Screw all modern high gain fancy fairy dust boutique Amps...

[saxxamafone]

...as far as i'm concerned.

0:00 Solo Raw
0:38 Double Tracked
1:16 Guitars and Bass still raw. Mastered Mix only.

I tried so many Amps now, except for a few like Wizard, Hermansson, Larry.
Will i try more Amps in the future to find a better one? Hell yeah. Will i find a "better" one? I doubt it.

Was that gain all the way up on the pedal also? Sounds nasty

 

[LanBaul]

Absolute chaos

 

[Simon Dorn]

Was that gain all the way up on the pedal also? Sounds nasty

WYSIWYG

 

[Simon Dorn]

When you remove the cable between the Master pot's wiper and the following coupling cap what goes to the 1st grid of the driver tube and put in a 100k resistor instead then the amp fattens up much earlier.

Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately i don't have the skills to solder in the Amp. I soldered cables and pickups but that's about it.
Would i lose something with this mod? I read somwhere that when i gain something, in regards to modding, i would lose something else. Sounded right to me.

 

[Simon Dorn]

Yeah OSDM = Old School Death Metal. Nothing to do with Swedish stuff.

That tone is definitely more akin to Obituary et al. Me likey!

Thanks again.

 

[Simon Dorn]

When you additional remove the cable between that coupling cap and the 1st grid of the driver tube and put in a 220k resistor instead, then you avoid high frequency oscillation (around 60-80 kHz), what often occures unheard in these amps and what's robbing lows.

EDIT: I was thinking too quick. Not a 220k, but a 47k in the mentioned spot is plenty. But...
... but a 220k resistor instead of the cable from the junction of the 470k/470p-470k to the 1st grid of V2, the preamp tube, where the 100k resistor is across the tube socket.

Interesting. Thank you. A few weeks ago i made a comparison clip of the 2203 compared to a Mesa Triple Rectifier with a bit more volume and a different Microphone Position. The Marshall was much bigger sounding in the room, because of the "lack" of compression. Recorded they are not very far off from each other. I think the typical characteristics that are associated with the Amps shine through well .

 

[Simon Dorn]

Yeah. That was probably the priblem. I always record at volume

Did you see my latest 2203 vs Triple comparison? I used a bit more volume in that clip. But also a different mic position.

 

[novosibir]

Would i lose something with this mod? I read somwhere that when i gain something, in regards to modding, i would lose something else. Sounded right to me.

No you wouldn't loose anything with this minor mods, because they don't alter the gain or frequencies of the amp, but only stabilize a delicate and vulnerable system.

 

[Simon Dorn]

No you wouldn't loose anything with this minor mods, because they don't alter the gain or frequencies of the amp, but only stabilize a delicate and vulnerable system.

Ok, i get it, thanks. If i only had the skills... I think my "wish-mod" for a 2203 would be KT88 in the Poweramp a little simple gain mod and a Depth-Pot.

 

[novosibir]

Ok, i get it, thanks. If i only had the skills... I think my "wish-mod" for a 2203 would be KT88 in the Poweramp a little simple gain mod and a Depth-Pot.

Every good tech can accomplish this and it doesn't require Larry-ish skills.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

Did you see my latest 2203 vs Triple comparison? I used a bit more volume in that clip. But also a different mic position.

No. Link it

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

No you wouldn't loose anything with this minor mods, because they don't alter the gain or frequencies of the amp, but only stabilize a delicate and vulnerable system.

Damn it. Now i want to buy a marshall just to do the mod

 

[Simon Dorn]

No. Link it

 

[Simon Dorn]

Every good tech can accomplish this and it doesn't require Larry-ish skills.

I had a few 2203s modded over the years. I always came back to the Stock Version. It works for over 50 years now. But i may change my mind again.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I love those riffs. Now i kind of want to write a ridf over those drums. I miss riff warz

 

[Simon Dorn]

I love those riffs. Now i kind of want to write a ridf over those drums. I miss riff warz

Where did the woman go, btw.? I haven't seen her here in a while. nowyourplayingwithpower?

 

[novosibir]

Where did the woman go, btw.? I haven't seen her here in a while. nowyourplayingwithpower?

She's been in my house for two weeks and actually just wanted to try out my Thor's Hammer...
... but she just can't stop playing this amp since then

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

Where did the woman go, btw.? I haven't seen her here in a while. nowyourplayingwithpower?

It is a bit opaque. She claimed others were sharing her personal information. Others claimed she was sharing theirs.
I don't really know the truth or care for that matter. But the fact that she and some others left over it is really a shame

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

She's been in my house for two weeks and actually just wanted to try out my Thor's Hammer...
... but she just can't stop playing this amp since then

I think 99% of people here want to try that amp, irregardless of their feelings for you personally.

I have been looking for something to dethrone my amp, and I wish you would just bring one over to do it.

You know, Texas really is nice this time of year. Were you to take a small vacation, i guarantee there would be an ampfest so large and you could put that thing up against a good portion of the heavy hitters.

 

[novosibir]

It would be too time-consuming for me and it would have no personal or business use for me to fly with a Thor's Hammer from Germany to the USA to do that or to present the amp there in person.

However, two TH will go early in 2027 to RT members located in the USA, whose names I will not reveal here for discretionary reasons.

If these reveal themselves here, you can organize an amp fest and invite at least one of the two to it.