Marshall 1959HW with VooDoo Amps "Jose Mod" clips

Crunchboy · Post by **Crunchboy** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:59 pm

I had the VooDoo dudes do their version of the "Jose Mod" on my handwired 100 watt plexi reissue with MM OT.

This first clip is with the pre on 9 and the master on 1, no attenuation. In honor of forumite, Rgalpin, I tried to play that riff from "Blow My Fuse", but I'm sure I'm not playing it right.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=6311697

On this 2nd clip, I had the master on 10 and the pre on 2, using an Ultimate Attenuator to bring the volume way down. Just wanking a Hard Rock/Metal vibe.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=6313638

This is a cool mod if you want to "hot-rod" your Marshall/clone.

Mr. Beasty · Post by **Mr. Beasty** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:56 am

Nice, definitely a LOT of gain! ... a bit bright for my taste but I like the "grind" your sound has.

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:59 pm

cool! sounds mean. what is the "jose" mod again. zeners?

Kapo_Polenton · Post by **Kapo_Polenton** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:15 pm

I dig it, stands out nicely and i think in the mix, here is where this type of mod has its place. As per the question above, is this the jose volume mod with the zeners? Alsom what speakers? Are these v30's? They sound horrible live to me but recorded they seem to have their place. They are tight and crisp.

Crunchboy · Post by **Crunchboy** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:32 pm

I don't know how this mod works, honestly. The speakers are Greenback 25's. I put some more clips up on my page. This amp really excels at what I would call a "hot-rodded crunch" sound. Not really 4 and 5 stage high gain.

Guitar Adjuster · Post by **Guitar Adjuster** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:55 pm

Was the master control mounted on the front or on the back? Did all they do was install the Jose High Gain MV control or did Voodoo do additional mods?

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:11 pm

why does it sound "am radio" to me? where is the beef?

Mr. Beasty · Post by **Mr. Beasty** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:16 pm

rockstah wrote:why does it sound "am radio" to me? where is the beef?

Superlead configuration w/ the .0022 bright cap and the .022s coupling caps?

MrDan666 · Post by **MrDan666** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:07 pm

Guitar Adjuster wrote:Was the master control mounted on the front or on the back? Did all they do was install the Jose High Gain MV control or did Voodoo do additional mods?

Im 90% sure that Trace at Voodoo doesnt just use the Jose Master. Infact it may not even be in there at all.. Jose didnt do the diodes on all his mods.

Im pretty sure that they dissected the best sounding Jose modded Marshall they had, and tried to recreate it in the mod. I think they do a standard 3gainstage version and also a 4gain stage version too..

Email Trace at Voodooamps and he'll give you all the info. He's a really cool guy, and his customer service seems to be some of the best i have seen!

Crunchboy · Post by **Crunchboy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:22 pm

rockstah wrote:why does it sound "am radio" to me? where is the beef?

Keep up that sweet-talk and I might email you the board pic

Btw, what's your obssesion with beef? Maybe you outta' head down to Wendy's

StuntDouble · Post by **StuntDouble** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:55 pm

Sounds very nice overall, plenty of gain w/ good note deffinition but there's seems to be a bit of the same stiffness that I hear in the some of the Mojave stuff. My Peacemaker seemed to push everything through the mids in a similar way to what I hear in the clip...albiet with a little less top-end. Maybe there's some similarites in the OTs and the filtering? Overall though, sounds good. Very nice bite to the high-end and I dig the way that amp breaks up. nice playing too!8)

fuzzboat · Post by **fuzzboat** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:59 pm

Thats not a Jos

JB007 · Post by **JB007** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:34 am

What kind of output tubes are you using ? Also, does this mod use an extra tube to acheive this kind of gain ? Thanks.

reco2222 · Post by **reco2222** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:09 pm

I will sweet talk you allday long if you email a pic of the board? darrylltanner@bellsouth.net

StuntDouble · Post by **StuntDouble** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:43 pm

fuzzboat wrote:Thats not a Jos

meaning?

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