Bray 100 Marshalls?

[glpg80]

Anyone owned one, played one, etc?

Really wanting a marshall that can do the van halen ordeal but with a bit more gain on tap - no pun intended

 

[JTyson]

The one I played did have more gain on tap, but did not sound like EVH at all. Sounded great though. Cut really well to have that much gain.

 

[s_swanson]

I had one and thought it sounded really good. Mine was a mod II with a couple of extra features. I'm sure you could do Van Halen stuff on it with the right guitars/pickups/etc. I never really go for a VH tone so I can't say for sure if it nails it or not. He's a good guy to deal with too.

 

[LP Freak]

Why not just get a Plexi? I've got a stock Germino Lead 55LV that can easily cop those tone and it's got plenty of gain on tap. Here's a clip. I'm not playing a strat style guitar or in the style of EVH but you get the idea of the amount of gain it's capable of.

 

[snowdog]

Why not just get a Plexi? I've got a stock Germino Lead 55LV that can easily cop those tone and it's got plenty of gain on tap. Here's a clip. I'm not playing a strat style guitar or in the style of EVH but you get the idea of the amount of gain it's capable of.

Sounds great, what pickups are in that LP ?

 

[Anonymous]

He modded my 1987x about seven years ago Guy does very good work Imo, and he's a nice guy.

He even shared my letter on his website which I thought was pretty cool, it was up there for a couple years. I haven't seen it though since he revamped the site a little while ago.

 

[Deanmachine]

I had a 1987 bray modded marshall it was killer the clean was impressive and he has great customer service .

 

[glpg80]

Why not just get a Plexi? I've got a stock Germino Lead 55LV that can easily cop those tone and it's got plenty of gain on tap. Here's a clip. I'm not playing a strat style guitar or in the style of EVH but you get the idea of the amount of gain it's capable of.

A stock plexi does not have that much gain on tap. I played a reissue 1959 SLP and it was clean all the way to 10 - they have headroom for miles and need an overdrive to even come close to half the gain of yours.

I also don't want to bother with PPIMV or a boost pedal. Just an amp that works plugging in that covers the marshall territory and then some but not going into the 800, 900, JVM, etc market.

 

[glpg80]

The one I played did have more gain on tap, but did not sound like EVH at all. Sounded great though. Cut really well to have that much gain.

This is what I'm noticing from the clips - his amps just cut insanely well and sound more transparent/alive than others.

Thanks for the replies dudes - seems like it's worth it to snag one. I've always thought about them but not much talk about them compared to all of the options available today.

 

[marshallmel]

You can do much better than Bray and for less money. I had a 1987x that he modded. Sounded ok but never like his clips. He uses an old cab with pre-rola Celestions. I say but the Mojave Peacemaker in the classifieds and call it a day.

 

[Racerxrated]

You can do much better than Bray and for less money. I had a 1987x that he modded. Sounded ok but never like his clips. He uses an old cab with pre-rola Celestions. I say but the Mojave Peacemaker in the classifieds and call it a day.

This..or check out the Valvetech Suplex....1500 for a new 50 watt with VH tones. Great price for a new modded plexi style amp!

 

[skoora]

Why not just get a Plexi? I've got a stock Germino Lead 55LV that can easily cop those tone and it's got plenty of gain on tap. Here's a clip. I'm not playing a strat style guitar or in the style of EVH but you get the idea of the amount of gain it's capable of.

A stock plexi does not have that much gain on tap. I played a reissue 1959 SLP and it was clean all the way to 10 - they have headroom for miles and need an overdrive to even come close to half the gain of yours.

I also don't want to bother with PPIMV or a boost pedal. Just an amp that works plugging in that covers the marshall territory and then some but not going into the 800, 900, JVM, etc market.

You're kidding right. I've owned probably 4-5 plexi's, re-issues and originals and played many more and they were all flamethrowers. Some by 2 on the dial, some by 5-6. Definitely gain and presence high, bass low should get you in hard rock nirvana on any plexi. For one to have been clean to 10 there must have been something very wrong. That's of course unless you consider Scorpions clean and Dismember "crunchy"...

 

[LP Freak]

Why not just get a Plexi? I've got a stock Germino Lead 55LV that can easily cop those tone and it's got plenty of gain on tap. Here's a clip. I'm not playing a strat style guitar or in the style of EVH but you get the idea of the amount of gain it's capable of.

Sounds great, what pickups are in that LP ?

