Comparing Bridge Humbuckers

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Re: Comparing Bridge Humbuckers

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nice playing Molly
I like the 335 the best warm and sweet toanz, 2nd place be the Suhr, the LP sounded harsh to me

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willow13 wrote:
AiRdAd wrote:I think the strat would really shine when you're using more gain
and with shit loads more gain it would make you weep...a joyful weep
Mollys Friedman has got the same amount of gain as my jcm-800 modded by Ryan with an extra gain stage!!! It has got a truckload of gain!!!

I wonder how the BE-100 differs from his one? Surely it can't have that much more gain!!! hahahahaha
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AiRdAd wrote:
willow13 wrote:
AiRdAd wrote:I think the strat would really shine when you're using more gain
and with shit loads more gain it would make you weep...a joyful weep
Mollys Friedman has got the same amount of gain as my jcm-800 modded by Ryan with an extra gain stage!!! It has got a truckload of gain!!!

I wonder how the BE-100 differs from his one? Surely it can't have that much more gain!!! hahahahaha
The one YT demo I watched said it was based on the BE but more vintage voiced (In the opinion of the reviewer). With the Plexi channel too that's all a chap could want.

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Haven't played a Smallbox. Tried a BE100 a few years ago, compared to the usual Marshalls, the top end was quite smoothed out, the mid peak was shifted and more nasal sounding.

The general consensus is that the Smallbox is a bit more raw/vintage than the BE.
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HappyEnding wrote:"Hmmm. What colour jacket shall I wear today? The white, the off-white, the cream, the ivory, the bone, or the beige?"

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Decided the pair of aged Mules are going in the 335 and the Riff Raff is going in the bridge of the LP (swapping covers so it looks the same). Can't escape the feeling that the bridge Shaw is just a bit under-powered.

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Fitted the Mules last night. Not sure I got exactly the same amp setting but included another video just the same.

Thinking it'd be much more useful if I could crank the amp up. Suspect the quieter it gets the less the nuances come through. Recording on my phone doesn't help either, eh....

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Molly wrote:Fitted the Mules last night. Not sure I got exactly the same amp setting but included another video just the same.
for me they sounded better than the Riff Raffs in that guitar
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Molly wrote:Fitted the Mules last night. Not sure I got exactly the same amp setting but included another video just the same.

Thinking it'd be much more useful if I could crank the amp up. Suspect the quieter it gets the less the nuances come through. Recording on my phone doesn't help either, eh....

This is what you need - A Link Wray tribute from Airline.

For some reason, I can't embed the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFY ... 5e8913ff15
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For some reason, I can't embed the video.

... ok a quick tutorial by BG on embedding a youtube video...
copy the url up to anything that says & in this case its &utm_source, everything else sucks donkeys cocks.
so https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFYzG5M

you can now use that in the youtube tag. so its basically the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFYzG5M we want.
oh look it works. Click on the youtube tag thing and insert the link in it.

If you think it isn't going to work, you can preview it without posting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFY ... 5e8913ff15
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H671 wrote:
Molly wrote:Fitted the Mules last night. Not sure I got exactly the same amp setting but included another video just the same.

Thinking it'd be much more useful if I could crank the amp up. Suspect the quieter it gets the less the nuances come through. Recording on my phone doesn't help either, eh....

This is what you need - A Link Wray tribute from Airline.

For some reason, I can't embed the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFY ... 5e8913ff15
It's all the crap after the v=...M. This one works with the https which it didn't used to, oh well. needs to be like this "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFYzG5M" without the " of course

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oh and that airline is a poor substitute for the real thing :P It sucks donkeys cocks too.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Bg wrote:For some reason, I can't embed the video.

... ok a quick tutorial by BG on embedding a youtube video...
copy the url up to anything that says & in this case its &utm_source, everything else sucks donkeys cocks.
so https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFYzG5M

you can now use that in the youtube tag. so its basically the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFYzG5M we want.
oh look it works. Click on the youtube tag thing and insert the link in it.

If you think it isn't going to work, you can preview it without posting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiJsFY ... 5e8913ff15

Thanks BG
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