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I've been running Ecstasy 101B since the late 90's and love that thing to death, but I still want a Helios in the worst way! Even more so now. Congrats and enjoy!

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Don't have a Metallica clip unfortunately, but how's some beer-fueled hacky Norum? I even threw in a classic Hammett overbend for you. It's all in good fun man. I'm with you, I love those first 3 records and think Kirk did some of his best work on them. Like them or not, every guitarist...

You assume too much. ;) Love early Metallica. Hammett seems like a cool cat, but I'm not a fan of his playing at all. I feel exactly the same way about him as you do about Ace, who I'm a huge fan of BTW. :lol: :LOL:

This is what I did and it worked perfectly for what I was looking to get out of the amp. Made it much more musical and usable and can cover just about any style/genre. Green isn't Fender Twin by any stretch (no mods or secret sauce for me yet), but with a 12AU7, it's definitely one of the better...

Pretty sure it's regular production.

I'm still rocking my 81 USA Dean ML Standard (bought new in 82). I kinda' got into the whole ML thing long before Dime came along. I just really dug the shape. Gigged everything from funk to Cheap Trick to Priest on that thing. I appreciate what Dime did for Dean and the ML, but every time I...

Being the old guy I am, and having been around since way before their introduction, I've always read/pronounced it as S.L.O. regardless of how it's typed. Until this thread, I'd never heard of anyone reading or pronouncing it as SLO(w), but I suppose there are lots of folks out there who do. My...

I'm really digging the EVH Frankenstein pickup. I think it's an A2 mag. I have it in a Charvel SoCal and maybe it's the body wood/style, but it's a lot tighter than I thought it would be. It doesn't have huge lows, but it's perfect for classic EVH or rock in general. Really vibrant highs...

For a clean solo boost, I use a Boss GE7 in the loop. I run the EQ fairly flat and the volume slider just a hair up. Works perfectly. No tone or level issues whatsoever. FWIW, I sometimes run a second GE7 in the loop set to a slight "V" to chunk things up when the straight 101B tone is just a...

I was surprised how bright the cab was when I first got it too. My speakers are just now starting to break in after 6 months or so of gigs and rehearsals and the brightness has mellowed considerably, and in a good way. Not sure if those speakers normally require such a long break-in period, but...

Which makes sense now that I dig into it a little more. Wasn't trying to bag the amp, much to the contrary. Was just wondering why the number of foot switchable features on the amp didn't match up with the standard footswitch. The fact that this thing is MIDI along with the rest of the feature...

It looks like only one EQ per channel based on the description and front panel toggles. Not exactly sure though. The description for the 6-button footswitch doesn't match up with the fs assignable toggles I see on the front panel. The footswitch has 3 for channels, then Reverb, EQ1 and EQ2. I...

Pure speculation on my part, but in regards to Petrucci saying he preferred the IIc+ mode in the MKV over the IIc+, I assume you're talking about the MKV demo he did for Mesa. The amp was new at the time, I think he genuinely dug it, and was probably doing a favor for Randall as a long-time Mesa...

The Stealth blue to me was worth every penny of that $1,000 up-charge from the regular. People pay WAY more for one or two-channel amp heads from certain builders we all love than I did for a brand-new head and matching cab. It addressed all of the issues I had with the Standard 100w and 50w...

All three amps sound fantastic, and killer playing too man! :rock: You may have answered this already, but what guitar/pickup were you using? I'd gigged with a Bogner 101B for almost 15 years and loved every minute of it. Mine USED to sound exactly like your clip, but something's just not...

That sucks man, sorry to hear. I've had the high-pitched kind several decades now. Been fortunate to avoid the low-pitched one you're talking about. I don't notice it much during the day because I'm around some sort of white noise all day. It only bugs me while I'm trying to sleep because of the...

By-the-way, that was a good read. Tried the Axe years ago and didn't like it, but I'm still interested in both units for what they are, especially after all the raves I hear regarding more recent updates.

This. It took a while to get through my thick skull, but I bought into the hype more times than I care to admit way back when I first started hanging out on these forums.

Besides having more gain, the Stealth is tonally a little different than the Standard. I see a lot of comments about boosting a Standard as an alternative to a Stealth. That didn't really do it for me, but the Stealth did from the second I first plugged in. You might match the gain and...