JerryP
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Thanks for the support guys! To add to what's already been written, Scott Splawn isn't modding amps right now, it's posted on his site. He's sent several people to me. My turn around time is about 2-3 weeks and longer for crazy mods right now. I'm swamped here right now and don't have time for cool stuff like playing on myspace and spamming other peoples friends. 
Jerry
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rokrok
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If I remember right Harry Kolbe scammed some hc forum member?
Gainfreak":5a75f said:My friend Fankie had a Caswell modded marshall in the 80's and it absolutely sucked balls IMHO. I jammed with him once and I used my JCM800 2210 with a graphic EQ in the loop and he used his Caswell Modded Marshall. That jam session caused him to sell the Caswell and Buy a 2210.
I have experiance with Mark Cameron mods,Lee Jackson Mods,Caswell Mods, Jose Mods, Heavy Metal Joe mods and Harry Kolbe mods.
The Cameron Marshall mods smokes them all IMHO.
The Lee Jackson mods were hit or miss. I owned one for many years and had it re-modded by Dave Bray. My Lee Jackson mod sucked whereas this other guys sounded amazing. Lee basically did one mod at the time and it seems as if he did not take the time to make sure they all sounded the same becuase they did NOT.
The Caswell mod sounded crunchy in a bad way. It was very shrill and had a more gain then stock but it was in no way a musical sounding amp. I have only heard one so that's not to say that someone else had a different experiance.
The Old Jose Mods were also hit of miss iMHO and Jose had more then a few mods. Not just one. The one I heard sounded like ass and pretty much sounded like the tone Mick Sweeda got on the first Bullet Boys disc. Sounded cool for rhythm but when you went for a solo, The amp choked out.
The Jose modded amps that John Sykes uses are killer IMHO. I would be willing to bet that it was a different mod then the one I tried.
I believe Steve Sah5150 has a lot of experiance with the Jose mods and so Deos Mark cameron of course!! I think Steve and Mark can chime in although so we can hear some stories about the master!
I wont even mention Harry Kolbe's mods. I don;t think Kolbe gets high gain and his marshall mods were horrible sounding IMHO. That said, Harry worked on all my amps in the 80's just re-tubing and biasing / service. His service was top notch and my Stock amps always came back sounding better. I hear that his Fender mods are killer but I never heard them.
Heavy Metal Joe was my tech after Harry Kolbe. He worked for Marshall in the late 80's and did worl on the side for me and many others. Joe was rumored to have designed the Jcm900 series but he never got the recognition nor did they use his design. I think they just used his idea of a high gainer. IMHO it was a shame because his amp killed the 900 series hands down. That said, his amps were based on diode clipping just like the 2210 but with much more gain on tap. The problem was that it had a sizzle to it that could not be dialed out thus making me look elsware in the mod world
If I remember right Harry Kolbe scammed some hc forum member?
voodooamps
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YEAH they are good. i see you forgot Jerry, oops. Jerry is the man. As are a few of the above.
I didn't read the entire thread which is why I stated "off the top of my head", my apologies to the forum members if I mentioned others that have already been mentioned previously in this thread.
Regarding the rest of your post; I am very much aware of you are, we've always gotten along fine and never had any problems with one another. I've seen your other posts here and this negativity you seem so willing to display with regards to us has only come about since you had Jerry do work for you. That fact that you are happy with Jerry's work is by no means the point of contention but rather the obvious manner in which you seem to try and down us when ever the opportunity presents itself.
What you may or may not be aware of is that we used to refer people to Jerry all the time but Jerry has been less than civil with us for some time now (IE: which is again reflected in his recent post in this thread) so I'm not certain why you feel we (or anyone) would have the want to direct others to someone who goes out of their way to knock us.
Regarding our turn around time; We have four full time employees, which is what allows us to keep our turn around times to 3-5 days. Aside from that our turn around time of 3-5 days has been in place for a long time now. Some items are turned around more quickly but in general 3-5 days has been our standard turn around time.
Trace
I didn't read the entire thread which is why I stated "off the top of my head", my apologies to the forum members if I mentioned others that have already been mentioned previously in this thread.
