Michael Wilton of Queensryche using M4!

TrentBizzle · Nov 12, 2009

Queensryche was in town last night for a show here in Nashville. I headed down to the venue real early and immediately ran into Michael Wilton. We struck up a conversation about gear and come to find out...He's using the M4 preamp. Michael was raving on and on about it. He said he was using it with an old Marshall 9100 power amp and two Krank cabs. The sound at the show was awesome. I've been a Ryche fan for a long time, and have been to many shows. This was by far the best tone Whip has had since I first saw them nearly 7 years ago. Congrats to Bruce, Jeff, and all the Eggie crew for making this rig sound phenominal.

Jeff...any low down on the modules he's using? He mentioned a tweaked Twin and one of the EG modules, but not the other two.

Jeff Hilligan · Nov 12, 2009

Ya it was a pleasure to work with Michael on his rig.

I finally gave him a custom Twin( we put bman tone controls in it for more mids since a true twin circuit is scooped. I told him to play the bman and tell me if the tone was more to his liking. He said yes but it breaks up to soon and doesn't have the headroom he needed. I said no problem we will just use the Twin and put Bman tone controls in it!, Bman, SL2x and EG5. He sent me a text telling me he is in love with the Twin and the EG5! Can't wait to get him cabinets now!

jmgman69 · Nov 12, 2009

Jeff Hilligan":19mf5pyh said:
Ya it was a pleasure to work with Michael on his rig.

I finally gave him a custom Twin( we put bman tone controls in it for more mids since a true twin circuit is scooped. I told him to play the bman and tell me if the tone was more to his liking. He said yes but it breaks up to soon and doesn't have the headroom he needed. I said no problem we will just use the Twin and put Bman tone controls in it!, Bman, SL2x and EG5. He sent me a text telling me he is in love with the Twin and the EG5! Can't wait to get him cabinets now!

WTF is this Bman with Twin shit,Sounds like something I need

Valtiel · Nov 12, 2009

jmgman69":2i5re9jq said:
Jeff Hilligan":2i5re9jq said:

Ya it was a pleasure to work with Michael on his rig.

I finally gave him a custom Twin( we put bman tone controls in it for more mids since a true twin circuit is scooped. I told him to play the bman and tell me if the tone was more to his liking. He said yes but it breaks up to soon and doesn't have the headroom he needed. I said no problem we will just use the Twin and put Bman tone controls in it!, Bman, SL2x and EG5. He sent me a text telling me he is in love with the Twin and the EG5! Can't wait to get him cabinets now!

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WTF is this Bman with Twin shit,Sounds like something I need

Jeff could have said anything there and you would feel that way I bet.

jmgman69 · Nov 12, 2009

Valtiel":2f1cj4eh said:
jmgman69":2f1cj4eh said:

Jeff Hilligan":2f1cj4eh said:

Ya it was a pleasure to work with Michael on his rig.

I finally gave him a custom Twin( we put bman tone controls in it for more mids since a true twin circuit is scooped. I told him to play the bman and tell me if the tone was more to his liking. He said yes but it breaks up to soon and doesn't have the headroom he needed. I said no problem we will just use the Twin and put Bman tone controls in it!, Bman, SL2x and EG5. He sent me a text telling me he is in love with the Twin and the EG5! Can't wait to get him cabinets now!

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WTF is this Bman with Twin shit,Sounds like something I need

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Jeff could have said anything there and you would feel that way I bet.

TrentBizzle · Nov 12, 2009

Jeff Hilligan":pqc629fv said:
Can't wait to get him cabinets now!

I actually talked to him about that. He asked me what I thought of them....and naturally I told him that they were the most Badass cabs on the market, especially considering the price and quality. Hope to see those cabs on tour with the Ryche in the near future.

PS....if he goes crazy and buys a wall of cabs I want some credit for influencing him...HAHAHA

RockStarNick · Nov 12, 2009

So, is it the T-MAN module?

:lol:

Valtiel · Nov 12, 2009

RockStarNick":2a2keth9 said:
So, is it the T-MAN module?

EWSEthan · Nov 13, 2009

Jeff is this a tough mod for the BMan? It makes sense he's be into EG5 since Wilton and DeGarmo were big Soldano fans back in the day.

Man Queensryche just depresses me. That band was so ridiculously awesome. Rage for Order, Mindcrime, Emprire, Promised Land are all awesome. Then it just falls apart. Damn shame.

RockStarNick · Nov 13, 2009

EWSEthan":1x16wnwd said:
Jeff is this a tough mod for the BMan? It makes sense he's be into EG5 since Wilton and DeGarmo were big Soldano fans back in the day.

Man Queensryche just depresses me. That band was so ridiculously awesome. Rage for Order, Mindcrime, Emprire, Promised Land are all awesome. Then it just falls apart. Damn shame.

Matt, it's a putting Bman tone controls on the Twin, not the other way around. I think you gotta start with a Twin.

Jeff Hilligan · Nov 13, 2009

RockStarNick":1ug7oabj said:
EWSEthan":1ug7oabj said:

Jeff is this a tough mod for the BMan? It makes sense he's be into EG5 since Wilton and DeGarmo were big Soldano fans back in the day.

Man Queensryche just depresses me. That band was so ridiculously awesome. Rage for Order, Mindcrime, Emprire, Promised Land are all awesome. Then it just falls apart. Damn shame.

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Matt, it's a putting Bman tone controls on the Twin, not the other way around. I think you gotta start with a Twin.

correct!

guitarslinger · Nov 13, 2009

what about bassman controls on a T/D module?

T/D-Man?? :confused:

RockStarNick · Nov 13, 2009

guitarslinger":1pkmcaac said:
what about bassman controls on a T/D module?

T/D-Man??

How about Man-Tiddy module. :hys:

kingsryche · Nov 13, 2009

EWSEthan":1xn3bykw said:
Jeff is this a tough mod for the BMan? It makes sense he's be into EG5 since Wilton and DeGarmo were big Soldano fans back in the day.

Man Queensryche just depresses me. That band was so ridiculously awesome. Rage for Order, Mindcrime, Emprire, Promised Land are all awesome. Then it just falls apart. Damn shame.

I agree. I listened to RFO, Mindcrime and Empire at least a thousand times each. I've listened to HITNF, Q2K and Tribe twice at the most. Mindcrime 2 was pretty badass though. Live, I've seen them more than any other band and they ALWAYS kill. However, the "Building Empires" tour was hands down the defining concert of my entire life!

felineguitars · Nov 15, 2009

I have loved Queensryche sinvce the Queen of the Ryche Ep back in '83
They just aren't the same without Chris De Garmo though...something is missing

Still good live but the original lineup was killer

jlbaxe · Nov 15, 2009

Chris De Garmo is happy flying planes. He still talks and plays with Tate from the interveiw on talking metal. But yeah Chris and Micheal jam'd together.