dboy5150
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Rob (Jaded Faith) called me a couple weeks ago; he had a Brahma in for some mod work, knew I always wanted to play one. Clean tone was similar to my Pete-modded JTM which I love, but with mid tones more like a Plexi. Amazing combination of all the best clean Marshall tones, IMO. Gain on full was good for crunch rhythm, but nothing close to the full-on high gain of a JCM800 modded SL+. I'd just picked up a 2007 Plexi for him to mod, and commented that it sure would be nice to pack the clean Brahma with crunch plexi with high-gain SL+ ... all in one module.
Result: added a toggle switch; in up position, gain on 9:00 = sweet Brahma chimey clean Marshall bliss. 2:00 = classic AC/DC crunch. Flip the toggle down and Holy Jebus!! Fat plexi crunch at 9:00 with tight bass and punchy mids; past 12:00 and you get the gain of an SL+ but with the brown tone of a Plexi. We A/B'd with a JCM800-modded SL+ and the Plexi hung right in with gain; made the SL+ sound more like a DSL in comparison.
Cannot wait to play live with this beast; flip a switch between songs and it's like converting my RM100 into an RM4!!!
Result: added a toggle switch; in up position, gain on 9:00 = sweet Brahma chimey clean Marshall bliss. 2:00 = classic AC/DC crunch. Flip the toggle down and Holy Jebus!! Fat plexi crunch at 9:00 with tight bass and punchy mids; past 12:00 and you get the gain of an SL+ but with the brown tone of a Plexi. We A/B'd with a JCM800-modded SL+ and the Plexi hung right in with gain; made the SL+ sound more like a DSL in comparison.
Cannot wait to play live with this beast; flip a switch between songs and it's like converting my RM100 into an RM4!!!