Voodoo Plexi

[jesman1]

You 'know' this guy is a product of the 80s (meant to say)

[jesman1]

MZA! You this guy is a product of the 80s.

Rock on!~

[RickCFB]

Assassin-What possibly makes you think Eddie's Marshall was stock???? It was about as stock as a "stock" car.......Variac transformer+Jose mod.....

[rbehm]

@AssassinSteven Eddies amp was stock... Pure stock Marshall. Never modded.

[sullysnet]

Loudness!!!!!

[hirskdubbi]

it kinda sounds like amp modeling more than it does an actual amp

[jimdep1]

@hirskdubbi

Really ? I'd like to know what amp models Marshall that well.

[MVLINEMAN]

diggin the dokken tunes bro

[homesnake202]

Damn, that amp bleeds TONE!

[johnrusschen]

@AssassinSteven Correct! Eddie confessed during his time with Peavey, that all his Plexi's where actually stock. He used a power attenuator to get the tone. On the first Van Halen album he actually cranked up the amp that far, so he could get some speaker distortion as well...

[johnrusschen]

@hirskdubbi you don't have to, but search the web and you'll discover the truth somewhere..

[moe354sa]

glass pick would sound good

[jimrox9000]

yeah dokken riffs :D  awesome!!!

[joepete77]

Too metal sounding for my taste, I wonder if the voodoo afd mod or the low gain jose mod would be closer to what I want?

[MrBingo9er]

@joepete77 get a wampler plexidrive spot on marshall classic .....on any amp

[brundelfly72]

This is sounds incredible! I have a Mesa Stiletto Ace which sounds very similar, but I have 2 V30's - What is kind of difference do you hear with the G12H30?

[marshallmel]

@brundelfly72 The V30 has accentuated upper mids and the G12H30 is more pronounced in the lower mids and together they make for a nice mix.

[ivo352]

Nice playin' dude...amps oozes classic rock...keep jammin'...

[emanuelmiglio]

Is that cab loaded with V30s?

[marshallmel]

one V30 and one G12H30

[isfea]

This sounds exactly like Slash's tone on the Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusions abuns. Very very very cool!

[marshallmel]

Thanks!

[ninjana123]

Hey bro what kind of overdrive you use in this demo?



[iperman68]

I Played many plexi and I can say that the same amp can sound great or not depending on what pick up you're using

[iperman68]

Men if you want a plexi buy a Ceriatone!

all this Plexi cloners are speculating about their amps, 2000 is a robbery for this kind of amps, they all sound the same when cranked, they have transparent limpid and in your face gain.

most differences you get from the pick up and speaker your using! also the type of Boost/OD is important!

[TeleCustom72]

that sounds badass, excellent mods and playing. how loud was the amp? (i.e. what master volume setting)

[marshallmel]

Slightly above bedroom levels.

[VHAKscott]

wow impresionante 5 estrellas

[sixstringrocker71]

does anybody know what their lg jose mod sounds like

[colejoshrocks]

PS I lIKE

[colejoshrocks]

The world may never know. All eddie talks about now is how a fender 5150 (stage 3) is nailing that tone? I guess Mojave and Voodoo,MC, and Mike Morin will no longer be needed! Total denial !!!

[hum1]

@colejoshrocks No offense, this amp is cool, but the Morin stuff smokes this.

[808Monkseal]

Liked the Loudness @ 1:00. This sound brings back some great memories.

[1971SuperLead]

it's true although I don't know if he learned much from them.

[firebird116]

Hell Yea Crazy Nights! That amp sounds so damn good

[BobboVisMe]

You should have just gotten a JCM800 ... They sound better !!!

[joeydahlia]

wonderful Lead Tone...

[budubum]

how old was MC then and no? and why did ppl rate you down?

[almightycrunch]

Ouch, where'd you hear that????? At least you got part of it right, the "magic" Marshall didnt contain any mods per se. It was reputedly a stock 1968 Marshall 100 watt Plexi. Mark Cameron was inside that amp, and did agree that it was a stock circuit, but one may never know if it had been in a different format prior to Marks encounter with it. I think Jose was probably responsible mainly for the load box which Ed used for reamping the Plexi (if he was really doing that)

[budubum]

i dont know bout that but do you really think MC would tell ppl that it was modded? what if he was told NOT to tell anybody or get sued ya know? plus we wouldnt tell anybody of a tone that ppl are after

[Roydrage]

Did you get the Transformer Upgrades Yet?

[marshallmel]

Not yet but I will soon.

