Death by Uberschall
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glpg80":g13bu8tc said:
Jimmy Wygle does Zakks amps as of late.
Jimmy Wygle does Zakks amps as of late.
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mikehickey":1aj3j12d said:OldSkoolNJ":1aj3j12d said:Bantam Menace":1aj3j12d said:
Awesome Dino from Fear Factory used his stuff back in the day
I remember a modded Marshall Dino had on the first Fear Factory tour, that must be the mod, the noise gate was great and the gain was crunchy as hell. This was when he still played six string ESPs... I remember standing around that amp with the guys from Carcass and Napalm Death and we were all just blown away with it.
That's the mod! Probably the first amp ever with a built-in noise gate?
guitarmike
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FortinAmps":26qdii74 said:Here is the main page of that GP '88.
A rare pic of Jose
http://www.fortinamps.com/GP_Nov88.pdf
Cheers,
Mike
Thanks Mike!!
Living in the Milwaukee are during the 80's, I was not exposed to much more than Lee Jackson's stuff. This is cool stuff!
guitarmike
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Jtyson,
Thank you for the pictures, very cool stuff. Do you have any pictures of Metalhead modded amps?
Thank you for the pictures, very cool stuff. Do you have any pictures of Metalhead modded amps?
Digital Jams
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Damn Mike you holding back on me?!?!?!??
JTyson
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Those were Mike's pics, I was just razzin himguitarmike":1g0juuiu said:
The 900 Langner pic with the Race Tech sticker on it is mineI WISH I had all those, I would have a very different screen name
And you would all have to bow down before me..
JTyson
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Hey Mike, tell me about that mic-pre, is it mostly for recording?
FortinAmps
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guitarmike":3o9e3kss said:
This is a Metalhead Modded Marshall right here:
Elan Memran was the guy that started Metalhead. If you look at old GFTPM mags from the 80's, you'd see some small print ads for the company. He later started another company called "Elan" and had production style power amps, preamps and I believe heads as well.
Digital Jams":3o9e3kss said:
Not holding back, most of these are customer's amps that were sent to me for servicing. A couple are mine though
For example, Jim sent me his Langner because it only worked with active pickups. As soon as you plugged in passives into it and went beyond noon on the gain, it would oscillate. Properly positioned shield plates were added, now it doesn't squeal like a pig anymore. Hands down the best JCM900 mod I've ever heard/played That preamp belongs to Linsk. Sent it up for servicing. Todd told Dave that it was originally done as a mic/instrument preamp. When you plug a guitar into it, its an amazing and unique sounding pure clean channel. It doesn't break up at all. Very cool piece. It's completely thrown together literally with glue and duct tape haha but it sounds killer and that is what counts.JTyson":3o9e3kss said:
The DCP-1 Elite preamp with the Hyper mod is the most interesting one. This was the last specs of Todd's work. The Hyper mod adds way more freq selective gain to the OD channel. Makes the stock DCP-1 sound tame in comparison
Cheers,
Mike
JTyson
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Wow, I cant imagine...FortinAmps":3dlzwrf2 said:guitarmike":3dlzwrf2 said:
This is a Metalhead Modded Marshall right here:
Elan Memran was the guy that started Metalhead. If you look at old GFTPM mags from the 80's, you'd see some small print ads for the company. He later started another company called "Elan" and had production style power amps, preamps and I believe heads as well.
Digital Jams":3dlzwrf2 said:
Not holding back, most of these are customer's amps that were sent to me for servicing. A couple are mine though
That preamp belongs to Linsk. Sent it up for servicing. Todd told Dave that it was originally done as a mic/instrument preamp. When you plug a guitar into it, its an amazing and unique sounding pure clean channel. It doesn't break up at all. Very cool piece. It's completely thrown together literally with glue and duct tape haha but it sounds killer and that is what counts.JTyson":3dlzwrf2 said:
The DCP-1 Elite preamp with the Hyper mod is the most interesting one. This was the last specs of Todd's work. The Hyper mod adds way more freq selective gain to the OD channel. Makes the stock DCP-1 sound tame in comparison
Cheers,
Mike
Tame is probably the LAST word I would think of when talking about a DCP1
Amazing its that much betterBTW, the cali++ is so cool, I cant believe the range of tones in that thing. Old-school, fat, majestic plexi tones all the way to full nuclear
meltdown, it really is one of the coolest modded Marshalls I've ever heard in one, infinately adjustable channel
I gotta get a clip up, I tried several ways the other night, but it would not upload (it said file too big) I'm gonna get on soundclip or net musicians or something similar as soon as I can
Thanks again Mike, you are the keeper of the keys
FortinAmps
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JTyson":hvwg4ce4 said:Wow, I cant imagine...
Tame is probably the LAST word I would think of when talking about a DCP1
I know right
It's much more angry and vicious with about 25% more gain. JTyson":hvwg4ce4 said:BTW, the cali++ is so cool, I cant believe the range of tones in that thing. Old-school, fat, majestic plexi tones all the way to full nuclear
meltdown, it really is one of the coolest modded Marshalls I've ever heard in one, infinately adjustable channel
I gotta get a clip up, I tried several ways the other night, but it would not upload (it said file too big) I'm gonna get on soundclip or net musicians or something similar as soon as I can
Thanks again Mike, you are the keeper of the keys
Awesome man, I'm glad you're digging the Cali++. I'm doing one for Jason Frankhouser (Killertone) with some other ideas added to it and some stuff that he requested on it.
I'd love to hear your clip of the wife mod
Cheers,
Mike
Digital Jams
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Thanks for the tube advice Mike
FortinAmps
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Digital Jams":2pb79c1d said:Thanks for the tube advice Mike
No problem Scott. Laura will take care of you.
Tube wise that is