Egnater MOD50 -vs- Diezel Einstein

[mentoneman]

SL & SL2 modules are definitely darker than the real deal, a Charvel with a low output PAF in the 8K range and a Marshall 4x12 with Celestion Heritage G12M Greenbacks seems like a killer combo that should have worked but just didn't. I tried Heritage G12H's, 65's as well. Too dark, too compressed, mids were weird almost like there was hole somewhere especially with the 65's. The high end was un-musical IMO, and I really had to to turn up that high end to get it to where I wanted. No AC/DC kerrang tone, roll back the volume, the mid-gain was just sterile and fake sounding. The EG5 was cool but felt real fake to me, had a metallic tone to it. I liked the T/DLX module for cleans but again, the feel was not there. I ended up giving up because I think I was driving Frank nuts to get where I wanted to be with that amp. Customer service was great though, and I will stress "was".

in defense of the eggie highs...and listen i am primarily in total agreement with you....a NOS preamp tube swap did wonders for my tol 100 in recalibrating the tone controls on the channels towards a more musical range, particularly the highs.

the only caveat in the equation is the presence circuits for me.
it seems too skinny and harsh to my ear versus a nice old marshall or the aforementioned vht presence, but oddly enough, when recorded or through a mic live, those eggie frequencies sound much more pleasant.

if the fall work schedule treats me well, i intend to send my tol to dave friedman for a presence tweak.