Does the original Metroplex have a diode clipping circuit in the amp topology?

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glpg80 said:
From my understanding it was that he wouldn’t because he couldn’t. Beyond his technical ability to fix an intermittent problem of his own creation after the amp had been moved around, and wouldn’t by choice cover the costs of someone else doing his job for him. He made his ex customer pay for a complete removal of the mod. The customer had no choice - it was far too dangerous and too expensive of bench time to fix what was there with no documentation.
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I see, thanks. One clue to him being a hack I noticed in his vids was that his mic stand for recording was a pile of VHS tapes stacked on top of one another with the mic balancing precariously on top. I mean, sure, if your average Joe doesn’t have a mic stand handy one time it’s ok to improvise something like that but for a supposed amp modder / tech guy to employ such ghetto tactics? What was his amp work bench like? A rotted out wood door from a garbage dump balanced on a few milk crates?
 
Interesting thread. Did not know that about the Metro's nor the Michael R/T dude. His clips did sound good, VHS tape mic stand or not.

I guess if you advertise on a guitar forum and then take payment via paypal the BBB doesn't recognize you a legit business.

Serious question: Do amp/guitar builders who sell stuff create their own LLC's at a minimum? I would.
 
I actually think it is quite innovative and impressive that George was able to take a different approach at achieving the variaced/cranked Plexi tone that people like and if the amps sound great then that's all that matters really. His side by side clips with 12380 and the Metroplex MKII sound virtually identical, and the Metroplex seems to break into wonderful controlled harmonic feedback quite easily again which is impressive to my ears.

I would imagine George spent alot of R and D time delving into the EMULATION portions of his circuits and integration of them into his tube circuits and I think he should be lauded for his ingenuity and intellectual persistence.

I wish nothing but the best for George and Metropolous amps as he was directly responsible for me taking the next step in my own foray into amp building and for that I will be ever grateful to Mr. Metropolous.
 
harddriver said:
Yeah..... but since his amps lacked the cupholder option he was doomed to failure..................................Let that be a cautionary tale to all.......:eek::p
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:ROFLMAO:

I should find and bump one of the Bladez threads...just for all the newbs here who never experienced that humor....
 
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harddriver said:
The clips sound great of the Metroplex MKI and MKII so be it but some may be able to tell between an actual cranked Plexi versus a Metroplex or maybe not....I would have to play them side by side.

That being said I seem to hear more of that telltale plexi clank in all tube circuit like Audette's RT mod....what do you guys hear?

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All the Metro-Plex clips I've listened to sound really good, but the MKII clips that Jim Gaustad recently posted are what really got me excited about these amps. I need to try one! Regarding the Audette mods, I bought a Marshall Major several years ago that had been modded by Michael. Had it checked over by an amp guy who I trust a lot. From what I recall, he didn't need to touch it. I've been playing the shit out of that amp for years, literally hundreds of hours, and have never had any issue. Can't speak to his ground up builds as I've never owned one; just sharing my personal experience with my Audette-modded Marshall.
 
RaceU4her said:
i thought some of those R/T mods sounded pretty good, sucks thats the story
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He had a really good player demo'ing his amps (himself) and he made them sound really good. But he had been making Youtube videos of the mods (not necessarily revealing everything) and between that and a few pics of the mods...no thanks. Modding an old turret amp is pretty easy but properly modding an old PCB Marshall with those shitty early PCBs isn't as straightforward. I used to like listening to his demos because his playing was pretty cool.
 
littleguitars said:
All the Metro-Plex clips I've listened to sound really good, but the MKII clips that Jim Gaustad recently posted are what really got me excited about these amps. I need to try one! Regarding the Audette mods, I bought a Marshall Major several years ago that had been modded by Michael. Had it checked over by an amp guy who I trust a lot. From what I recall, he didn't need to touch it. I've been playing the shit out of that amp for years, literally hundreds of hours, and have never had any issue. Can't speak to his ground up builds as I've never owned one; just sharing my personal experience with my Audette-modded Marshall.
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I've tried my share of cascaded plexi mods over the years and I have to say both the shared or split cathode RT mod delivers a great gained up plexi tone extremely similar to my variaced 68 plexi both in tone and feel.....if it was shitty I would call it out as I don't have any dog in the fight. There are some tweaks that can be done to optimize it but overall as a mod it doesn't disappoint.

Whether or not Mike Audette does sloppy work is another issue altogether.
 
SpiderWars said:
He had a really good player demo'ing his amps (himself) and he made them sound really good. But he had been making Youtube videos of the mods (not necessarily revealing everything) and between that and a few pics of the mods...no thanks. Modding an old turret amp is pretty easy but properly modding an old PCB Marshall with those shitty early PCBs isn't as straightforward. I used to like listening to his demos because his playing was pretty cool.
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I agree it doesn't take much to screw up those thin traces in those Marshall PCB's.
 
Sorry, here was the Blades thread I found. Looks like the pics were taken down but maybe someone has some. :dunno:

I can't find Michael R/T anywhere on R-T. He had REALLY good clips. Stellar. The only problem for me is that after awhile, they all started to sound the same and he didn't do anything real heavy IMO.
 
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