The absolute best amp I’ve ever played is a Todd Langner modified 1971 Super Lead that belonged to a friend. The tone was so ridiculously good, and the feel was amazing. That was 25 years ago and I still think about it all these years later. I had a chance to buy it a few years ago, but of course wasn’t in a position to do it financially. It will always be the one that got away.
Finally, Todd was a good friend of mine. To demo this it needs the Brutus 300w monoblock that was had custom designed transformers for slaying the dead...the harmony of thrash RIP Todd, you are missed bro🤘
Todd Langner, developed the overdrive section for the ADA MP-1. He was a nice guy. He did some mods on an MP-1 for me. Thank u for this vid, he was a great technician.
I was just wondering if there are any clones of these. A schematic would also be fine :). I’m still a fan of Page Hamilton’s Meantime and Betty era sound.
@@darklinkduck2275 Man ... Jubilee has enough gain (obviously not as much gain as the DCP-1) It really depends on your right hand. It is not forgiving and you need to hit those strings hard (as you should do anyway...) And obviously yes, the Jubilee is not a modern super high gain amp, but you need just a parametric eq or TS just as a clean boost in front (no added distortion) and it sounds brutal. Definetly more brutal than 5150 ...
Those have a transistor distortion section yes, like the JCM800? Funny how people chase big amps & speakers & all this krap, when literally a pedal can sound better 4 almost no money =)) People should try maybe putting a 'warmup mod' on a Marshall MG10 Gold HAHA Those little 'practice amps' sound great on high gain = better than this rack thing that is surely crazy overpriced. It's only the low gain that sounds a bit nasty, & so does this expensive one! So wat R U paying 4? Just the 'idea' it is 'rare & expensive so must be special' =))
My buddy Robert was a good friend of Todd Langner. He and Todd were in a band together called Mystic Sorcery in the early, early 1980's and Todd was the singer and my buddy was the guitarist. Robert was in a thrash metal band in the early 2000's and Todd built Robert one of these amps. I visited Robert at the bands studio and got to hear this bad boy first hand and MAN......what a monster that amp is. About 10 year my buddy had a heart attack and ended up selling tons of his guitars (ESP endorsed) and gear to help pay for medical bills.....and yes he sold the Langner amp, which was a huge regret for him because it was his tie to his friend Todd.
I read on a forum a while ago that there was a flood in his workshop so only a small amount were made, also on that forum I found an add that says you could order amp heads preamps power amps and a rackmount eq but I can't seem to find that forum anymore but there is a couple called I GOT THE LANGNER!!! and I GOT MY MATCHING POWER AMP!
It's not that good. U R just hypnotized by the rarity =)) Seriously the distortio sound reminds me of some of those cheap Chinese 'tube pedals' U can get on Fleabay for about $30, & demos of them around JooToob. It's the typical 'low voltage / starved for power' thing U get when tubes 'hash out' = the chunk kind of farts instead of 'tight'. Also sounds quite 'transistor-like' = my bet is it's basically a cheap cheesy pedal with a tube or so after to warm things up = typical $cam product, like the DOD/Digitech thing he got with 'artist preset ROM chip' that sounds nothing at all like any of those artists = pure criminal fraud. There's so much of that in audio, like wildly ridiculous claims about electrical cable sound quality. There R differences yes, but in fact the best sounding cable for speakers I've tried is old 'Amphenol Spectra Strip' SCSI data cable, but a chore 2 terminate, & next behind that is 'aluminum on one side' lamp cord style stuff = U know, like the stuff from Parts Express where 1 lead is gray & the other is copper color = sounds better than any of the fancy 'audiophile' cables I tried (& I worked at high end shops so would test this out). There is something about having different metals on different paths = evens things out. Same with guitar cable = thin wee copper core with aluminum shield & no copper on the return path (ground shield) sounds best of any guitar cable I ever tried, but there is a bit of noise when U move it (not much) because of the 'crinkling' LOL & for 'line level leads' the best I ever heard was cheap very thin old Nakamichi tape deck ones. I guess there is something about not having 'extra copper' that helps clear things up & sound more smooth = interesting. Can help tame a 'harsh' DAC =) = reduces spikey high pitched 'sibilance' texture without losing highs = if that makes sense. This is kind of 'out there' stuff but true, like people joke about 'clockigng' being a scam but when U hear a good clock & the difference it makes U R 'converted' =) iWon't say my current fave, as they're cheap used & want 2 get more HAHA
@@Deathrape2001 LOL that's some opinion. Todd langner helped design the Legendary ADA MP-1 preamp and later went to work for Pixar's sound division. So yeah, it's real likely he was designing "scam products".
