Pete Lacis
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A while back I had the opportunity to attend Bruce Egnater's amp building seminar at his shop in Berkley, Michigan. During this class we learned about the basics of amp building and were taken through the step-by-step process of assembling our own amp - a Mojo Tone JTM45 kit who's circuit was tweaked by Bruce to mirror his own design from his modular series (according to Jeff Hilligan its the "3" in the EG 3/4 module with more gain) .
As much as I enjoyed the experience, once I got the amp home I had difficulty incorporating its tones into my sound and playing style. As described by the folks at Egnater, the EG 3/4....
Joe Coffey from Premier Guitar also shot this video of me demoing the head just as we completed them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X53GKGZo4Ko
Since I found this voicing to be too compressed, dark and saggy for my tastes, the amp sat for some time as the backup that never got played. Fast forward about a year or so and I became aware that David Friedman of Racksystems was offering his services to mod these amps. After hearing some pretty amazing clips of his "Brown Eye" and "Hairy Brown Eye" mods on a number of sites and speaking with David at length about what type of sound I was looking for (tight, focused, punchy yet warm), I knew I had to have my Egnater seminar head modded to give it new life.
As my #1 amp for the last few years has been John Suhr's OD100 Classic Plus (under the Custom Audio Amplifiers moniker), I though it would be great to compare these two amps so that folks to hear some of the differences and see what they do well.
Guitar used was a Gibson Les Paul VOS "G" '60 with stock Burstbucker pickups but upgraded with the RS Guitarworks vintage upgrade kit. Cab was a CAA 1x12 loaded with an Eminence Governor. Mic was a Shure 57. I/O was a MOTU 896. DAW is Ableton Live 8. I switched between the amps using a Custom Audio Electronics Amp selector.
NOTE - Even though the following clips are listed below, they are all included with a flash player at my blog for easier comparison which is available via http://www.petelacis.com/2009/12/10/od1 ... inar-head/
OD100 Classic Plus Ch 2
OD100 Classic Plus Ch 2 Boosted
Egnater Friedman Brown Eye Gain at 5
Egnater Friedman Brown Eye Gain at 10
Egnater Friedman Hairy Brown Eye Gain at 5
Egnater Friedman Hairy Brown Eye Gain at 7
Egnater Friedman Hairy Brown Eye Gain at 10
As much as I enjoyed the experience, once I got the amp home I had difficulty incorporating its tones into my sound and playing style. As described by the folks at Egnater, the EG 3/4....
Here's an example of what the stock Egnater Seminar Head sounds like:
Joe Coffey from Premier Guitar also shot this video of me demoing the head just as we completed them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X53GKGZo4Ko
Since I found this voicing to be too compressed, dark and saggy for my tastes, the amp sat for some time as the backup that never got played. Fast forward about a year or so and I became aware that David Friedman of Racksystems was offering his services to mod these amps. After hearing some pretty amazing clips of his "Brown Eye" and "Hairy Brown Eye" mods on a number of sites and speaking with David at length about what type of sound I was looking for (tight, focused, punchy yet warm), I knew I had to have my Egnater seminar head modded to give it new life.
As my #1 amp for the last few years has been John Suhr's OD100 Classic Plus (under the Custom Audio Amplifiers moniker), I though it would be great to compare these two amps so that folks to hear some of the differences and see what they do well.
Guitar used was a Gibson Les Paul VOS "G" '60 with stock Burstbucker pickups but upgraded with the RS Guitarworks vintage upgrade kit. Cab was a CAA 1x12 loaded with an Eminence Governor. Mic was a Shure 57. I/O was a MOTU 896. DAW is Ableton Live 8. I switched between the amps using a Custom Audio Electronics Amp selector.
NOTE - Even though the following clips are listed below, they are all included with a flash player at my blog for easier comparison which is available via http://www.petelacis.com/2009/12/10/od1 ... inar-head/
OD100 Classic Plus Ch 2
OD100 Classic Plus Ch 2 Boosted
Egnater Friedman Brown Eye Gain at 5
Egnater Friedman Brown Eye Gain at 10
Egnater Friedman Hairy Brown Eye Gain at 5
Egnater Friedman Hairy Brown Eye Gain at 7
Egnater Friedman Hairy Brown Eye Gain at 10