Does anyone still like boosting a Marshall?

[fek]

Boosted Marshall for me. I have a RM100 with pretty much all Marshall modules. I also have 4 boosts that I use for different flavors. Covers pretty much all of the ground that I could ever want, much less need.

 

[yngzaklynch]

100 watt Super lead with a boost still is the way to go. Every time I plug into that set up .....I have a huge smile!

Ever try a Babrber Direct Drive? I use mine pretty much all the time. I also have a Keeley modded SD-1 which brings out the mids a bit more but the BDD is warmer and fuller sounding.

 

[charveldan]

When i first got my Friedman, a couple guys on here were causing me grief telling me just cuz my amp was modded it didn't need a boost........i beg to differ, i love the sound of slamming the front end of an old Marshall with a ZW-44, i can always play with [less] gain, but usually never do.

 

[70strathead]

yep, boost or without boost on a single channel stock Old Marshall is pure glory.

 

[Rogue]

Boosted in cool, but I like them unboosted as well.

 

[fearhk213]

I love to boost my Fortin Cali. With the saturation switch it doesn't need it, but my favorite way to run it is to leave the switch off and then goose it to taste. Sounds killer & HUGE!

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

100 watt Super lead with a boost still is the way to go. Every time I plug into that set up .....I have a huge smile!

Ever try a Babrber Direct Drive? I use mine pretty much all the time. I also have a Keeley modded SD-1 which brings out the mids a bit more but the BDD is warmer and fuller sounding.

Nope but I sure would like to if you think it sounds good!

 

[Chubtone]

I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[charveldan]

I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Chub, isn't that Doug Marks of Metal Method in your avatar???

 

[yngzaklynch]

100 watt Super lead with a boost still is the way to go. Every time I plug into that set up .....I have a huge smile!

Ever try a Babrber Direct Drive? I use mine pretty much all the time. I also have a Keeley modded SD-1 which brings out the mids a bit more but the BDD is warmer and fuller sounding.

Nope but I sure would like to if you think it sounds good!

I can send you mine but don't keep it to long because I use mine all the time. Like maybe a week? PM me with your address if you're interested.

Jim

 

[ke2]

I love the sound you got from your boosted VM, so yes

 

[yngzaklynch]

I love the sound you got from your boosted VM, so yes

Thanks. Man I got to get a well recorded clip of my amp with the power tubes really working. It is glorious!

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Does the barber direct drive color the sound any? I keep coming back to my bad monkey but i have heard a direct drive with a VM and i thought it sounded awesome. I'd be interested in hearing how my rig sounds with one. Mainly marshall modules in my Lynch Box and my JCM800.

 

[yngzaklynch]

Does the barber direct drive color the sound any? I keep coming back to my bad monkey but i have heard a direct drive with a VM and i thought it sounded awesome. I'd be interested in hearing how my rig sounds with one. Mainly marshall modules in my Lynch Box and my JCM800.

The BDD is very warm and tube like. It has 2 mini pots inside so you can adjust the treble and bass. Also the tone knob can be pulled up to give it a different flavor. It's a very full, fat and warm OD pedal. I use it like a clean boost has I crank the volume but keep the drive low. I love it with the VM!!

Jim

 

[Hard&Heavy]

I just picked up a few marshalls and I still love the boosted tone, it's the tone I grew up with many moons ago and still enjoy.

And you know tone. You have a collection I could only dream of owning! Hope all is well buddy.

All's good on this end, enjoying hitting these marshall's hard with an original marshall guv-nor.

 

[killertone]

My '73 Superlead with a good ol' TS9 is unfucking real.

 

[racerevlon]

I still contend the Vintage Modern has great tone and does not NEED to be boosted, but with a TS or SD-1 in front dialed in just right, Whoa Nelly!

 

[yngzaklynch]

I still contend the Vintage Modern has great tone and does not NEED to be boosted, but with a TS or SD-1 in front dialed in just right, Whoa Nelly!

Yeah if you want a great rock tone no boost is needed. I'm actually trying to learn to shred so I need the sustain that a boost pedal gives the signal.

 

[petejt]

While the amps of the week come and go... I'm betting most of you still love the tone of a boosted Marshall. I grew up with the overdriven Marshall tone and for me it's still the ideal tone. Anyone else agree with me on this or is this thinking old and faded?


Jim

I'm relatively new to boosting an amp for a high gain sound. But I have an old Marshall and I'm loving it heaps.
I'm trying a different method to boosting, by running an external preamp signal (from my MarkIV) into my Marshall's front end, as a boost. I have an EQ pedal in between to lower the signal level just a tad, so it's at instrument level and not line level. I'm trying to work out what's the best EQ curve to get a good sound. The MarkIV's signal already has a heap of midrange and treble, and just a tiny bit of bass.


It'd be awesome to get this sort of boosted Marshall sound. This is Death, performing live back in 1987 with that eerie, scary teenagers, spooky, hide-in-your-dark-room-spinning-records-backwards-to-hear-the-satanic-messages old school vibe. On their studio album from the mid-1980s they had a crappy mid-scooped pedal dirt sound, trying to copy the Master of Puppets guitar tones (and failing it to my ears, just sounds mushy and bedroomy). But LIVE, like in this clip, it sounds much more organic. Has that rawness and ripping edge- which you can hear and feel especially during the choruses and the slow headbanging bit just before the solo. Now this is awesome boosted Marshall evil metal tone!

 

[Gainiac]

Yeah, Jim, like you didnt KNOW you were gonna get all kinda love w/that question. lol!
Boosted Marshall-y goodness = #1