Wizard MCII MKII and Henning Cherry Bomb video

[jabps]

I like the Cherry Bomb more!

For this sample...

I gotta go Cherry Bomb as well. Just more aggressive in this clip.

 

[Devin]

After hearing the clip I thought, I remember when those CB's were a thing, I remember that Steve closed up shop, etc but can't remember details... I wonder what these things go for or if they can be found in the wild...

I seem to recall something about a used Cherry Bomb at a GC and the guy who was looking at it getting in to a pissing match with Steve about something.

Lil foggy on the details though. Think he called it quits not long after that

 

[gibson5413]

I remember testing the Henning Bottle Rocket prototype. I ended up getting a production model. Such great amps and Steve was just a stud. The Bottle Rocket was, essentially, a single channel Cherry Bomb.

 

[glpg80]

I remember testing the Henning Bottle Rocket prototype. I ended up getting a production model. Such great amps and Steve was just a stud. The Bottle Rocket was, essentially, a single channel Cherry Bomb.

I spoke to Steve on many occasions and he was always super helpful and a blast to talk amps with.

My understanding is that he had no desire for the support part of the amplifier business and pulled the plug. I sold the one I owned to GC and took a massive loss because they just weren’t well known. I found out later it had developed footswitch/channel issues sitting in there store and they had to send it out to get repaired (which they did and it did sell)

 

[thegame]

My favorite Cherry Bomb moment was the time there were FOUR of them on page 1 of the classifieds at one point. Now THAT's impressive!

 

[FourT6and2]

He publicly shared the schematics, btw... At least for the "PlexRod" design. And the Bottle Rocket was a single channel amp you could choose either "Plex" or "Rod" channels from the Cherry Bomb.

 

[mctallica1]

I want to add that I owned a cherry bomb at one point in the past:

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I don’t know about Tony, but it never had enough gain for me. Aggression yes, gain no at least under the fingers. How does the MCII compare?

Definitely need a boost to get where I want to go…but I boost EVERYTHING. If you notice in the vid, the gain is a little past noon.

I also put a MXR 10 band in the loop of every amp I play. Sometimes I don’t even adjust sliders from 0. It just adds IT for me.

I will typically turn the gain down until I find the sweet spot to get what I am looking for when using a boost on every amp I play. For the MCII, the sweet spot seems to be around 4 o’clock, but I’m still learning the amp. The thing I’m doing with the effects loop now, may change where I end up.

What I am looking for is a good bit of controlled gain with a little squish/grease to give me the aggression I love for thrashy rhythm tones and palm mutes.

This got me thinking about the 800 I gigged with until I got tired of being told to turn down. I always boosted that amp too. At that time, I knew nothing about amp mods, but I wonder if I had been able to get a MV and effects loop installed on it if I would have ever moved on. This was way before I discovered on line amp boards.

The Cherry Bomb is like the ultimate 800 to me. It has a great loop and master volume, so I can get the tones I love at almost any level, the mids are very Marshally and it takes boosts extremely well….just like a good 800.

The way I get where I want to go may also be why I didn’t like any of the VH4’s I owned. Who knows.

What I do know is that the Cherry Bomb has been with me for longer than any amp I’ve ever owned and I still love it. Not about to try and convince anyone else it’s the amp for them, but it does exactly what I want it to do.

 

[reignman454]

I don’t know how you dudes get decent clips on phones…. What volume was that .01? Anytime I try this it sounds like hammered dog crap

 

[mctallica1]

He publicly shared the schematics, btw... At least for the "PlexRod" design. And the Cherry Bomb was just a single channel amp you could choose either "Plex" or "Rod" channels from the Cherry Bomb.

The Plex channel, double boosted is right up my alley as well. I have vids on YouTube where I did exactly this.

 

[mctallica1]

I don’t know how you dudes get decent clips on phones…. What volume was that .01? Anytime I try this it sounds like hammered dog crap

You can see where the volume is in the vid, not super loud, but not quiet either. You can’t have a conversation in the room without yelling.

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

I really wish I would have bought a cherry bomb when Steve was making them cuz that amp sounds fantastic

 

[ners]

What's the story on the Cherry Bomb? Never heard of them, but liked it over the Wizard

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

They both sound good. Certain parts, i like one over the other.

I would love to hear both with the gain backed off and at volume with no attenuation. I feel like the thing that makes the wizard great is the clarity from the dryness, and I am not getting that strong here. But the cherry bomb sounds pretty tight. Like to see how it would sound with the mids a little scooped