100w pulls from the 3 great Marshall eras, Plexi, metal panel & JMP-JCM 2203 along with our own circuit ideas. Some appointments are not 100% solidified yet but this is pretty close: Custom made .090" aluminum chassis from a local metal shop, powder coated gloss black w/ metallic silver screened text, 2 channel master volume that share the tone controls, 2 Masters & 2 Gains, since each amp will be built to order, customers will have the choice of a dirty and clean channel or 2 dirty channels, amps are hand wired turret board construction, each amp will have 8-10 real mustard caps in the circuit, other caps will be SoZo, custom paper wound & layered Plexi spec Heyboer MGL100 transformers, custom wound Dagnall MGL choke, Metropoulos "Zero Loss" effects loop w/ true bypass switch, 4-EL34 power tubes & 3-12AX7 preamp tubes, like our 50w there's a voicing switch on the back that has to do with negative feedback, also a switch on the back to engage a saturation circuit, there are a few mini switches on the front panel. The first will choose between 2 different caps for the treble control, in the "VIN"(vintage) setting it will use a real NOS Lemco red dogbone cap and in the "MOD"(modern) setting a ceramic disc cap, another switch will give a choice between 2 different caps for the first position in the circuit, in the "VIN" position it will be a real mustard cap and in the "MOD" position a SoZo. The first cap in the circuit really sets up the overall voice of the amp. The 3rd switch will set preamp tube bias, in the "VIN" position it's a Plexi value and in the "MOD" position it's metal panel -JCM value. Below are pictures of the front and back panels with parts installed to see the layout.