@@totalbullion5882 You're right = if somebody has a 'fancy job' they can not B a $cammer HAHAHAHA =)) Hell even Window$ OS is a $cam = purposely crippled different ways with every release 2 fuk everything up. When people need 2 do actual work, they still use XP or 7, & that will continue 4ever unless Micro$hit decides 2 make something that's actually useful again =)
Gotta agree 100%. He pulls stuff out to demo that I've never even heard of before and can rattle off the full history and his experiences with it. Then play some killer riffs to top it off. His subs definitely should be way north. 👍
I follow lots of gear nerds. Whatever gear you are using, you always sound 100 times better then the best ones. That makes me fall in love with whatever gear you use. You are an incredible sound master. Period. I wish you were MY neighbour man..
Holy shite! That thing sounds insane, and right up my alley. I love the super heavy gains - has such a unique sound. Looks like I will need to buy a Kemper if I want to get this tone and then download your profiles. Been looking for a reason to finally buy a Kemper, this is the best reason I think I will ever come across given how rare this preamp is. Only Mr. Nielsen would get his hands on and demo something as rare as a Langner!! Thank you!!!
About time somebody did a feature on this thing. Todd would be the only dude who knew how to do Marshall mods. And, they do sound killer! Famous users : the H team(its allover Impact,Fabulous,Force of habit,..even the recent albums),Skinlab,..and i think Robb Flynn also has a Langner modded 800 head,.. great job!🤟
I love you.... Well my visa card is beginning to hate you, Got the Triaxis pack first and then the RockXL & Tube Works Real Tube II a few days ago and Honestly man ... your BHP kemper profiles are just out standing ! TY for giving this old 80's thrash head from the midwest all the amps/sounds I've always wished I could have... It's a great time to be guitarist!
Glen shreds on Return to the Apocalyptic City so well that it cheered me up after Alex left . James Murphy shortly after was a bad ass too. The 13 year old me is pumped watching this . 🤟🏼☠️🔥
Why is there a toaster sittin' on your Langner preamp, and why does it have all those knobs? Btw, you deserve a _lot_ more subs, always enjoy your content and your playing.
Oh wow! So; Kurt Mitchell who did all of the In The Style Of videos, uses a modded Marshall by Langner. The In The Style Of Van Halen was done with the Langner Marshall.
I remember seeing Alveilas with Testament in ‘97 or so and loving his lead tone! He mentioned this pre in an interview but I could never find out anything else about it. Great video!!
Dude, this is just a massive beast w great cleans! Your tweaking prowess is insanely fun to watch. That Les Paul w the Imperials has also stood out to me as a great companion to your best ever tones over the years. Keep up the great work!
That is astonishing......am I wrong in loving it? You'd probably never dime the thing but having that glorious squanch at your fingertips... Oh dear god.
I met Glenn ALVELAIS in Houston when he toured with Testament. They had Stuck Mojo and Crucifixion with them at The Abyss. We talked about Robin guitars and Rio Grande pickups with my buddy Gary. G and I worked for Alamo Music at the time, and were endorsing Glenn, if I recall. I was about 18, living in my car and building guitars for a living. Didn't miss many concerts, though!
