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you are so correct arjay. i love mine. wouldnt trade it for two just like it.
best dang OD pedal ive ever heard period.
really helps wake up the BJ like nothing else. i love the tone that combo has. been working on my "sig tone" and thats the base right there.

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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:03 am
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This afternoon I wired my '68 Bronco amp to a 2 x 15 Showman cab then "stirred the pot" with my OCD. All I gotta say is WOW!

The perfect amount of "grind" without being overly loud plus some unbelievable compression. Sort of a Robert-Cray-meets-SRV vibe.

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canucklehead wrote:
thanx 63supro. i remember reading that in the manual.

Consensus is use either the internal speaker or the external cabinet, and not both. I guess i'll save my pennies for the mod.

Many thanx again, for all the responses, much appreciated.


Just remember, if you mod an amp that's under warranty, you void it. Personally, for me, if I need to mod an amp with more than tubes or maybe a speaker, it's gone. I cut my losses and get rid of it. If you start a conversation about an amp that goes, " I love the tone of my ________ (fill in the blank) amp, but......" You really don't love the tone of the amp. Don't waste money chasing some tone on a mediocre amp, spend more time looking for a new one and bring your own guitar. Most people come home with the wrong amp because they will grab the same model guitar they play off the wall to try out an amp. Wrong,wrong,wrong. Every guitar is different.

My recommendation is to try as many amps as you can and just don't limit yourself to one amp manufacturer. Do some research too. Don't just go to the manufacturers forum or Harmony Central. Ask around and dig deeper. I wish I saw all the negative reliability reviews on my HRDlx before I bought mine. People hate to admit they made a mistake and defend a poorly manufactured piece of equipment. Not me though. As you all know. I don't care who made it or where it comes from. Bad is bad. I made some pretty poor buying decisions in my lifetime. I actually bought a Chevy Vega Hatchback in 1975 and it was the biggest POS I ever owned. Looked cool though. The HRDlx was another huge and costly mistake, meaning I lost face when it died on three separate gigs and I had to waste time setting up my Twin. Word spreads fast too..

The purpose of my whole rant is, If you gig, don't buy gear on price or looks, get the best you can and don't settle for second rate gear. If, you're a bedroom player, it's not as important but still important from a financial and aggravation standpoint.

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63supro wrote:
The purpose of my whole rant is, If you gig, don't buy gear on price or looks, get the best you can and don't settle for second rate gear. If, you're a bedroom player, it's not as important but still important from a financial and aggravation standpoint.


Preach it, bruthah!

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63supro wrote:
Personally, for me, if I need to mod an amp with more than tubes or maybe a speaker, it's gone. I cut my losses and get rid of it. If you start a conversation about an amp that goes, " I love the tone of my ________ (fill in the blank) amp, but......" You really don't love the tone of the amp.

You mean I have to get rid of my DRRI? :(

Here we go... I LOVE the tone of my DRRI, but I'm not a fan of flubber. Am I allowed to do a simple mod to fix that since tubes and a speaker swap didn't get rid of it? :)


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You can do what you want. :wink: I'm just saying if I'm not happy with it, I wouldn't care if Leo built it himself, I'd dump it. Not everyone finds the DRRI's flubby. I never owned a reissue I only had the genuine article and never found anything wrong with it. At the time I had mine, everyone was going to really high powered amps and we started playing really large venues so like a dumbass I sold it. That was stupid too because it didn't take up that much room. Usually I won't even take the amp home if I don't think it has potential. I had a serious lapse of reason with the HRDlx.

Is yours like that with every guitar? The simple mod might not fix it for you either. If your not a fan of flubber and your amp is giving you just that, then you would either have to like flubber or your not really happy with the amp. :shock:

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I don't like flubber and I'm still very happy with the amp :D

The issue is only at higher volumes, 5+, I have to keep the vol on the guitar down or else things get ugly with lower strings. It happens with a Strat and it's a LOT worse with anything with humbucker.

I even threw in a JAN 5751 in V2 and that helps a bit. Playing through the 15" cab I just got also helps, but as soon as things got louder there it is again!


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I found that connecting little junior to the enclosed cabinet with the single 12" that it changed the sound a lot more bassey (sp?) with the Epi Sheraton II.

Maybe it time to switch the stock pups and go with a pair of Gibson 57s?? The cost of the two new pups however is equivalent to the cost of modding jr with new tubes and a speaker.

Hmm, what to do first? pups or the amp mods?
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I don't like flubber and I'm still very happy with the amp :D

The issue is only at higher volumes, 5+, I have to keep the vol on the guitar down or else things get ugly with lower strings. It happens with a Strat and it's a LOT worse with anything with humbucker.

I even threw in a JAN 5751 in V2 and that helps a bit. Playing through the 15" cab I just got also helps, but as soon as things got louder there it is again!


Curious, what are you using for power tubes? I also use a 5751 in my Egnater in V1 to drop some of the gain a little. It was just enough. The Egnater incorporates a "Tight" switch that tightens up the bottom end especially if you set the gain a bit higher.

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I wish the DRRI had a tight switch, I liked that feature on the Egnater...

I've tried different tubes, same result. I have a pair of NOS RCAs now, Tung-Sol, JJ, and the stock GT before that.


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So, please enlighten this canucklehead... what the hell is flubber?


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canucklehead wrote:
So, please enlighten this canucklehead... what the hell is flubber?


its older robin williams move.

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canucklehead wrote:
Thanx gus, your input has been greatly appreciated.

hmm, my response from Billm when asked the same question above was: "Yes, it's safe. Connect them in parallel."

With these conflicting responses, best if i just play one or the other, and wait to get Billm's mods.
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Haven't been on the forum for a couple days, so this response is a little late, but I initially got the same response from Billm. But after pressing the issue and asking why then the benefit on the OT mod, was advised that "safe" meant only when not played "Too loud and/or too frequently". Hence I didn't do it anymore, as I didn't want to harm the amp.

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canucklehead, some people refer to flub as farting. It's an unpleasant tone that occurs at higher volume settings as the speaker reaches the limits of its ability. Flub or fart is always related to poor speaker and is solved by installing a better speaker than the Emminence/Fender or sometimes Jensen/Fender Special Design pieces of crap that come stock in most Fender amps.

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