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I made this clip trying to compare my two guitars which are identical except a pickup and fretboard, which I used the MetroAmp. Small-box '68 small box 50 Plexi Bass Circuit with Celestion Golds, MV, and FX loop. The effects are going through the front-end on this video. It's recording using a cheaper condenser mic so it really doesn't do justice (like most vintage amp demos), but for those of you interested in comparing rosewood/ebony fretboards this is a interesting video.

I borrowed a friend's newer Tubescreamer and under the right setting this amp can get PERFECT Gary Moore Wild Frontier tone. Especially when using EMGs. The roaring power of this amp is quite unique. My friend Dave thought the specs for me and it's really a holy grail. I feel like I cheated the system finding my perfect amp so young. It is hard to capture the beautiful dynamics on these amps with these simple recordings, but rest assured they are spectacular. I will have this amp for 50 years down the road.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36UoILA ... er&list=UL[/youtube]

Sounds pretty good. I think it's a little thin, though. I bet it would sound much better with Greenbacks instead of Golds. But could just be me (I prefer lots of mids). Also, I think for the sound you're going for, might want to tone down on the effects. They are a little overpowering.

But all in all, nice build. Sounds good!

In retrospect I should have used my SM57 instead of the cheaper condenser. There is just so much compression from the mic, then downsizing it to 192 .mp3, and then to non HD youtube video. The effects are surely powerful in it, especially since the flanger and delay are both going into the front end and not the FX loop. Kind of muddies things up a bit. Sometime down the road I'll swap in the JB to the ebony board for a real rosewood/ebony comparison.