I had one of these and still have a Langner modded Marshall that I love. I had to work really hard to get the DCP to sound decent but if you put it into context to what was available in the 80's at that time, Langner stuff had ridiculous amounts of gain and there was nothing like them at that time. By todays standards, there are so many amps that can do this and much more.
To me it sounds like a very cheesy transistor pedal and tubes run together = like the 'overdrive' thing combining 2 kinds of distortion = the thrashy nastyness of the transistor & some 'thump' from the tubes. It's really nothing special, just 'all-in-one'.
Todd mildly hotrodded my JCM800 (meaning one extra gain-stage rather than the overkill mods others have) that Kirk Hammett has had for the past 25 years. He acquired it from an old tech of his in 95 and the whole time I was working for him in the early 2000s I kept telling him I need to get it back at some point but he just ended up keeping it but I guess he uses it on every recording so...
Great demo, as always, Michael! I just picked up a few of this-era preamps too that I"m itching to try out: ADA MP2, Digi GSP2101LE, Art sgx-2000, and a couple of Roland efx pieces too! \m/ \m/
The 1 thing this does that is interesting is the upper mids have a kind of open wildness 2 them = like a flury of broken glass dancing around. Sounds 2 me like what U get with a cheesy harsh 'overdrive' pedal when U put tubes on it after. iThink that's what they're doing. Maybe same thing with the ADA MP1? R the tubes really generating the distortion? 4 an example of how krap they can get, check out Primus bass tones = horribly lame distortion =)) It's like with a krap pedal = give it 2 Pete Thorn & he can make some cheesy tranny thing sound glorious, usually =))
I've got one. Todd made it for me when we worked at Euphonix together. I think it's the last one he ever made, 5 12AX7 gain stages. I rarely played it. Prob got about an hour play time on it. Willing to sell it. Hit me up if interested. RIP Todd , really bummed to hear he passed on this video...fuck.
I wanna hear stuff demo’d through a power amp and cab….no computer, no cab sims,not pre recorded in a mix..preamp, power amp, speaker cab and a room mic..
In the mid 90s I saw death metal bands on the sunset strip using the ada MP2 which has gain on top of gain; nailed that Suffocation scooped tone. Btw back then Suffocation used the Ampeg VL 1002 designed by u know who. Interesting how those scorching tones of yesteryears are now referred to as: abrasive and un-tight 🤣🤣
Checkout my Kemper profile pack of this beast bighairyprofiles.com/item/bhp-langner-dcp-1
Isnt that rivera amp in the beginning the same one skid row used in slave to the grind?
Im so happy you modelled this, nice!
Are those Imperial High Winds?
@@angusorvid8840 I think standard. They've been in that guitar a long time, before there was the high wind option (I think).
This Langner sounds like it would be great for Zakk Wylde’s tone too.
The absolute best amp I’ve ever played is a Todd Langner modified 1971 Super Lead that belonged to a friend. The tone was so ridiculously good, and the feel was amazing. That was 25 years ago and I still think about it all these years later. I had a chance to buy it a few years ago, but of course wasn’t in a position to do it financially. It will always be the one that got away.
Finally, Todd was a good friend of mine. To demo this it needs the Brutus 300w monoblock that was had custom designed transformers for slaying the dead...the harmony of thrash RIP Todd, you are missed bro🤘
Dude it sounds filthy holy fk lol you and Leon Todd made me get into rack gear and I love it, no need for kemper or fractal
R.I.P Todd Langner. Spent many hours jamming on the DCP-1, way ahead of it's time.
Todd Langner, developed the overdrive section for the ADA MP-1. He was a nice guy. He did some mods on an MP-1 for me. Thank u for this vid, he was a great technician.
Todd also modded Joe Satrianis, n Korns amps!
Glen is awesome! He got the dudes in Forbidden into this preamp, such a great thrash tone!
