Bad.Seed
Well-known member
I know, I've been posting an obnoxious amount of these threads lately, but I keep coming up on some great deals that I can't pass up, so why not.
This amp was for sale over at the Mylespaul forum. I literally saw it a day after I bought the Voodoo Modded 2204, and the fact that it has the same visual treatment of course caught my eye immediately. The seller didn't seem to know much about it, but sent me some shots and it looked to be made in 89. No issues other than reverb not working, which doesn't bother me.
Opening it up, I immediately noticed it had 2 additional caps wired in with the original LCR cap, so someone added an extra filtering stage at some point. Bonus, I guess. There is also a spot next to C37 where someone had glued something to the board, and then removed it later. There is also an additional hole drilled in the front that has been plugged, so someone reversed whatever mod had be done at the time. I'm thinking that's a perfect spot for a depth pot.
I turned it on and plugged in and honestly, I'm very pleasantly surprised. This thing absolutely roars. You definitely have to dial it in differently than the 2204, as it doesn't have the same cut-your-head-off brightness that the 2204 has, but it can easily be dialed in that way. It has more than enough gain on tap for anything I play as well. Again, I'd like to tighten the bass on this one and make it punchier, pretty much my same complaint of every vintage Marshall I've ever had, but I think I'll actually do it this time.
This amp was for sale over at the Mylespaul forum. I literally saw it a day after I bought the Voodoo Modded 2204, and the fact that it has the same visual treatment of course caught my eye immediately. The seller didn't seem to know much about it, but sent me some shots and it looked to be made in 89. No issues other than reverb not working, which doesn't bother me.
Opening it up, I immediately noticed it had 2 additional caps wired in with the original LCR cap, so someone added an extra filtering stage at some point. Bonus, I guess. There is also a spot next to C37 where someone had glued something to the board, and then removed it later. There is also an additional hole drilled in the front that has been plugged, so someone reversed whatever mod had be done at the time. I'm thinking that's a perfect spot for a depth pot.
I turned it on and plugged in and honestly, I'm very pleasantly surprised. This thing absolutely roars. You definitely have to dial it in differently than the 2204, as it doesn't have the same cut-your-head-off brightness that the 2204 has, but it can easily be dialed in that way. It has more than enough gain on tap for anything I play as well. Again, I'd like to tighten the bass on this one and make it punchier, pretty much my same complaint of every vintage Marshall I've ever had, but I think I'll actually do it this time.