Cool Thread! My grades are high because I love this line, and if a mod does 1 thing well, it has a purpose in my life! There are a few shockers with failing grades on my report, however
disclaimer: Keep in mind I sometimes like to add a tiny tiny slight boost with my MXR OD to give that extra edge to the mods. The only time I don't is with the EG5, and usually not the KH3 or PeteXTC. If I am really cranking volume, I'll be more prone to skip the OD
KH2: 9 very inspirational when I want to reach into my teenage years and chunk out some old school metal riffs
Brown: 10 this was modded by a mystery stranger- I love it! It delivers classic VH tones...I also like using it in the studio for supplemental tracks behind my modern crunch to deliver a cool clarity to my riffs
Pete modded
Blackface: 10 awesome
Tweed: 10 not my first flavor of choice out of metal/musical preference, but a strat and some blues riffs really shine here
JTM: 10 receives a 10 because it does the warm neck pickup jazzy clean tone with huge low end better than anything else + it gets that Jimi dirty tone
SL+: 10 Zakk Heaven
Treadplate: 10, orange switch: super 10!
XTC: 10 Lead Bliss- amazing, works well with any guitar
previously owned:
Deluxe: 7 if I liked country honk more, or played more Strat, it may be higher
KH1: 9 Killer clean
KH3: 8 best stock hi gain that I've had, versatile eq- there is something missing that would put it into a 10, I wonder if anyone with a PeteMod can chime in here
EG5: 6 something not quite right in the background of the tone during live/loud performances. Low grade due to ratio of high price to performance. Still, has a killer recorded 80s crunch tone that I regret losing- (though the KH2 fills that void)
Plexi 1! owned 3 of them, 2 stock, one was modded...I don't get it, I can get these half driven tones with other mods easy enough, but this Plexi doesn't go any further or bring anything more to the table. So far, I'm the only one on these boards who has not been happy with this module
1086:
3 highly disappointed. If this was your only module, it may be ok as you get a taste of a variety of tones, but none of the tones are as good as other stock options. Jack of all trades, master of none! Anyone using the Mesa side needs their head examined as the blankety muffle is not worth 2 minutes of your playing time. After all this bashing, I am curious what Pete's Mod can do to this, LOL
Modern 8 I miss my modern
May not need to replace it as I have Pete modded TopBoost incoming