Thank you for this vid!!! This pre amp is a part of thrash history. Would be cool to get schematics and get one made.
I was just wondering if there are any clones of these. A schematic would also be fine :). I’m still a fan of Page Hamilton’s Meantime and Betty era sound.
We need the schematic...todd would love some of us making smiles in the ears of future thrashers .
one of the best guitar sound ive heard on youtube.
Gary Holt had a Langner modded 800 that he is very fond of. He said that the only stock amp that comes close is the Jubilee.
The jubilee needs to be dimed or pushed with a tube screamer so I doubt even that came close
@@darklinkduck2275 Jubilees have quite a bit of gain if they are setup right.
@@brpadington my friend had one last year an original and I played on it more gain than an 800 but still a lot less than 5150
@@darklinkduck2275 Man ... Jubilee has enough gain (obviously not as much gain as the DCP-1) It really depends on your right hand. It is not forgiving and you need to hit those strings hard (as you should do anyway...) And obviously yes, the Jubilee is not a modern super high gain amp, but you need just a parametric eq or TS just as a clean boost in front (no added distortion) and it sounds brutal. Definetly more brutal than 5150 ...
Those have a transistor distortion section yes, like the JCM800? Funny how people chase big amps & speakers & all this krap, when literally a pedal can sound better 4 almost no money =)) People should try maybe putting a 'warmup mod' on a Marshall MG10 Gold HAHA Those little 'practice amps' sound great on high gain = better than this rack thing that is surely crazy overpriced. It's only the low gain that sounds a bit nasty, & so does this expensive one! So wat R U paying 4? Just the 'idea' it is 'rare & expensive so must be special' =))
Man, don't think I've ever heard too much gain, but this has definitely delivered that!!!
One of the coolest video I came across on YT in years :-) That's a piece of history right there. Really matches the Bay Area EXODUS thrash tone
Once more, nice job Michael. Please do the Rivera and also the Aguilar 1911 preamps for your BH profiles!
Wow! Love the tones outta that beast. Pure crunchy goodness!
My buddy Robert was a good friend of Todd Langner. He and Todd were in a band together called Mystic Sorcery in the early, early 1980's and Todd was the singer and my buddy was the guitarist. Robert was in a thrash metal band in the early 2000's and Todd built Robert one of these amps. I visited Robert at the bands studio and got to hear this bad boy first hand and MAN......what a monster that amp is. About 10 year my buddy had a heart attack and ended up selling tons of his guitars (ESP endorsed) and gear to help pay for medical bills.....and yes he sold the Langner amp, which was a huge regret for him because it was his tie to his friend Todd.
Glen used to play in Forbidden (❤️). If I’m not mistaken Craig Locicero and Tim Calvert both used the Langner preamp on the Distortion album.
You are 100% correct on that good sir!
This is amazing - honestly the best sound for metal I have ever heard. How many units were made? Why did his company go out of business?
I read on a forum a while ago that there was a flood in his workshop so only a small amount were made, also on that forum I found an add that says you could order amp heads preamps power amps and a rackmount eq but I can't seem to find that forum anymore but there is a couple called I GOT THE LANGNER!!! and I GOT MY MATCHING POWER AMP!
It's not that good. U R just hypnotized by the rarity =)) Seriously the distortio sound reminds me of some of those cheap Chinese 'tube pedals' U can get on Fleabay for about $30, & demos of them around JooToob. It's the typical 'low voltage / starved for power' thing U get when tubes 'hash out' = the chunk kind of farts instead of 'tight'. Also sounds quite 'transistor-like' = my bet is it's basically a cheap cheesy pedal with a tube or so after to warm things up = typical $cam product, like the DOD/Digitech thing he got with 'artist preset ROM chip' that sounds nothing at all like any of those artists = pure criminal fraud. There's so much of that in audio, like wildly ridiculous claims about electrical cable sound quality.
