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I use Billy Bookshelves from Ikea, but if stacking I think leather coasters are a good bet.

Yeah, I like the vintage flavour of the Stage I too. I’m running a Buxom Boost (bypassing EQ) into the front end to tighten things up (I use Fluid Drive) and an old Boss 10 band EQ in the loop to bring back some low end. It definitely needs a little help but a great sounding / feeling amp once...

Nice - Stage I owner here too 👍 I’m curious to try the Stage II, but it would hard for me to justify having two Stilettos and I wouldn’t want to part with my Stage I

Fully paid up member of the stiletto fan club here. Massively underrated amps and a bit of a steal given what they can sell for. Is your Deuce a Stage I or II?

Man, your ability to track these things down is unreal - you really need to start an amp sourcing business (only semi-joking!) Happy new amp day - yet another amazing score!

I’ve found my Stiletto S1 to be good at home volumes - I live in surburbia (semi-detached house) and usually play around 85 decibels max to avoid upsetting the neighbours. My controls are as below - using the Output as a master volume. Running the channel volumes high was the key for me...

I’ve a Stiletto Mk 1 and it’s not bright, depending how you set it up. It’s fattens up a lot if you run the channel Masters high and use either the FX Master as a Master Volume or use an attenuator. Sure the presence can be a bit much, but I run my presence just below noon with trebles at just...

No way - that’s a shame. But good for my wallet I guess. But then I also like the sound of the Sniper and MOAB (sigh).

I really need to get myself a rectifier…. But then I’d want to get a Ground Zero modded one as well. The list goes on.

I have the MC2-style build I mentioned when I bought your 101b - it’s a Headfirst from back in the pre-Alta days. So this isn’t apples to apples by any means. That said, I like Marshall tones and the best tones (to my ears) I’ve had from mine so far are pictured below. I’m running the KTR into...

I have a VH4 that’s a couple of years old, so one of the new ones. Much brighter than I’d expected - you can get channel 2 into more Marshally territory than I’d have thought possible. Great clean channel and Channel 3 is ‘that’ sound. Still has that zero bounce / flat response feel, but it does...

Mesa Stilettos (both versions) are underrated

James at Rewind Pickups for me. I own a few sets of his pickups - all distinctive and all sound great to my ears.

I have a 101b from 2019 but haven’t played an older version so have nothing to compare it to. I thought I saw mention of a change post-2004, which made the red channel a little more compressed, tighter and gainier? Not sure there have been any other official revisions since then but I suspect...

Sorry dude - I didn’t mean to misrepresent what you were saying (the problem with trying to summarise). All I was trying to point out is that you were very honest/balanced in your thoughts, which can be rare when it comes to gear of this cost/rarity etc., so there was no obvious reason for Reza...

Sounds like he was going to ask Dave Friedman to mod the amp? Seems a bit odd to me - pay all that money for a unique amp and send it off for a mod? Why not ask Larry to tweak whatever he wanted tweaking? Perhaps Larry said no? I guess you can do what you want with your own amp, but I can...

Not sure Larry should be too bothered about an amp of his being seen be Dave Friedman. Dave’s been quite vocal in the past about what he thinks of those who clone other builder’s circuits, so would he have really plagiarised Larry’s work? Also, wouldn’t Dave have the time, knowhow and resources...

The irony is that Reza was happy to drop a dismissive comment like that on @Techdeth’s post and yet seems to get offended if people drop comments about his tones on his posts. Seems a bit hypocritical. Also, @Techdeth was hardly bragging, shilling or being over-effusive about the Larry. We all...

I really don’t get some people. If he has that opinion then fine, but if he feels the need to share it he should go share it with the guy who built it, not the guy who bought it. I have a feeling Larry wouldn’t be quite as polite as @Techdeth in his reply….

Very interested to hear more about the Club Secret 25 when it arrives