Mezzabarba

[guitarxtc]

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Let’s just say component choices inside them don’t make a lot of sense to me, and to compensate for the component choices, that coupling capacitor sizes are changed from typical SLO values to keep things tight and aggressive.

A SLO with a boost will have a bigger bottom end and not as much Johnson noise at the cost of less gig friendly features.

I traced Trinity board because i wanted to mod it, identical resistors and caps values like SLO,they added extra preamp tube for clean and NFB pot.

 

[dead-pan]

I put my Trinity up for sale for a few days recently, but pulled it. It’s a killer amp IMO. Channel 2 is completely usable to me for a low/mid gain dirt tone. It don’t think it works well for a high gain rhythm channel. I bet that’s what he means.

I do a lot of low gain stuff and it’s great. Turning on bright switch tightens the low end a little on that channel.

Ch 2 and 1 are fantastic for this. Kinda Voxy.

 

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I traced Trinity board because i wanted to mod it, identical resistors and caps values like SLO,they added extra preamp tube for clean and NFB pot.

I have a Trinity and SLO100. They don't really sound alike.

 

[cragginshred]

Curious why channel two was unusable for you?

I have an mzero and an ES which I love and have done over 100 shows with, but need a dedicated clean channel, I’ve been eyeing the trinity.

It just did not capture the marshall vibe in mids or gain department. But then again back then I used way too much gain.

 

[SgtThump]

The Henning Amplification jackass? What FB group is that?

If I remember correctly, Steve Henning is the “Henning Amplification” guy and he’s not that super annoying bald German guy.

I met Steve Henning once a very long time ago and he was a nice guy.

 

[SgtThump]

I have a Trinity and SLO100. They don't really sound alike.

Do you think the Trinity has more “cut” and is not quite as smooth as the SLO100?

 

[dead-pan]

Do you think the Trinity has more “cut” and is not quite as smooth as the SLO100?

I don't. But it depends on volume.

The SLO can get bright with the treble and presence high.

The Trinity has a negative feedback pot so it's complicated but over all I feel it's more tame at extreme settings.

 

[LanierP]

I got an MZero Od right when they came out. Still have it. They made some changes later after the first few batches IF memory serves,,changed the volume taper or something like that,,,mine had the touchiest volume knobs I've ever come across. A bump from 1 to 2 on the knob is like a 50db increase! That aside, I loved Channel 1's tone,,,couldn't really gel with the OD channel for some reason. Maybe too rounded on the bottom end like others here have said. I put a Cusak V2 screamer out from of Channel 1 and dimed the channels gain,,,and it rips!!! Channel 1 had something very cool boosted, but at that point I was not using the Channel that is the amps namesake. I also remember it ate the new El34s it had pretty fast,,,maybe 6 months. That's when I shelved it and moved to another amp for a bit (Gower Marshall KK+)

 

[Markedman]

I got an MZero Od right when they came out. Still have it. They made some changes later after the first few batches IF memory serves,,changed the volume taper or something like that,,,mine had the touchiest volume knobs I've ever come across. A bump from 1 to 2 on the knob is like a 50db increase! That aside, I loved Channel 1's tone,,,couldn't really gel with the OD channel for some reason. Maybe too rounded on the bottom end like others here have said. I put a Cusak V2 screamer out from of Channel 1 and dimed the channels gain,,,and it rips!!! Channel 1 had something very cool boosted, but at that point I was not using the Channel that is the amps namesake. I also remember it ate the new El34s it had pretty fast,,,maybe 6 months. That's when I shelved it and moved to another amp for a bit (Gower Marshall KK+)

This is how I felt about the M-Zero O.D. Ch.1 was a great rock tone but ch.2 muddied up after 1 o'clock on the gain knob. The cabinet was great with the greenbacks.

Rig by John Bazzano, on Flickr