There R differences yes, but in fact the best sounding cable for speakers I've tried is old 'Amphenol Spectra Strip' SCSI data cable, but a chore 2 terminate, & next behind that is 'aluminum on one side' lamp cord style stuff = U know, like the stuff from Parts Express where 1 lead is gray & the other is copper color = sounds better than any of the fancy 'audiophile' cables I tried (& I worked at high end shops so would test this out).
There is something about having different metals on different paths = evens things out. Same with guitar cable = thin wee copper core with aluminum shield & no copper on the return path (ground shield) sounds best of any guitar cable I ever tried, but there is a bit of noise when U move it (not much) because of the 'crinkling' LOL & for 'line level leads' the best I ever heard was cheap very thin old Nakamichi tape deck ones. I guess there is something about not having 'extra copper' that helps clear things up & sound more smooth = interesting. Can help tame a 'harsh' DAC =) = reduces spikey high pitched 'sibilance' texture without losing highs = if that makes sense.
This is kind of 'out there' stuff but true, like people joke about 'clockigng' being a scam but when U hear a good clock & the difference it makes U R 'converted' =) iWon't say my current fave, as they're cheap used & want 2 get more HAHA
These are the best thing to ever happen to metal guitar tone. Todd Langner passed away unfortunately.
@@Deathrape2001 LOL that's some opinion. Todd langner helped design the Legendary ADA MP-1 preamp and later went to work for Pixar's sound division. So yeah, it's real likely he was designing "scam products".
@@totalbullion5882 You're right = if somebody has a 'fancy job' they can not B a $cammer HAHAHAHA =)) Hell even Window$ OS is a $cam = purposely crippled different ways with every release 2 fuk everything up. When people need 2 do actual work, they still use XP or 7, & that will continue 4ever unless Micro$hit decides 2 make something that's actually useful again =)
6:04 starts playing Testament ballad with exact clean tone from the record! How do you not have more subs?!?
Gotta agree 100%. He pulls stuff out to demo that I've never even heard of before and can rattle off the full history and his experiences with it. Then play some killer riffs to top it off. His subs definitely should be way north. 👍
I love Alex’s solo on that track. Bass was killer too.
I follow lots of gear nerds. Whatever gear you are using, you always sound 100 times better then the best ones. That makes me fall in love with whatever gear you use. You are an incredible sound master. Period. I wish you were MY neighbour man..
I think it sounds freeking great! And it has a weird nice clean sound.
Thanks Michael - now I want one.
Holy shite! That thing sounds insane, and right up my alley. I love the super heavy gains - has such a unique sound. Looks like I will need to buy a Kemper if I want to get this tone and then download your profiles. Been looking for a reason to finally buy a Kemper, this is the best reason I think I will ever come across given how rare this preamp is. Only Mr. Nielsen would get his hands on and demo something as rare as a Langner!! Thank you!!!
The chunk is superb. I here Hamilton all over that. Sounds like it is percussive, but I never really know until I play through it. Thanks for the vid
I've never heard one of these before. Sounds fantastic. Kind of in that Bogner, Pitbull, SLO vein.
I loved my ADA MP1 !!!
About time somebody did a feature on this thing. Todd would be the only dude who knew how to do Marshall mods. And, they do sound killer! Famous users : the H team(its allover Impact,Fabulous,Force of habit,..even the recent albums),Skinlab,..and i think Robb Flynn also has a Langner modded 800 head,.. great job!🤟
Impressed with your playing and your production quality. Subscribed!
I love you.... Well my visa card is beginning to hate you, Got the Triaxis pack first and then the RockXL & Tube Works Real Tube II a few days ago and Honestly man ... your BHP kemper profiles are just out standing ! TY for giving this old 80's thrash head from the midwest all the amps/sounds I've always wished I could have... It's a great time to be guitarist!
Another unicorn preamp. Michael does it again! I always wanted to hear a good demo of this. Thanks!
