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Posted by: Mudbone Oct 31 2011, 12:53 AM

One of the best amp modders on the web I've seen so far.

Posted by: thefireball Oct 31 2011, 01:17 AM

Yeah, sounds killer, although I don't know what it's supposed to sound like. Not trained.

Brandon

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Oct 31 2011, 06:53 AM

It sounds killer!! I'm not sure but maybe it's close to Peavey 5150? I like the sound.

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Oct 31 2011, 09:13 AM

Awesome sound indeed,I'd like to know which pickups are on the guitar

Posted by: Ben Higgins Oct 31 2011, 09:49 AM

Hehe, well if Ol' Nick did have a day job it would most likely be modding amps for metal bands !!

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Oct 31 2011, 05:20 PM

yeah, but it sounds very similar to 5150 and the Peavy metal amps in general, not sure what was exactly modded

Posted by: Todd Simpson Oct 31 2011, 05:44 PM

Cool tones A "before" would be cool so we could compare it to the "after". Is he swapping out tubes/transformers?

Posted by: Mudbone Nov 1 2011, 05:59 AM

Its a modded 5150 II/6505+

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 1 2011, 06:04 AM

Great! they did it!

Posted by: Mudbone Nov 1 2011, 06:10 AM

The pickups are Joe Barden Pickups. These pickups had some popularity during the 80's. They're very expensive, but everyone that plays them says they're the best pickups they've ever played. From what I understand, the designer is a proper electrical engineer and a musician, and designed these pickups to offer the most tone you can get from a passive design.

http://www.joebarden.com/main.php



From what I understand its a circuitry mod, plus adding gain and adding the option of having EL34 or 6L6. Check out his website to see all his mods for the 5150/6505

http://www.fjamods.com

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 1 2011, 06:29 AM

I'm a bit confused... they offer mods.. which I assume that are clones... aren't they?

If you check this page, you'll find some very low prices.. is that the price of the cloned amp?

http://www.fjamods.com/Soldano.html


Could you please clarify it?? thanks!

Posted by: Mudbone Nov 1 2011, 08:14 AM

Mods and clones are two different things

Jerry, the owner and tech of this company, offers mods and can build you a clone of any amp to you specification. He also can build one to your custom specs.

So the amp demonstration I posted is a Peavey 5150II that he modified for a customer. On his website he lists what his modifications are and what they do. So the Soldano link you posted just lists the modifications he does to to Soldano amps. The prices listed is just the price of the mods, not the price for him to build you a clone amp.

Just about and modification you can think of, he can do it to your amp. Whether its you want another stage of gain or another channel, he does it.

I hope that clarifies this for you, if not, please ask

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 1 2011, 06:28 PM

ahhh yeah! 100% clarified!! thanks Mudbone!