Thanks man. My LP's loaded with Aldrich pickups

 

[LP Freak]

Why not just get a Plexi? I've got a stock Germino Lead 55LV that can easily cop those tone and it's got plenty of gain on tap. Here's a clip. I'm not playing a strat style guitar or in the style of EVH but you get the idea of the amount of gain it's capable of.

A stock plexi does not have that much gain on tap. I played a reissue 1959 SLP and it was clean all the way to 10 - they have headroom for miles and need an overdrive to even come close to half the gain of yours.

I also don't want to bother with PPIMV or a boost pedal. Just an amp that works plugging in that covers the marshall territory and then some but not going into the 800, 900, JVM, etc market.

What's wrong with using a MV? Other then the MV, my Germino's 100% stock. It has a low voltage PT which helps it break up a little earlier.

 

[Salos]

A stock plexi does not have that much gain on tap. I played a reissue 1959 SLP and it was clean all the way to 10 - they have headroom for miles and need an overdrive to even come close to half the gain of yours.

I also don't want to bother with PPIMV or a boost pedal. Just an amp that works plugging in that covers the marshall territory and then some but not going into the 800, 900, JVM, etc market.

I disagree, I owned a vintage 1959 (metal face) and it was my main amp for quite a few years. It did 60's - early/mid 80's without a boost, and with an EQ in front of it, it was primed for metal (maybe not modern head crushing stuff.... but Steelheart, Tesla, early Metallica etc.).

It started to break up around 4 on each channel.

Now of course tubes, speakers, and guitars matter, and I used an attenuator, and bridged the channels - but I wouldn't use your experience with a reissue to generalize all 1959's as not having that much gain. Tbh, I had a WAY harder time getting gain of out my 2204 than I did with my 1959.

 

[glpg80]

You're kidding right. I've owned probably 4-5 plexi's, re-issues and originals and played many more and they were all flamethrowers. Some by 2 on the dial, some by 5-6. Definitely gain and presence high, bass low should get you in hard rock nirvana on any plexi. For one to have been clean to 10 there must have been something very wrong. That's of course unless you consider Scorpions clean and Dismember "crunchy"...

Not at all.

I have played two SLP's - one original loaded with 6550's and the other which was mentioned above. Neither could come close to anything regarding a crunch channel and were either clean to 10 (above) or blues at best (original). Just looking for the van halen bag of tricks without EQ's, boost pedals, no special order transformers post-purchasing, no variacs, and just plug in and play. I simply don't have the time or the desire to tweak.

Thanks for the Mojave suggestion - seems Pat even owned one at one time based on youtube vids

It's nice to know that out of the 10 or so marshalls mentioned in this topic alone, I have managed to play two complete steaming piles of crap. Hopefully I can someday play one of these flamethrowers you guys are mentioning.

 

[BYTOR]

I have a Bray 4550 Deluxe with all the bells & whistles, & it sounds awesome thru my 4x12 EVH Stealth cab!

Nails VH, Lynch, AC/DC etc......,great amp

 

[Deanmachine]

Blades amps...with cup holder..there's your evh

 

[Racerxrated]

Blades amps...with cup holder..there's your evh

Oh no you DIDN'T.... .....

 

[Racerxrated]

You're kidding right. I've owned probably 4-5 plexi's, re-issues and originals and played many more and they were all flamethrowers. Some by 2 on the dial, some by 5-6. Definitely gain and presence high, bass low should get you in hard rock nirvana on any plexi. For one to have been clean to 10 there must have been something very wrong. That's of course unless you consider Scorpions clean and Dismember "crunchy"...

Not at all.

I have played two SLP's - one original loaded with 6550's and the other which was mentioned above. Neither could come close to anything regarding a crunch channel and were either clean to 10 (above) or blues at best (original). Just looking for the van halen bag of tricks without EQ's, boost pedals, no special order transformers post-purchasing, no variacs, and just plug in and play. I simply don't have the time or the desire to tweak.

Thanks for the Mojave suggestion - seems Pat even owned one at one time based on youtube vids

It's nice to know that out of the 10 or so marshalls mentioned in this topic alone, I have managed to play two complete steaming piles of crap. Hopefully I can someday play one of these flamethrowers you guys are mentioning.

I don't have that much experience with plexis/metal face nmv Marshalls. I've had 3...but if you can stand the volume they all got some good distortion pretty quickly. Not 80s gain but nice crunch. I wonder if there was something up with the circuits of the ones you played? I know the Super bass stays cleaner longer but still gets that crunch....