Blueser
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Well.....Shoe was gracious enough to spend some time with me at his rehearsal space to compare my OD100SH amp to his OD100 with the 3+SE mod on the lead channel.
We plugged in Shoe's amp first. The clean was noticeably brighter than the SH, and had a sweet bounce. I think both clean channels are excellent, so it just depends on what you like, or need at any given time. I would probably like to have the bright switch function as a switch to go between the SH mode, and stock clean. It would probably be more useful for me this way.
The OD channel was the real eye opener for me. The 3+SE mod sounded thick but more modern to my ears than the stock version. Very cool, and harmonically complex, with a raging amount of gain, if that's what your after. When we plugged mine in to compare, I was completely floored!!!! It sounded incredible, and although it had similar amounts of gain if you set it that way, it had a more old school soul to it. So then why did I like my amp so much more all of a sudden? THE SPEAKERS!!!!!!!!
Pete had a closed back Mesa 2x12 (with V30s) in his rehearsal space and it sounded really incredible with my amp. I played my OD100SH through either a Germino 4x12 with GBs and G12H30s, or an open back Germino 2x12 w/G12H30s. Both of these cabinets seemed bright and almost harsh with the OD100 (though they sound incredible with my Constellation)! It's as though this amp was meant for the V30s that were loaded in Pete's cab.
Well....I am going to hold off on modding the amp, and try some different speakers (either V30s or Governors) and just put the closed back panel on one of my Germino 2x12s. I know that speakers make a pretty big difference, but this was astounding.
BTW....Pete (Shoe) is a smoking guitarist that really made the amps sing yesterday. Thanks again Pete!!! I appreciate it!
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We plugged in Shoe's amp first. The clean was noticeably brighter than the SH, and had a sweet bounce. I think both clean channels are excellent, so it just depends on what you like, or need at any given time. I would probably like to have the bright switch function as a switch to go between the SH mode, and stock clean. It would probably be more useful for me this way.
The OD channel was the real eye opener for me. The 3+SE mod sounded thick but more modern to my ears than the stock version. Very cool, and harmonically complex, with a raging amount of gain, if that's what your after. When we plugged mine in to compare, I was completely floored!!!! It sounded incredible, and although it had similar amounts of gain if you set it that way, it had a more old school soul to it. So then why did I like my amp so much more all of a sudden? THE SPEAKERS!!!!!!!!
Pete had a closed back Mesa 2x12 (with V30s) in his rehearsal space and it sounded really incredible with my amp. I played my OD100SH through either a Germino 4x12 with GBs and G12H30s, or an open back Germino 2x12 w/G12H30s. Both of these cabinets seemed bright and almost harsh with the OD100 (though they sound incredible with my Constellation)! It's as though this amp was meant for the V30s that were loaded in Pete's cab.
Well....I am going to hold off on modding the amp, and try some different speakers (either V30s or Governors) and just put the closed back panel on one of my Germino 2x12s. I know that speakers make a pretty big difference, but this was astounding.
BTW....Pete (Shoe) is a smoking guitarist that really made the amps sing yesterday. Thanks again Pete!!! I appreciate it!
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