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Gotcha. Maybe that’s it. I replaced the entire preamp section with Shuguang 12AX7Bs, and I immediately heard that top-end sizzle and aggression I was familiar with. It’s a big improvement over the JJ preamp tubes.

What does the second Master Volume knob do? I still haven't figured it out...

Yes, it’s a Rev Green (or Rev 2). I’ve had that one for about 10 years now and will never part with it.

I definitely consider myself an Uberschall cultist. But objectively speaking, this latest iteration blows the earlier ones out of the water.

Very much so. Crank the Depth knob and turn it to Uber, Fat, and/or Doom settings and it sounds just like the original Uberschall with the massive low end. This thing can get essentially any tone with enough experimentation.

After playing around with it some more, I realized that a lot of the higher end I was getting from my Rev 2 was from my Boss SD-1 as a boost. Using the Fat, Uber, and Doom modes with the SD-1 yielded that high end I was familiar with. It sounds really, really good with a boost and the right...

Cranking the density and presence knobs definitely helps. It's still lacking that upper end sizzle that my Rev 2 has. But that's okay.

Yep, turning down the FX Loop level worked wonders. It's interesting because my Twin Jet's FX loop knob had no effect whatsoever unless the FX loop was engaged.

It lights up but looks like some plastic shifted.

Anybody ever see this issue? Probably came from the same drop that sheared off the bolt…

Is that even with the FX loop disengaged?

Finally got my Uber Ultra. It’s gonna take me a looong time to explore all the options, but I’ll say this: -It seems to be more mid-focused than earlier Uberschalls, with less high end on tap. That may be because of the JJ preamp tubes it came with. I’ll have to try some Shuguangs in it and see...

Yep. Someone launched my amp at some point in transit if that steel bolt sheared off like that.

Believe it or not, one of the bolts holding the transformer in place actually sheared off in shipping. Whatever shock did that must’ve been pretty impressive. Even more impressive is that nothing else was broken. I managed to find a similar bolt at Home Depot and replaced it yesterday.

I haven’t gotten a chance to crank it yet (newborn baby puts a crimp in my playing time). From what I’ve seen so far, it’s voiced with a lot more mids than the Rev 2, which is generally more scooped and darker. Putting both in a mix would sound amazing.

Yes.

In case anybody was wondering…

This. Even the original Uberschalls had so much gain as to be unusable past about 3:00.

I want an Uberschall Ultra, and after that I’m done. I don’t need any more guitars or amps.

I’ve rarely seen someone try so hard to justify living in a degenerate cesspool.