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

...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 😎
 
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.
 
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 .
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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