CAA OD100 Update....A huge eye opener!

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!

B

 

Really not sure what I could compare the 3+SE mod to, as I am pretty new to the whole high gain master volume thing. It definitiely sounds a bit thicker and sweeter than the Diezel Herbert (thought not quite as versatile) that Pete had there yesterday as well.

One amp that shocked the $h!t out of me yesterday, was a Peavey 5150 II that Pete also had in the room. It was an absolute @$$ kickin' rocker! Honestly, it sounded very similar to the 3+SE mod, but didn't have quite the same harmonic complexity to it, and its clean channel left lots to be desired, but at 1/5th the price.....It was damn good IMO!

 

Well that would have been helpful information three weeks ago!!

Is your Bog cab the biggum Steve?

 

Steve,

How would you compare that cab tonally to the large sized Germino 2x12?

Thanks,
B

 

I'm wondering what the amp would sound like with a pair of Eminence Governors in the cab. They are supposed to be an idealized version of the V30. My gut tells me that I should probably just get the real thing, but the Governors intrigue me, as their description fits the tones I am looking for as well.