Cantrell / Facelift modded JMP

[ZEN Amps]

A friend/customer asked about modding a butchered JMP into a simple, no options Facelift machine. It went pretty well. A one-trick pony but who cares, it's a good trick.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

Cantrells amps quite a bit more grind & headroom.

 

[Simon Dorn]

A friend/customer asked about modding a butchered JMP into a simple, no options Facelift machine. It went pretty well. A one-trick pony but who cares, it's a good trick.

I just watched that on Youtube, then i came here to check if you posted it. Sounds very good.

 

[heath]

good grief, that sounds vicious in the best possible way!

 

[jabps]

Cantrells amps quite a bit more grind & headroom.

Hmm, grind and headroom "to me at least" are two different things? When I think of headroom, I think big Hiwatt style amps moving air with not alot of gain until you've pushed them to their limit and they start breaking up. Again that's my opinion.

@ZEN Amps, dude that sounds amazing. That's as Cantrell as I've heard and actually I like it much better than his tone.

 

[hellzington]

Sounds amazing @ZEN Amps, absolutely killer job.

I'm curious about your recording, mixing, and mastering processes for videos like this. If you wouldn't mind, here's a few questions:

• Did you use a YT backing track or is this AI-stemmed?
• Did you do any post-processing on the backing track? (E.g., Teltronix, 1176, SSL, etc.)
• Is this a cab or an IR? If cab, what mics did you use on the cabinet?
• Did you record with a mic preamp, if so which one?
• Did you push the triple tracks to a guitar bus and then compress? If so, did you use an SSL or something else?
• Any other typical guitar-related plugins/inserts on this like a Distressor, Soothe, 1176, etc.?
• Is there tape or a limiter on the Master Bus?

Thank you for answering any you can. I'm always working to improve my video's audio and would love to know what others are doing.

Great job on the amp!

 

[ners]

Sounds sick

 

[heath]

Sounds amazing @ZEN Amps, absolutely killer job.

I'm curious about your recording, mixing, and mastering processes for videos like this. If you wouldn't mind, here's a few questions:

• Did you use a YT backing track or is this AI-stemmed?
• Did you do any post-processing on the backing track? (E.g., Teltronix, 1176, SSL, etc.)
• Is this a cab or an IR? If cab, what mics did you use on the cabinet?
• Did you record with a mic preamp, if so which one?
• Did you push the triple tracks to a guitar bus and then compress? If so, did you use an SSL or something else?
• Any other typical guitar-related plugins/inserts on this like a Distressor, Soothe, 1176, etc.?
• Is there tape or a limiter on the Master Bus?

Thank you for answering any you can. I'm always working to improve my video's audio and would love to know what others are doing.

Great job on the amp!

One more question...

Do you offer this as a standard mod/build, and if so what is the turn around and cost?

 

[acidvoodoo]

Hell yeah, sounds excellent

 

[Alpha Stryke]

Hmm, grind and headroom "to me at least" are two different things? When I think of headroom, I think big Hiwatt style amps moving air with not alot of gain until you've pushed them to their limit and they start breaking up. Again that's my opinion.

@ZEN Amps, dude that sounds amazing. That's as Cantrell as I've heard and actually I like it much better than his tone.

Tone is subjective. I never said it wasn't amazing. But whats in a recording.
Pete Thorn can make 2 rubberbands mounted on a soda can sound like a snorkler record LOL>

 

[jabps]

Tone is subjective. I never said it wasn't amazing. But whats in a recording.
Pete Thorn can make 2 rubberbands mounted on a soda can sound like a snorkler record LOL>

Oh I agree with all of that, especially judging headroom by a recording. Trust me, I'm the king of "subjective" on here lol. And take "most" recordings with a grain of salt.

That said @ZEN Amps did a fantastic job as I'm frankly not that big a fan of Jerry's tone, to me is to sludgy but I really liked what @ZEN Amps did here and why I said it sounded better than Cantrell's tone to me.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

Oh I agree with all of that, especially judging headroom by a recording. Trust me, I'm the king of "subjective" on here lol. And take "most" recordings with a grain of salt.

That said @ZEN Amps did a fantastic job as I'm frankly not that big a fan of Jerry's tone, to me is to sludgy but I really liked what @ZEN Amps did here and why I said it sounded better than Cantrell's tone to me.

Id say anyone that can take a tired rundown amp and make it sound like a Bogner knows what time it is.

 

[Anje]

Sounds great and looks cool!
Good job and thanks for sharing.

 

[Faded Abyss]

Tone is subjective. I never said it wasn't amazing. But whats in a recording.
Pete Thorn can make 2 rubberbands mounted on a soda can sound like a snorkler record LOL>

I’ve never heard Pete Thorn have this kind of tone. I like his playing but the tone he goes for isn’t like this. Maybe you can point me in the right direction?

 

[ZEN Amps]

Sounds amazing @ZEN Amps, absolutely killer job.

I'm curious about your recording, mixing, and mastering processes for videos like this. If you wouldn't mind, here's a few questions:

• Did you use a YT backing track or is this AI-stemmed?
• Did you do any post-processing on the backing track? (E.g., Teltronix, 1176, SSL, etc.)
• Is this a cab or an IR? If cab, what mics did you use on the cabinet?
• Did you record with a mic preamp, if so which one?
• Did you push the triple tracks to a guitar bus and then compress? If so, did you use an SSL or something else?
• Any other typical guitar-related plugins/inserts on this like a Distressor, Soothe, 1176, etc.?
• Is there tape or a limiter on the Master Bus?

Thank you for answering any you can. I'm always working to improve my video's audio and would love to know what others are doing.

Great job on the amp!

Thanks man, it's a fun amp to play but literally does one tone!

• Did you use a YT backing track or is this AI-stemmed?
  • Neither - one of the guys acquired a bunch of stems years ago, this was one of them.
• Did you do any post-processing on the backing track? (E.g., Teltronix, 1176, SSL, etc.)
  • Not really, but I did add snare sample to enhance the super wet original. The bass was fine as is.
• Is this a cab or an IR? If cab, what mics did you use on the cabinet?
  • 412 cab with a pair of early 90's V30, and a pair of Redbacks. SM57 on the V30, SM57 and MD421 on the Redback. Probably 30/70 mix favouring the Red. Messed around with the positions and blend to try and match the album tone.
• Did you record with a mic preamp, if so which one?
  • Neve clones, but any good pre will get the job done.
• Did you push the triple tracks to a guitar bus and then compress? If so, did you use an SSL or something else?
  • They were bussed but no processing other than a HPF around 70Hz.
• Any other typical guitar-related plugins/inserts on this like a Distressor, Soothe, 1176, etc.?
  • Just some verb. WIth that amount of distortion, compression isn't really necessary.
• Is there tape or a limiter on the Master Bus?
  • No tape emulation, just a Slate FG-X limiter to get the level up. Wasn't super aggressive though, and was only really doing anything on the full mix.

Do you offer this as a standard mod/build, and if so what is the turn around and cost?

We probably won't, this was just an experiment really.

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Sounds pretty awesome

 

[311boogieman]

Sounds killer

Plenty of grind and no headroom needed

 

[ChurchHill]

We probably won't, this was just an experiment really.

Either way, that sounds great! I'd bet you could sell a few, hell of an experiment.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

A friend/customer asked about modding a butchered JMP into a simple, no options Facelift machine. It went pretty well. A one-trick pony but who cares, it's a good trick.

I love one trick pony amps. They are the best at what they do.

Sounds awesome. And please ignore our resident dipshit, alpha stryke aka dan the dumbass

 

[saxxamafone]

Sounds great!