My last missing Joe Holmes Tone Secret - Pre Rola Greenbacks

EddyLenz

EddyLenz

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Hey Guys,

Yes, I know... Everyone has probably heard about the magic of the old Pulsonic Greenbacks by now, so it's not really a secret anymore lol.

I've been chasing Joe's tone for around 7-8 years, which was when I first heard Farmikos and found out he played for Ozzy and DLR.
In that time, I've had around 5 different Super Leads with other people's and then my own Jose mods (actually a big part of why I got so into tinkering with amps), I got myself a 1972 Strat and had it modded, I got a Lexicon pcm41, a full 80s stereo rack like he was using with a Boss SE70, 2x SDE3000, and an H&H V800... I now got hold of the last big missing component of his tone.

4x Pre Rola Pulsonic Greenbacks

One of them sounds particularly awesome, which is the one that I miced for this demo.
Unfortunately, I don't have a cab for them yet so I put them in my 1991 1960BX until I can find a pre 1973 B cab to put them in.
I know that the cab itself is also a big part of the sound but this is the best I can do for now.
The tone chasing is never gonna end, I guess haha.

I'm also still not quite happy with the 72 Strat and might have it refretted again because I feel like it's buzzing a lot on the E and A strings although it has been to multiple luthiers already...

 
Nice. Warmth with bite. None of that ratty, brittle and smeared quality that plagues certain Greenback reissues.
 
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Have you ever tried early 70’s greenbacks like from 72 to early 73? I ask because I find them to sound a bit better than the prerola greenbacks with all of that same great tone.

The 90’s reissues, I’m assuming that were the 6402 cones?
 
Yep, unfortunately they're a bitch to find and stupid expensive and unless you find a set you can try you have no guarantee they'll actually sound good. I appreciate your dedication but that is one rabbit hole I have no desire to go down

Vid sounds awesome
 
Jakem said:
The tone was great and great playing as well! 👌
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Thanks!

psychodave said:
Have you ever tried early 70’s greenbacks like from 72 to early 73? I ask because I find them to sound a bit better than the prerola greenbacks with all of that same great tone.

The 90’s reissues, I’m assuming that were the 6402 cones?
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Nope, but as long as they still have Pulsonic cones, the 72/3 shouldn't sound different compared to 69/70, right?
With how different the 4 speakers I have sound, I think there's just a big variability in all the old speakers.
Yeah, I think my 91 Greenbacks have the 6402 cones.

technomancer said:
Yep, unfortunately they're a bitch to find and stupid expensive and unless you find a set you can try you have no guarantee they'll actually sound good. I appreciate your dedication but that is one rabbit hole I have no desire to go down

Vid sounds awesome
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Yeah, for sure!
3 out of the 4 speakers I got sound great but not really what I personally like, as they're more scooped and have more top end.
I got really lucky that the 4th speaker is perfect for my taste.
 
Appreciate the video.
Great tone, and, fantastic playing, Eddy…

It would be interesting to hear the 6402 cone A/B’d with the pulsonic…
 
technomancer said:
So is that Jose the variant with the extra gain stage in front of each of the Plexi channels with the .022uF couplers?
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Yes, but different couplers.

SQUAREHEAD said:
Appreciate the video.
Great tone, and, fantastic playing, Eddy…

It would be interesting to hear the 6402 cone A/B’d with the pulsonic…
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Thanks! When I get a cab for the Pulsonics, I'll make a comparison before I take them out of the 1991 cab.
 
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