Regarding the rest of your post; I am very much aware of you are, we've always gotten along fine and never had any problems with one another. I've seen your other posts here and this negativity you seem so willing to display with regards to us has only come about since you had Jerry do work for you. That fact that you are happy with Jerry's work is by no means the point of contention but rather the obvious manner in which you seem to try and down us when ever the opportunity presents itself.
What you may or may not be aware of is that we used to refer people to Jerry all the time but Jerry has been less than civil with us for some time now (IE: which is again reflected in his recent post in this thread) so I'm not certain why you feel we (or anyone) would have the want to direct others to someone who goes out of their way to knock us.
Regarding our turn around time; We have four full time employees, which is what allows us to keep our turn around times to 3-5 days. Aside from that our turn around time of 3-5 days has been in place for a long time now. Some items are turned around more quickly but in general 3-5 days has been our standard turn around time.
Trace
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Heavy Metal Joe could quite possibly be the coolest freaking name on the planet
Chubtone also knows his way around the Jose mod.
Pretty cool read Ralph!
Gainfreak":5aeb9 said:My friend Fankie had a Caswell modded marshall in the 80's and it absolutely sucked balls IMHO. I jammed with him once and I used my JCM800 2210 with a graphic EQ in the loop and he used his Caswell Modded Marshall. That jam session caused him to sell the Caswell and Buy a 2210.
I have experiance with Mark Cameron mods,Lee Jackson Mods,Caswell Mods, Jose Mods, Heavy Metal Joe mods and Harry Kolbe mods.
The Cameron Marshall mods smokes them all IMHO.
The Lee Jackson mods were hit or miss. I owned one for many years and had it re-modded by Dave Bray. My Lee Jackson mod sucked whereas this other guys sounded amazing. Lee basically did one mod at the time and it seems as if he did not take the time to make sure they all sounded the same becuase they did NOT.
The Caswell mod sounded crunchy in a bad way. It was very shrill and had a more gain then stock but it was in no way a musical sounding amp. I have only heard one so that's not to say that someone else had a different experiance.
The Old Jose Mods were also hit of miss iMHO and Jose had more then a few mods. Not just one. The one I heard sounded like ass and pretty much sounded like the tone Mick Sweeda got on the first Bullet Boys disc. Sounded cool for rhythm but when you went for a solo, The amp choked out.
The Jose modded amps that John Sykes uses are killer IMHO. I would be willing to bet that it was a different mod then the one I tried.
I believe Steve Sah5150 has a lot of experiance with the Jose mods and so Deos Mark cameron of course!! I think Steve and Mark can chime in although so we can hear some stories about the master!
I wont even mention Harry Kolbe's mods. I don;t think Kolbe gets high gain and his marshall mods were horrible sounding IMHO. That said, Harry worked on all my amps in the 80's just re-tubing and biasing / service. His service was top notch and my Stock amps always came back sounding better. I hear that his Fender mods are killer but I never heard them.
Heavy Metal Joe was my tech after Harry Kolbe. He worked for Marshall in the late 80's and did worl on the side for me and many others. Joe was rumored to have designed the Jcm900 series but he never got the recognition nor did they use his design. I think they just used his idea of a high gainer. IMHO it was a shame because his amp killed the 900 series hands down. That said, his amps were based on diode clipping just like the 2210 but with much more gain on tap. The problem was that it had a sizzle to it that could not be dialed out thus making me look elsware in the mod world
Heavy Metal Joe could quite possibly be the coolest freaking name on the planet
Chubtone also knows his way around the Jose mod.
Pretty cool read Ralph!
jonny toetags
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Step 1 completed: just scored a JCM800 Cdn Ed. off these fine forums! 
Gainfreak
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Thanks bro!! After re-reading my reply, inoticed how many typos were in my original post and I forgot to mention Dave Bray!!!
Digital Jams":d0d46 said::|::QBB:
Heavy Metal Joe could quite possibly be the coolest freaking name on the planet
Chubtone also knows his way around the Jose mod.
Pretty cool read Ralph!
