David Bray 4550 Plexi Amp Clip

[Thorny]

My Bray 4550 in action. Everything on 10 except mids on 7. Master at only 1.5 so I'm getting a little preamp fizz.

 

[Gainfreak]

A little help for ya

 

[jmgman69]

Welcome aboard and nice way to say hi,great clip man!!!!!

 

[Thorny]

I apologize for not saying hello first. I hope to be a contributing member!

 

[MARK1970]

Welcome to RT. Nice tune. I woudl like to hear that a little cranked.

 

[IndyWS6]

I've always liked the tone of the Bray amps - not sure why they don't get much mention here.

I could easily live with that. Great job, Great playing and welcome!

 

[guitarmike]

Sounds great!

 

[Sierra Voodoo]

That is by far one of the best, if not THE best VH tone I have heard to date!! Awesome playing as well!!

 

[joepete77]

Nice tone, could u do another clip just ripping through some riffs at different settings etc. what options did u get on your bray? I have a Marshall purchased new from bray with a mod 1 and dual foot switchable masters and fully decked out with all the add on options. My bray is one of the best sounding and fun to play amps I have ever owned. I might order a 4550 from bray in the future with the mod1 plus or a mod 2.
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[joepete77]

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[Thorny]

Thanks for the kind words. This amp really starts to bloom at 3-4 on the master. BTW I replaced the stock Dimarzio in the bridge with a Duncan custom custom. I have found the Custom Custom perfectly suits a maple neck and a Floyd.

 

[Thorny]

Nice tone, could u do another clip just ripping through some riffs at different settings etc. what options did u get on your bray? I have a Marshall purchased new from bray with a mod 1 and dual foot switchable masters and fully decked out with all the add on options. My bray is one of the best sounding and fun to play amps I have ever owned. I might order a 4550 from bray in the future with the mod1 plus or a mod 2.
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The thing I love about the 4550 is you get the solid state/tube rectified switch. I run mine in the tube rectifier position. Gives it that nice saggy feeling. Mine has all the options as well but I find that the mod 1 has plentyof gain. I'll try and do a clip this weekend with it turned up and unacompanied. I'll post it in this thread.

 

[FourT6and2]

Playing = good
Tone = bad

Really fizzy. It's probably just an issue of volume, though. You need that amp cooking to sound good. I can hear good tone beneath all the fizziness.

 

[joepete77]

Playing = good
Tone = bad

Really fizzy. It's probably just an issue of volume, though. You need that amp cooking to sound good. I can hear good tone beneath all the fizziness.

I agree that the clip could have been a little louder but I didn't get the fizzyness or bad tone thing at all. The thing about those amps is that they do great tones at even whisper volume levels, no diode clipping fizziness at all, at least to my ears. Check out some other clips of those amps on YouTube and I doubt u will find a better sounding clip for that screaming plexi type stuff, not a super tight modern metal amp though.

 

[FourT6and2]

Playing = good
Tone = bad

Really fizzy. It's probably just an issue of volume, though. You need that amp cooking to sound good. I can hear good tone beneath all the fizziness.

I agree that the clip could have been a little louder but I didn't get the fizzyness or bad tone thing at all. The thing about those amps is that they do great tones at even whisper volume levels, no diode clipping fizziness at all, at least to my ears. Check out some other clips of those amps on YouTube and I doubt u will find a better sounding clip for that screaming plexi type stuff, not a super tight modern metal amp though.

These sound good to me. All I'm saying is your clip sounds a bit thin and fizzy. It could be how it was recorded. It could be that the amp wasn't loud enough. It could be any number of things. I don't mean to offend you or anything, your playing is awesome. But there's definitely some fizz going on.

 

[rupe]

I thought it sounded pretty good. Ever hear VH iso tracks? You could say Ed's tone was fizzy as well then. I thought this worked for what you were going for...well done

 

[Thorny]

No offensive take at all! I appreciateyor honesty !

 

[amiller]

Good job!!!

 

[AndyK]

I thought it sounded pretty good. Ever hear VH iso tracks? You could say Ed's tone was fizzy as well then. I thought this worked for what you were going for...well done

This!

Awesome job, and awesome tone - sounded pretty much like Ed's tone for Panama!

 

[BYTOR]

Playing = good
Tone = bad

Really fizzy. It's probably just an issue of volume, though. You need that amp cooking to sound good. I can hear good tone beneath all the fizziness.

Totally disagree......That there is the good fizz/sizzle that classic Eddie tone has You hear it all over Ed's isolated VH tracks

Of course if it was cranked more it would sound even better, but you need some fried bacon going on for great brown tone!