braintheory":1h9o9fqk said:
Beyond Black":1h9o9fqk said:
LP Freak":1h9o9fqk said:
psychodave":1h9o9fqk said:
Beyond Black":1h9o9fqk said:
stephen sawall":1h9o9fqk said:
Dave's amps sound great to me.
I've got a Friedman modded JMP that I can't take out of the house without someone trying to buy from me.
I’ve heard some great Friedman modded Marshall’s. His amps have that core tone most of us like. I don’t like where he puts the saturation switch, makes the amp dull. I’ve seen a few others say they never use the sat switch. Makes sense.
I’m that guy
I'm also that guy. I don't ever use the saturation switch. The HBE has all the gain I need. I actually prefer my modded JMP to the Friedman production amps. I think his amps sound phenomenal, but my JMP still retains some of that vintage Marshall sag and bark. It sounds more like a modded old amp, instead of a newer, modern one.
I agree, having a vintage donor amp with the mod gives a more raw and organic sound than the production amps. The hbe/be modded 78 slp I used to own didn't even have the sat, fat or c45 switches or any switches on the back (just a depth knob) and I wouldn't have wanted them anyway
Truth. I've had 2 BE100s and 3 Friedman Marshalls, and they were all just too smooth to me..I couldn't get the rawness/raunch that I like out of a stock Marshall with them. Cameron's have that rawness, and also smooth if you'd like. At least the 5 that I've owned.
The one that got away was the first one I bought, before I was a member here. It was a 2203x that he did a modern mod to....unreal amp. But I paid 1300 for it and GAS got the better of me...I believe a RTer owns it now and he ain't selling...