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Which Creambacks? Both sound great in that clip to me. I do prefer the raunchiness of the VHT more though. My kind of sound! What speakers in that cab? Sounds great a great combo to me... Duvell + Mesa

Haven't tried an Uberkab, but I've had a bunch of regular rear-loaded Bogner straights over the years and like them a lot. I currently have an all black one loaded with G12H-75 Creambacks and a wheat-grilled one loaded with G12M-65 Creambacks. I prefer the H75s by a LOT. I pulled the batting...

You absolutely do tap the (preamp) tubes. That's part of a microphonic test in an amp and in the valve tester. I took your advice to "RTFM" and from the manual, page 16: "...tap the valve gently with a pencil to test microphony. Note: If there is any noise present in the valve some LEDs will...

This 5-stager I build takes a boost just fine. I can't imagine the Mod 5 is too much...

With the 4-stage comment? No. Just saying that a plate-fed Marshall (4 stages) vs a cathode follower Marshall with an additional tube stage (4 stages) will sound and feel different.

Clone of the Fortin Meshuggah, which is in turn a basic DIY Jose mod variant.

I don't mind it. I use the same tip for like 99% of the work I do. The FX-100 also has a boost function if you need more heat and don't want to swap tips.

I don't wanna hi-jack this thread, but here's a clip from @Racerxrated https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/bay-area-thrash-langner-mod-clip.332106/

People were looking for more clips of this mod. With his permission, here's a great example from @Racerxrated showcasing the amp I built for him and various levels of gain.

Hakko 888D or FX-100 if you want the Ferrari version. The 888D is a great mid-level digital, regulated iron. You have temp settings and buttons and dials to deal with. The FX-100 is an RF induction iron. No temp settings. Nothing to mess with. You pick the pencil up out of the holder and it...

Oh right, the Old Bitch

Good question. Maybe the Mesa Boogie Maverick, Hiwatt Super-Hi 50, Fortin Cali 50, mmmm can't think of any others off the top of my head but they're out there.

Part of the "Marshall sound" is the cathode follower. The tone stack needs to get driven/fed with a signal from the preamp. Traditionally, it's the signal off the cathode of the preceding stage. But that ties up a gain stage. Some smart people figured why not feed the tone stack from the plate...

That's correct. The Aldrich is typically a plate-fed tone stack with 4 tube stages, but it does have a different sound/feel than a 4-stage Marshall with cathode-driven stack.

Diode clipping is cool for some things, but ultimately an actual tube gain stage (or two) will do better for most people.

I don't hear a ton of similarity. I don't know what his mod entails but it sounds like he went in a different direction. Langner's original, bare bones Marshall mod is very similar to a stripped-down DCP-1. But the version I do keeps more of the original amp's voicing and feel, while at the same...

Yep, I have a Super-Hi too. Between that amp (which I've modded) and my modded Super Trem, I'm basically set. Josh is a total gear head with a good ear as well and is a beast on the guitar. My Super-Hi has more growl and bark and less compression. The Super Trem with this Bay Area Thrash mod...

Yeah I can absolutely make this mod sound more modern or more vintage or tighter or looser or smoother or darker or brighter or whatever. I actually play more modern metal, myself. But I still like a sound that has body and character and a certain woody sweetness to it. What I don't like is just...

There are iPhone clips in the build threads or on my YouTube page (same screen name).