What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by yladrd61 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:34 pm

You might also try turning your tone controls down a little and turn up your presence a bit ;)

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by theactor19 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:24 pm

great clip brandon.

See if you can post the fuzz and univibe clip with it soon. Am dying to here it.

I agree.. alot of metro amp owners don't play much hendrix stuff.. i guess u can tell why we're all excited to here clips in the hendrix catagory.
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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by Brandon » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:40 pm

hey guys, I uploaded a couple more clips for you, this time with a univibe and fuzz... you can check them out here:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default ... ID=1155029" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A couple little improvs, hey baby and hear my train.

Settings are the same except the presence I think is on 5.

Hope you like em! :mrgreen:

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by VelvetGeorge » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:06 pm

Nice. How are the NOS preamp tubes treating you? Sounds like they are helping to close that last 10% gap tonally.

Did you figure out if bad AC power was contributing to the annoying hash sound you were hearing in the amp?

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by Brandon » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:56 pm

That brimmer sounds really nice :worthy: but i still haven't ordered the other nos tubes yet, waiting for some $$ for that...

Hopefully soon, i'll post up clips when that happens too :wink:

And with the outlet thing, i'm pretty sure it was messing with the tubes and could have even been responsible for messing up that one humming tube. I switched to a different jack now, and any damage that the tubes might have sustained from it will be resolved with some nos tubes.

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by Xplorer » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:14 pm

very nice hear my train a comin. i'm following that carefully, i'd like to mod my superlead metro to NOS parts some day, resistors, mustards, tubes, paxolin boards, ( transformers ? filter cans ? something else ? ) to these specs ! if you're ok ? ; )
i'll just swap boards, and preserve the stock metro board. what speakers to you use again ?

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by theactor19 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:01 pm

Hey Brandon,

you're clips are some of the closest tones I've heard to live hendrix tone. What kind of fuzz and univibe are you using?

i am soo dying for a metro superlead.
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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by Brandon » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:05 pm

theactor19 wrote:Hey Brandon,

you're clips are some of the closest tones I've heard to live hendrix tone. What kind of fuzz and univibe are you using?

i am soo dying for a metro superlead.
Thanks man :wink:

Univibe is a Deja Vibe 2, the old bigger grey one. And the fuzz is just a dunlop silacone fuzz. Not my favorite but it gets the job done.
Xplorer wrote:very nice hear my train a comin. i'm following that carefully, i'd like to mod my superlead metro to NOS parts some day, resistors, mustards, tubes, paxolin boards, ( transformers ? filter cans ? something else ? ) to these specs ! if you're ok ? ; )
i'll just swap boards, and preserve the stock metro board. what speakers to you use again ?
The speakers I'm using are Celestion 12H 30s anniversary editions in a Marshall 1960tv cab.

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by yladrd61 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:14 am

Brandon wrote:
theactor19 wrote:Hey Brandon,

you're clips are some of the closest tones I've heard to live hendrix tone. What kind of fuzz and univibe are you using?

i am soo dying for a metro superlead.
Thanks man :wink:

Univibe is a Deja Vibe 2, the old bigger grey one. And the fuzz is just a dunlop silacone fuzz. Not my favorite but it gets the job done.
Xplorer wrote:very nice hear my train a comin. i'm following that carefully, i'd like to mod my superlead metro to NOS parts some day, resistors, mustards, tubes, paxolin boards, ( transformers ? filter cans ? something else ? ) to these specs ! if you're ok ? ; )
i'll just swap boards, and preserve the stock metro board. what speakers to you use again ?
I
The speakers I'm using are Celestion 12H 30s anniversary editions in a Marshall 1960tv cab.
Is that the new Dunlop Blue Hendrix fuzz, I have that one it sounds pretty good if you tweak the bias pots under the board ;)

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by Brandon » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:09 pm

I haven't been to try out the Handwired Hendrix Dunlop fuzz yet. Hear it kicks ass, but this is just a standard old red fuzz face made by dunlop. I bought it like 10 years ago at a 4th of july sale at Guitar Center for like 50 bones.

I have a Grey Arbiter Fuzz Face too, but it's germanium, gets a totally different feel than what's right for Woodstock.

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by yladrd61 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:50 pm

Brandon wrote:I haven't been to try out the Handwired Hendrix Dunlop fuzz yet. Hear it kicks ass, but this is just a standard old red fuzz face made by dunlop. I bought it like 10 years ago at a 4th of july sale at Guitar Center for like 50 bones.

I have a Grey Arbiter Fuzz Face too, but it's germanium, gets a totally different feel than what's right for Woodstock.
Yeah I have pictures of both of my fuzz faces { JH Silicon, and Area 51 modded Germanium } over on the Pedals and Gear section. In the "Hendrix's BOG fuzz face" thread. I added a trimpot to bias the Q2 transistor 5 volts is the sweet spot ;) for the germanium and 5.2 volts on the Silicon :jimi:

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by BLOOZE » Thu May 05, 2011 12:32 pm

is the woodstock clone (by george ) built with a Dagnall clone or with the 1202-132?

is that a dagnall c1998
(69 1959 Super Lead 100W - Jimi Hendrix)

http://www.amparchives.com/album/Marsha ... f8e_3.html

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by Brandon » Fri May 06, 2011 3:48 pm

I couldn't tell you for sure, but I do know that this amp is basically a STOCK early '69 100 watter, so whatever PT and OT were put into stock early 1969 Marshall 100 watt amps, that's what's in this amp ;)

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Re: What Amp Do I Buy To Get Hendrix At Woodstock Tone?

Post by VelvetGeorge » Fri May 06, 2011 4:50 pm

It's the Dagnall C1998 with self leads.

How's your quest going Brandon? Picked any favorite NOS preamp tubes?

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Post by mightymike » Fri May 06, 2011 6:25 pm

Brandon wrote:Thanks man. :wink:

Yeah I'm still falling a little bit short with the tone and I'm looking into NOS preamp tubes right now and I"m open to suggestion.

I feel that the tone needs to be a little more aggressive and have more "clank" and be a little more full bodied.

I was thinking about 2 NOS mullards and maybe something else to give it that aggressive clank?
If you're looking for a little more aggression and clank I would strongly suggest you try some Duncan APS2 "Antiquities". It was mentioned earlier. I've had the Fralins too, and the APS2s are just alive in a way I think you will really like.

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