MadAsAHatter
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Yes, the pun was intended in the title 
This NAD is mainly for my newly acquired Naylor Superdrive 100, but I’ve procrastinated on posting previous NADs for a number of months now. Now is as good of a time as any to catch up so this post will contain 5 of them. NADs are KSR Gemini, Peters Pro Dual Channel (Halo/Vega), Zinky MOFO, Randall RM100, & Naylor Superdrive 100. I have some pics of everything and will try to get clips made/posted during the week.
Any clips will also be new speaker & microphone days too. These will be my first recordings of new Mojotone Grehound speakers using a new pair of Sterling Audio SL30MP condenser mics. I haven’t had the mics for overly long so I’m still playing around with placement.
KSR Gemini:
This is the one I bought from JerEvil so some of you may already be familiar with it. The best way I can describe it is a cross between a Mesa & Marshall with what appears to be infinite options for tone shaping. I really don’t know where to begin describing the tones this amp is capable of. I’ve had it for several months now and still feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface. I’ve found a go to setting that suits me. Lead channel, Mode 2, Fat 1, Voice 0, Bright 1. This gives me all the gain I want, good bass response without being flubby, and enough top end clarity before going into icepick territory. I find the voice switch makes only subtle changes to tone so I just leave it off. I also like Mode 4 if I want to go over the top saturation and still remain fairly tight.
Peters Pro Dual Channel:
I came across this one on reverb for a pretty good steal. I’ve been able to get acquainted with this one for several months now also. It’s from 2008 and has the Halo and Vega channels. Unfortunately this one went right into the repair shop upon arrival. The idiot who packed it stuck it in a way oversized box with pretty much zero protection. The amp got thrown around so much in the box that all the tubes popped out and the chassis bent underneath the transformer. And the footswitch was also crushed by the weight of the amp being slammed on it during shipping. There was also some other damage but nothing that was unrepairable. I decided to keep it and have it repaired with the cost of repairs, new tubes, etc., etc. refunded to me. I had to wait several weeks to get it back, but the tech did a good job at fixing it up.
Tone wise, I put this in the hot-rodded British camp. The Halo channel is a good clean channel that can hit light crunch with the gain cranked. The Vega channel I’d say is on the upper end of medium gain, think lightly boosted JCM 800. For me it can make it into 80’s metal type saturation. It could probably make it into modern metal territory with a good boost, but that’s not its forte. I pretty much set it for your typical British type tones with the gain cranked about 3/4th the way up. I will say it is touch sensitive on both channels. The harder you dig in the more you can drive it.
Zinky MOFO:
This one I found at the local tech shop. I was picking up the Peters amp from being repaired after the shipping disaster. While waiting for the tech to bring the Peters out from the back I spotted the Zinky in the corner. I played it for a few minutes with a shop guitar then came back the next day with one of mine to give it a real go. After that it came home with me. This one is # 065. The mofo is different from what I'm used to out of my other amps. I find somewhat like a Recto, but not really either. It is pretty gnarly and aggressive though. The clean channel is nothing to write home about. Lead channel doesn’t have over the top saturation but more than enough to let you know it’s there. I find the 2 best settings are how you see it set in the picture above with gain set to taste. This sounds just like you’d expect with those settings. The other best setting is everything cranked to "11" and run it wide ass open. This is where you get some truly aggressive tones. The tolex was a good bit roughed up and peeling off in several areas so it needed a recover. My wife picked the cheetah print I like the way it came out.
Randall RM100 + modules:
This is a recent acquisition bought a few weeks ago. I’ve been having a SYN 2 and a couple of Synergy modules for a while now, running them through the power section of a Line 6 DT 25. This worked well enough but there was too much difference in volumes when switching topologies. Browsing eBay I came across the Randall and it was listed as having mods done by Jaded Faith, but the seller didn’t know which ones. It was a good price so I went ahead and took a chance on it. Turns out it had the dual channel mod done. It also came with a Randall Clean, Rectified, and Blackface module. It came with 6L6s installed and I swapped them out for EL34s. EL34s sound better to me in this amp than 6L6s. It works perfectly with my synergy modules and I’m not too far off the sound I was getting from the Line 6. I also have they SYN2 run through the loop. With that setup theoretically I can have a 10 channel amp LOL! I don’t care much for the Randall modules that came with the amp so I’ll be sending them off to Rob for some mods. The tolex was in okay shape but apparently I've been on a recovering spree lately and did this one too. purple/white crocodile print seemed fitting for this one.
Naylor Superdrive 100:
Last but certainly not least... This one came in Friday afternoon. I stumbled across it on eBay and was lucky enough to snag it for a good price. If you’ve read my other post about this amp you’ll know I actually bought it from braintheory without realizing it was him. Made me happy to know I was getting it from a fellow RT member. I haven’t had a whole lot of time with the amp yet and I’m obviously still in the honeymoon phase, but holy crap! Instant satisfaction within the first few notes. My ENGL Inferno has been my favorite amp thus far. I won’t say the Naylor knocked it off the perch. It rather shares the pedestal with the ENGL for the exact opposite reason I love the Inferno. The Inferno has the typical compression you’d expect from an ENGL. The Naylor goes in the opposite direction being more open and organic. I don’t know if anyone would classify this as a high gain amp, but it has enough saturation for me to rock out to some old school Metallica and Megadeth. I was able to do a quick recording which will be posted below.