[toyoubecritic1]

Does the mod affect the clean channel?

[marshallmel]

It's a one channel amp.

[toyoubecritic1]

Ok, How does it effect the clean input? It has four inputs and not all of them are same.

[marshallmel]

It's been modded. Only one of the inputs works. There is a master volume and it is now a one channel amp.

[toyoubecritic1]

Oh. I see now. Thanks for the info.

[Roydrage]

Bringing My V.D. HG Master Volume to Trace @ the Show for the whole Trio! ;-) Man... I gotta get the hang of posting on here! LOL!

[Acidrain1993]

i wanna hear this cranked. volume on 2??? SERIOUSLY? put it at 6 at least

[SirFightsalot]

oh ary yeah it is a les paul...my guess was good could tell from that smooth rhythm pickup sound :P

[Jb5258]

What are ur eq settings on the amp?

[marshallmel]

Gain is on 7 master is around 2 I think. E.Q. Bass 7 mid 5 treble 6 presence 4.

[Roydrage]

Sounds Awesome... What kind of delay are you running on this?

[DrRawk917]

Wow man this amp sounds absolutely insane. I have a JVM 410h and was thinking of seeing what Trace and the boys at Voodoo could do to it just for the hell of it! Sounds great man!

[ARKITOOTHUS]

please private message me w/ the results if u mod u're JVM cause i'm considering doing the same thing. Thanks

[thebrain476439]

with this mod, does the amp clean up at all?

[marshallmel]

Yes it does. I'm going to work on a demo that will show how versatile the amp is. Everything from clean to crunch to mayhem.

[ARKITOOTHUS]

i look forward to watching that!

[thebrain476439]

how loud do you have to have the amp to get that amount of gain out of it?

[marshallmel]

Master volume was installed. Volume was quite low on this.

[SirFightsalot]

u got a les paul in there? im just judging by the sound

[iLikechevelle]

this is the amp james hetfield used on kill 'em all, but boosted witha pro co rat.

[mikebecker330]

Was the amp fairly lifeless before the mod, my is sorta dead without the ts9 pedal then it comes to life. I'm seriously considering sending the metro to voodoo.

[marshallmel]

It wasn't lifeless at all but it didn't have the amount of gain it does now. The mod is not just about gain though it has plenty. The feel of the amp is more fluid and also it is more articulate.

[mikebecker330]

Damn, thats it! I have a Metro 12000 series 100 plexi I want to have modded. I can't that sizzle unless I hook up the ts9. Are you sure your not juicing the front end of this amp?

[marshallmel]

No juicing baby it's all amp.

[AssassinSteven]

defintly van halen tone

[Jimimarshallhendrix2]

Badass.

[ronwell438]

There is a delay effect on this clip...I doubt there is any difference in the amp...Than the other (pre) clip. My midiverb does the same thing to the tone...That is all...My rig sounds the same as this.

[evolutionmb]

Loudness, Whitesnake,& Van Halen, = sweetness

[LP991500]

Sounds amazing!!

Please tell me What bland powertube are you using?And also pretube.

[marshallmel]

Electro Harmonix EL34's and Tung Sol 12ax7's

[LP991500]

Thanks for answer!

[J3sst44]

I take it electro harmonix are the way to go for EL34s?

[marshallmel]

When I retube it I'm going with Tung Sol's.

[blakegamemaster]

"lost behind the walls"

this thing has a killer dokken sound!

[timjatomnee]

Doesnt sound like a plexi, auughh. I expected to hear a vintage tone not a tone like this.

[AmbientGuitarSounds]

Rock and Roll crazy nights, you are the hero tonight!! LOL Nothing like getting a Loudness riff in there. Nice riffage.

[steven21042]

Nice vintage Avatar 2 12 cab. Which speakers did you load it with? Do you think the Avatar cab sounds s good as..let's say a Marshall with similar speakers? The Vintage cab is made with thicker birch plywood than their other cabs.

[marshallmel]

Hellatone 60 and Hellatone 30. Sounds killer.

[blahman178]

Sounds great! Can it still achieve the 'plexi' tone though?

[giantrobot9000]

I NEED one of these.I heard some George Lynch riffage in there, and I worship his tone on Back For The Attack.

[marshallmel]

Voodoo Amps will get you there.

[fastishboy]

If you want George Lynch / Appetite for destruction tone, you'll be wanting a Tim Caswell modded plexi as opposed to a Voodoo or Bray plexi

[varkunus]

what volume you at

[marshallmel]

One maybe one and a half. Slightly over bedroom level but not much.

