Why aren't you people using the LYNCH MOD??

[Bad.Seed]

I have a modded JMP with more gain than i'll ever use but still prefer to back off amp gain & slam it w/a pedal and so do you as im subscribed to your YT channel and many of your vids do the same.
LM & HM are just tools in the toolbox they're not the end all/be all thats all im saying.

I can agree with that statement.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I gotta say, I don't agree with this, still. Kerry King hit his 800 with a Tube Screamer and a 10 band EQ and his tones were still fairly dry in comparison to modern tones.

I get told on my Youtube videos all the time I need to use MORE gain, but I disagree with the guys who say that as too much gain muddies things up, especially in a mix. In saying that, a stock 2203/2204 isn't enough for me with an SD1 or TS9 out front for my tastes, which is sort of modern thrash and 90's hardcore/crossover stuff.

To each their own, and I respect your guys' opinions, I just can't say that I feel the same about the level of gain these amps can achieve, stock, with a boost out front.

All good, we can't all agree all the time right? I wish I had an easy way to record to PC, I'd show you what I mean and we could let our ears decide. Room or phone mic doesn't do it justice, would need to go close mic'd. Maybe I just lucked out with my amp.

 

[nigelpkay]

I’m with the other poster that the stock Marshall and SD-1 is just not quite enough gain for my tastes without cranking the drive too high in the SD-1. With the Hot Mod V2, I can get it right in the sweet spot where I only have my SD-1 level maxed (or less) and the drive at 0 so the drive is all tube.
IMO, you still need to a pedal to carve the tone, you are just adding another gain stage. But it gets me into my personal sweet spot gain-wise.

Only Marshall I had that didn’t need a pedal was the JVM as it was designed to retain the tightness at high-gain.

 

[thedeadzone]

I like Lynch a lot, especially older stuff, but the Lynch Mod doesn't sound great to me, at least in the examples I've heard. Nothing wrong with it, it's just not a fit for my tastes. Maybe I'd just need to get it or the Hot Mod and play around with it.

It really just depends what we're each looking for, and there are plenty of ways to layer gain. Boosting signal and/or adding clipping before V1 will sound different than doing it between V1 and V3, not to mention all of the different ways to boost/clip, wherever you're doing it.

 

[glpg80]

I like Lynch a lot, especially older stuff, but the Lynch Mod doesn't sound great to me, at least in the examples I've heard. Nothing wrong with it, it's just not a fit for my tastes. Maybe I'd just need to get it or the Hot Mod and play around with it.

It really just depends what we're each looking for, and there are plenty of ways to layer gain. Boosting signal and/or adding clipping before V1 will sound different than doing it between V1 and V3, not to mention all of the different ways to boost/clip, wherever you're doing it.

This is the camp I’m in. It does sound good with a 12AT7 but this is doing exactly what you mention - balancing the gain throughout the amp and not trying to add a lot all on a single phase at the last stage before buffering for the tonestack.

 

[Racerxrated]

I think if you love your MV Marshall and want a different flavor of boost you need to look at one of these. So many seem to ‘hate’ diodes in front or in the circuit; this is your solution.

 

[Picasso]

Why isn't he using it?

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I also find most of the clips I have heard to not sound amazing to my ears either BUT I'm a huge diode guy. Like em in pedals before or in the circuit. I think that is just my sound as I like it tightened up. Lynch apparently does too as he always sets the amp for bass tone and then takes it over the top with a TS or one of the 300+ TS variants people have made for him or he bought. TS-808 and Cusak screamer had good runs though.

 

[Cap217]

I just got the v2 for my jcm 900 2100. I haven’t hooked it up yet. I have a Friedman be100 deluxe to compare it to.

Question, where do I attach the ground?

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I just got the v2 for my jcm 900 2100. I haven’t hooked it up yet. I have a Friedman be100 deluxe to compare it to.

Question, where do I attach the ground?

to the chassis somewhere likely via the preamp tube casing/holder. The lip of it.

 

[glpg80]

I also find most of the clips I have heard to not sound amazing to my ears either BUT I'm a huge diode guy. Like em in pedals before or in the circuit. I think that is just my sound as I like it tightened up. Lynch apparently does too as he always sets the amp for bass tone and then takes it over the top with a TS or one of the 300+ TS variants people have made for him or he bought. TS-808 and Cusak screamer had good runs though.

That's the exact concept I've learned to apply to my marshall. Tune for more low mids and low end than normal with just an amplifier, so that when the SD-1 is then added in front, cuts it back to normal levels so that the overall tone isn't thinned out or sterile. The end result is aggressive and full.

 

[Samhain]

That's the exact concept I've learned to apply to my marshall. Tune for more low mids and low end than normal with just an amplifier, so that when the SD-1 is then added in front, cuts it back to normal levels so that the overall tone isn't thinned out or sterile. The end result is aggressive and full.

Yep me too for 40+ years.