This NAD is mainly for my newly acquired Naylor Superdrive 100, but I’ve procrastinated on posting previous NADs for a number of months now. Now is as good of a time as any to catch up so this post will contain 5 of them. NADs are KSR Gemini, Peters Pro Dual Channel (Halo/Vega), Zinky MOFO, Randall RM100, & Naylor Superdrive 100. I have some pics of everything and will try to get clips made/posted during the week.
Any clips will also be new speaker & microphone days too. These will be my first recordings of new Mojotone Grehound speakers using a new pair of Sterling Audio SL30MP condenser mics. I haven’t had the mics for overly long so I’m still playing around with placement.
KSR Gemini:
This is the one I bought from JerEvil so some of you may already be familiar with it. The best way I can describe it is a cross between a Mesa & Marshall with what appears to be infinite options for tone shaping. I really don’t know where to begin describing the tones this amp is capable of. I’ve had it for several months now and still feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface. I’ve found a go to setting that suits me. Lead channel, Mode 2, Fat 1, Voice 0, Bright 1. This gives me all the gain I want, good bass response without being flubby, and enough top end clarity before going into icepick territory. I find the voice switch makes only subtle changes to tone so I just leave it off. I also like Mode 4 if I want to go over the top saturation and still remain fairly tight.
Peters Pro Dual Channel:
I came across this one on reverb for a pretty good steal. I’ve been able to get acquainted with this one for several months now also. It’s from 2008 and has the Halo and Vega channels. Unfortunately this one went right into the repair shop upon arrival. The idiot who packed it stuck it in a way oversized box with pretty much zero protection. The amp got thrown around so much in the box that all the tubes popped out and the chassis bent underneath the transformer. And the footswitch was also crushed by the weight of the amp being slammed on it during shipping. There was also some other damage but nothing that was unrepairable. I decided to keep it and have it repaired with the cost of repairs, new tubes, etc., etc. refunded to me. I had to wait several weeks to get it back, but the tech did a good job at fixing it up.
Tone wise, I put this in the hot-rodded British camp. The Halo channel is a good clean channel that can hit light crunch with the gain cranked. The Vega channel I’d say is on the upper end of medium gain, think lightly boosted JCM 800. For me it can make it into 80’s metal type saturation. It could probably make it into modern metal territory with a good boost, but that’s not its forte. I pretty much set it for your typical British type tones with the gain cranked about 3/4th the way up. I will say it is touch sensitive on both channels. The harder you dig in the more you can drive it.
Zinky MOFO:
This one I found at the local tech shop. I was picking up the Peters amp from being repaired after the shipping disaster. While waiting for the tech to bring the Peters out from the back I spotted the Zinky in the corner. I played it for a few minutes with a shop guitar then came back the next day with one of mine to give it a real go. After that it came home with me. This one is # 065. The mofo is different from what I'm used to out of my other amps. I find somewhat like a Recto, but not really either. It is pretty gnarly and aggressive though. The clean channel is nothing to write home about. Lead channel doesn’t have over the top saturation but more than enough to let you know it’s there. I find the 2 best settings are how you see it set in the picture above with gain set to taste. This sounds just like you’d expect with those settings. The other best setting is everything cranked to "11" and run it wide ass open. This is where you get some truly aggressive tones. The tolex was a good bit roughed up and peeling off in several areas so it needed a recover. My wife picked the cheetah print I like the way it came out.
Randall RM100 + modules:
This is a recent acquisition bought a few weeks ago. I’ve been having a SYN 2 and a couple of Synergy modules for a while now, running them through the power section of a Line 6 DT 25. This worked well enough but there was too much difference in volumes when switching topologies. Browsing eBay I came across the Randall and it was listed as having mods done by Jaded Faith, but the seller didn’t know which ones. It was a good price so I went ahead and took a chance on it. Turns out it had the dual channel mod done. It also came with a Randall Clean, Rectified, and Blackface module. It came with 6L6s installed and I swapped them out for EL34s. EL34s sound better to me in this amp than 6L6s. It works perfectly with my synergy modules and I’m not too far off the sound I was getting from the Line 6. I also have they SYN2 run through the loop. With that setup theoretically I can have a 10 channel amp LOL! I don’t care much for the Randall modules that came with the amp so I’ll be sending them off to Rob for some mods. The tolex was in okay shape but apparently I've been on a recovering spree lately and did this one too. purple/white crocodile print seemed fitting for this one.
Naylor Superdrive 100:
Last but certainly not least... This one came in Friday afternoon. I stumbled across it on eBay and was lucky enough to snag it for a good price. If you’ve read my other post about this amp you’ll know I actually bought it from braintheory without realizing it was him. Made me happy to know I was getting it from a fellow RT member. I haven’t had a whole lot of time with the amp yet and I’m obviously still in the honeymoon phase, but holy crap! Instant satisfaction within the first few notes. My ENGL Inferno has been my favorite amp thus far. I won’t say the Naylor knocked it off the perch. It rather shares the pedestal with the ENGL for the exact opposite reason I love the Inferno. The Inferno has the typical compression you’d expect from an ENGL. The Naylor goes in the opposite direction being more open and organic. I don’t know if anyone would classify this as a high gain amp, but it has enough saturation for me to rock out to some old school Metallica and Megadeth. I was able to do a quick recording which will be posted below.
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