@@plec15 The Wizards cabs are great, very thick birch ply. They’re expensive no doubt, there’s also Fryette, Bogner, Friedman cabs which are great too. Depends on the type of sound/feel you’re after. If you wanted a traditional style cab (rear loaded) any of those brands are good, the Fryette F70 cab is front loaded and more modern sounding. Can’t go wrong with either one.
@@guitarwilly81 yeah sad that the shipping industry basically made it impossible for John to continue making and shipping cabs - course his cabs arrive unscathed due to his packaging being substantially better than anyone elses. I've bought several 4x12 from John over the years - he's awesome.
Great tone, curious if this a special order 6V6 version or can you just put them in and bias them accordingly? Hope that's not a silly question, just don't have experience with 6V6s other than in my Diezel Schmidt which is cathode bias, have been loving them the last few months with young kids at home.
@@bulletrider8893 thanks, they’re both incredible amps in their own right…all personal preference and how much dough you’d wanna spend. HR is available with all octal tubes as well.
This is on the lower gain lead channel with the OneDer Drive in the lower gain setting, set for clean boost with only a tad of the gain knob rolled in. Amp gain was at noon-1 o’clock
Hello, I already have a 100w el34 mc2 (about to arrive) and a mezzabarba mzero. I usually play hair metal, especially van halen, and occasionally power or thrust metal. Do I still need to purchase a w800? Also, do I need to purchase Rock Standard and VC? What is the difference between them? My English is not very good, please forgive me.
Not really, the MCII covers a ton of tonal territory, it’s probably the most versatile in the lineup. The crunch tones on the rhythm channel are great, hit with an OD and it’s hair metal with the gain up, then switch to lead for more heavy meal vibes - and gain levels can be controlled by your volume knob. Cheers 🍻
Very controlled, a bit less than a 335 style guitar. I generally use a gate in front of high gain amps. Emil Werstler has a few vids of his semi-hollow playing metal - it adds a cool punch to the tone IMO.
@@paullancaster2204 well ENGL's don't really need a boost but some of them work with overdrives. Most all the time on my Wizards or more pure circuits I boost, especially if the pickup is lower output.
@@wizardsouthJP yeah im going for more of an aggressive YJM tone and use the YJM furys, always boosted with the dod 250 but this video is really close to what im shooting for with the artist.
The regular channel can take a boost, like a Koko or OD808, but there’s definitely a lot of gain on tap - the built in boost was on for this as the Blackguard pickup is pretty tame on output. I do have a BG1400 Duncan I may pop in to try.
The Lynx is gone, the Uber has more balls than the RV and is more versatile but the Orange has its own thing going on. Both are solid in their own right.
@@wizardsouthJP I keep a framus cobra 4x12 around with the greenbacks. Surprising what I've liked through it. Deliverance, Mark iv, herbert mkiii, savage 120, cobra, the slx kills through it. Anyway I'm asking because currently doing redbacks and vintage 30s, but there's too much difference in the low mids for me especially running through the herbert 3. Random observation the private jack loaded cab I have only sounded good with 2 amps ever. A PRS archon and thr herbert... the low mid voicings and bass heavy... seems to be countered by the private Jack's extreme upper mid bump and it grinds pretty good but I can't stand them anywhere else. And I'm on the fence about letting this herbert go, not sure I'm in love with it. Its real picky over speakers.
@@wizardsouthJP I keep trying to dial it out, I've had 20 or so of the know high gainers and, I can feel that "Diezel Pride" thing I fluencing me, making me want to believe it's incredible because of the lore that surrounds em... I don't boost, and generally get tight grind in the mids because I'm a percussive picker so I get the attack just fine. But it's refreshing to hear someone else have the same view on the mkiii... I've tried different tubes at different bias, different speakers, settings, and believe it or not, sometimes prefer the slx. The mids are weird on the herbert... there's something I do like but seems I spend more time dialing it than playing it trying to compensate for something happening I'm the tone. 2+ is almost enough to keep it, but it's alot of amp for me to just 85% like a single sound. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Hi friend, please tell me, I'm picking up a Mesa 4x12 cabinet and wondered if there is a global difference between the speakers in it t4335 and t4335b, in Russia they treat this scrupulously and they say that the speakers marked t 4335b are complete shit, if compared with t 4335 2000-2003, what can you tell me about this?!, I have a head Randall rd 20 and Mesa Rectoverb 1 rev.. I will be waiting for your answer, maybe you can even recommend an alternative to this cabinet, I play in heavy styles😉🤝
I’m not familiar with the codes you’d mentioned. I don’t generally love the Mesa 4x12 with their V30 as they seem a bit dark to my ears. Also if you you do get a Mesa 4x12, try loading it with a combination of 2 different pairs - V30 and Creamback H75, or M65, or Redbacks. The V30’s play well with those speakers in an X pattern. Another option would be an Orange PPC 4x12 or the Friedman 4x12, or Diezel. Thanks, hope that helps.
I will be buying one of these next year. I still have my Gemini 100 and it’s a keeper of an amp. Ares was too similar and Juno was too dry for my tastes. I have played the Orion at KSR and my god is it a badass amp.