Thanks bro!! After re-reading my reply, inoticed how many typos were in my original post and I forgot to mention Dave Bray!!!
Gainfreak
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Another thing that I must mention is that the caswell Mod my friend Frankie had sounded nothing like slashes sound or the Soundclip clips posted. So you can take that for what it's worth.
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Lespaul1981
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Check the board this weekend for some clips I am going to do of my 2203 with the caswell mod. Im gonna use a LP standard and a bogner 4x12 with vintage 30s.
imho the caswell mod's gain is not overpowering but rather musical. Listen to appetite, and listen to it. there is more bite and snarl than say heaviness. When I think of heaviness I think of the bogner red channel.
imho the caswell mod's gain is not overpowering but rather musical. Listen to appetite, and listen to it. there is more bite and snarl than say heaviness. When I think of heaviness I think of the bogner red channel.
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my negativity...... i throw out alot of it for everything. dont think your getting individual attention . and umm......i down you whenever the opportunity presents itself?? i throw in my .02 just like everyone else here. and have been doing it here and HC longer than i have been having Jerry do work for me. "i am very much aware of who you are" .......well......good for you. and???? the fact that i chose jerry had alot to do with me checking alot of references locally as i did for two "other" mod people and getting by far the best feedback on his work and the quality of it. and how he chooses to do business. so dont flatter yourself by thinking i have a vendetta with voodoo amps.
voodooamps":3d82b said:
my negativity...... i throw out alot of it for everything. dont think your getting individual attention . and umm......i down you whenever the opportunity presents itself?? i throw in my .02 just like everyone else here. and have been doing it here and HC longer than i have been having Jerry do work for me. "i am very much aware of who you are" .......well......good for you. and???? the fact that i chose jerry had alot to do with me checking alot of references locally as i did for two "other" mod people and getting by far the best feedback on his work and the quality of it. and how he chooses to do business. so dont flatter yourself by thinking i have a vendetta with voodoo amps.
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Well what do you have then if not an axe to grind? You are the one to quote Trace saying he forgot Jerry so you must be trying to say something. You post two emoticons laughing after Jerry posts, what was that about?
BTW I have no products from either person here so my stance is pretty non-biased
Also......that list that Trace posted has some of the best modder's in the business....guys that have tweaked some monster player's amps that have appeared on huge albums. I like Jerry and admire his drive and think is work is great but Trace did not forget anyone imo......
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Well what do you have then if not an axe to grind? You are the one to quote Trace saying he forgot Jerry so you must be trying to say something. You post two emoticons laughing after Jerry posts, what was that about?
BTW I have no products from either person here so my stance is pretty non-biased
Also......that list that Trace posted has some of the best modder's in the business....guys that have tweaked some monster player's amps that have appeared on huge albums. I like Jerry and admire his drive and think is work is great but Trace did not forget anyone imo......
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Excellent News!! I would really like to know what you think. After going to his site I'm positive that the mods that he is doing now are way different then what My friend had. The mod that My friend Frankie had was done way before Guns came out, So I'm sure they were different!
jonny toetags":7f2c1 said:
Excellent News!! I would really like to know what you think. After going to his site I'm positive that the mods that he is doing now are way different then what My friend had. The mod that My friend Frankie had was done way before Guns came out, So I'm sure they were different!
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and TY for the 6505 btw
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Guess I'll need to find an old LP, throw in some Alnico Pros and make some clips
Either way, I'll let you guys know.
I might play with it stock for a bit, see what it sounds like and it'll give me some time to get some $$ saved up for the mod
and TY for the 6505 btw
JackBootedThug
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Odin
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Do people actually seel out the "Appetitie for Destruction" amp tone? It sounds thin and buzzy with too much gain to my ears.
Not only that, it's very easy to achieve with just about any Marshall and an OD pedal, or pretty much any Marshall clone high gain amp, I just try not to dial my Splawn in to sound like that because the amp is capable of much better sounds.
Not only that, it's very easy to achieve with just about any Marshall and an OD pedal, or pretty much any Marshall clone high gain amp, I just try not to dial my Splawn in to sound like that because the amp is capable of much better sounds.