[varkunus]

this got a master volume?

[marshallmel]

Yep.

[Activethrasher00]

welcome to 80s thrash.

[DANTHETUBEMAN]

YOU HAVE A DREAM MACHINE THERE! its all ther drive sustain harmonics. amazing. I HAVE A 6100 AND I DONT THINK IT WILL DO THIS WELL. YOU EVER PUT A THD ON THAT AND GET SOME POWER TUBE CLIPPING? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT!!!

[marshallmel]

Original recording was not muffled. Must have been the upload or encoding. 1:03 riff was Crazy Nights by Loudness.

[chriscoooley]

yea i agree theres not much high end clarity, a little muffled sounding. but thats probably youtube's fault

[dtholdbrook]

what speakers do you have in the avatar cab? Awesome tone.

[marshallmel]

One Hellatone 60 one Hellatone 30.

[almightycrunch]

I just saw a pristine 1987XL head go on Ebay for 740.00, that was a great buy.

[shunsho72]

YHANK YOUI

[shunsho72]

It sounds great! I have exactly the same head I got it from one of my students, but I don't have the speaker and I don't want to expend money, I play clasical guitar, so I want to sell it, I don't know how much this head costs. Could you please tell me how valuable is this head?

[almightycrunch]

Hey Mel, this clip sounds suspiciously like some of the playing on Dave Bray's website? Did he have something to do with this amp as well??? I have talked with someone there at Voodoo about the Jose HG mod for my Bray 1987x as well. just trying got put the cash together by selling a few things off.

[gundgen]

G'day mate, I just read some of the most shocking reviews about any amp ever: the Marshall 1959HW head: issues such as constantly manlfunctioning transformers, blown fuses, bad soldering, incorrect wire lenghts - all this on Marshall most expensive head and this was from the MAJORITY of reviews (Harmony Central). Did you have any issues with your STOCK Plexi (I'm assuming it's a 1959HW? Dicks to buying one now. Your Voodoo Modified Plexi sounds beefy as fark - better than Splawns version.

[marshallmel]

1987x No problems at all.

[94racktified]

*warning mesa biased* wow that almost sounds like a dual rec. lol. i have never been a fan of marshall amps. avoid them at all costs. but this sounds really badass. it screams with that marshall sizzle but has a thick mid and the low end is definately there.your amp sounds way effin nice. too bad its still a marshall...kinda.lol. major props on a great tone. when i can get some extra time i plan on getting a pre mod clip of my '94 rack mount "blackface" dual rec. then my after mod clip

[rrguitar1]

WOW !! I had a 1987x reissue bray mod and while it was gtood.. this definitly sounds WAY better. Great tone there dude !! what was the cost of this mod if you dont mind me asking? and which series marshall is this? 1987x ???

[marshallmel]

1987x Jose High Gain Mod is $395.00.

[wolfiewylde]

One more, Did you get the transformer upgrade or is it stock?

[marshallmel]

Stock tranny. I'm going to have a solo boost

installed and that requires changing the tranny to a Mercury Magnetics.

[wolfiewylde]

Thanks for the info. I had a Bray modded 1987x, and I really didnt' care for it. This clip sounds head and shoulders above anything I was able to get out of it. I wonder how the Jose HG mod compares to Voodoo's V-Rock amp.

[marshallmel]

The V-Rock is based on the Jose Mod. I'm gassing for a V-Rock.

[wolfiewylde]

50 or 100 watts? Which do you prefer, the Bray mod or the Voodoo mod? Thanks!

[rrguitar1]

NICE !!!

[wuxingtao]

Are there any pedals being used? By the way great playing... LOUDNESS! Still one of my weekly listened too bands.

[marshallmel]

Just an Ibanez DelayIII.

[ToneMasterGeneral]

sounds awesome

[TuskerKevin]

Sounds great!

[marshallmel]

Thanks!! I really dig those Splawn clips of yours. Gotta get me one of 'em.

[cwbork44]

That's high gain??????

[marshallmel]

There is much more gain available. I do not have the gain maxed.

[tenebrae654789]

what plexi model is it ? what's your speakers ?

[protestband]

Very nice!! I'd like to hear it with the gain dimed out just to see what it sounds like.

[wolfiewylde]

Man, that smokes. What are your settings, and what kind of speakers?

[marshallmel]

Gain is on 7 master is around 2 I think. E.Q. Bass 7 mid 5 treble 6 presence 4. Celestion speakers. All the info is in the clip.