Glen shreds on Return to the Apocalyptic City so well that it cheered me up after Alex left . James Murphy shortly after was a bad ass too. The 13 year old me is pumped watching this . 🤟🏼☠️🔥
Ok Nielsen, you officially win
Good lord....that sounds amazing
Why is there a toaster sittin' on your Langner preamp, and why does it have all those knobs?
Btw, you deserve a _lot_ more subs, always enjoy your content and your playing.
Holy shit I was going to say that I'm glad I read down the comments a little ways!!!
Oh wow! So; Kurt Mitchell who did all of the In The Style Of videos, uses a modded Marshall by Langner. The In The Style Of Van Halen was done with the Langner Marshall.
My Lagner plexi is unsurpassed. Todd was WAY beyond good, anybody who owns one is indeed lucky.
Michael you are the Best Guitar RUclipsr there is. I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
I remember seeing Alveilas with Testament in ‘97 or so and loving his lead tone! He mentioned this pre in an interview but I could never find out anything else about it. Great video!!
Sounds incredible. The essential profile pack from BHP
Great knowledge with bone dry humour. My favorite: "You're not gonna get a bluesy tone out of this, unless You're a... really ANGRY bluesy player."
Dude, this is just a massive beast w great cleans! Your tweaking prowess is insanely fun to watch. That Les Paul w the Imperials has also stood out to me as a great companion to your best ever tones over the years. Keep up the great work!
That is astonishing......am I wrong in loving it? You'd probably never dime the thing but having that glorious squanch at your fingertips...
Oh dear god.
Thanks Michael for making the Kemper Pack ( all time ADA user)
You should do some of the engl rack mount stuff! Not a lot of vids out there and they go for peanuts on eBay!
I met Glenn ALVELAIS in Houston when he toured with Testament. They had Stuck Mojo and Crucifixion with them at The Abyss. We talked about Robin guitars and Rio Grande pickups with my buddy Gary. G and I worked for Alamo Music at the time, and were endorsing Glenn, if I recall. I was about 18, living in my car and building guitars for a living. Didn't miss many concerts, though!
Man
That is an awesome thrash presmp. Love your playing and those bay area thrash tones brother!!
Everything langner touched was metal gold
I had one of these and still have a Langner modded Marshall that I love. I had to work really hard to get the DCP to sound decent but if you put it into context to what was available in the 80's at that time, Langner stuff had ridiculous amounts of gain and there was nothing like them at that time. By todays standards, there are so many amps that can do this and much more.
To me it sounds like a very cheesy transistor pedal and tubes run together = like the 'overdrive' thing combining 2 kinds of distortion = the thrashy nastyness of the transistor & some 'thump' from the tubes. It's really nothing special, just 'all-in-one'.
man those are pretty sick tones \m/
I have my DCP - 1 Elite ( Splitable Gain Stage ) and it is still a beast. :D
All Contour Pots are depending on the Level Pots...
Nice to hear some 90s Exodus love on the Good Day to Die riffing.
Nice piece of gear! I definitely hear that Bay Area thrash tone.. I wish I knew about langner and his gear and mods back then.
Killer Michael... nice Testament reference 😇. I would guess there
are extremely few of these out there.
Just found your channel today, and I'm digging it! Well done, my man!
There is one for sale on Reverb now for $ 5500.00 Sheeeesh !
Used to see those for semi cheap in the late 2000’s. Rad as F-K
Damn that first chord at 2:12 is almost identical in tone to Machine Head's cover of The Sentinel by Judas Priest.
Just needs the ol GE-7 treatment and I'm sure it's BEASTLY!
Maching head Rob played thru a Langner in their 1st record
Page Hamilton went on to use a Pitbull 100, completely different feel from this preamp, that gain knob should be labeled “feel”
That is really a great sounding piece!
Almost reminds me of the Gary Holt's tone in Exodus.
100%
Didn’t holt have a Langner modded Marshall as his go to?
@@karljellema3802 I can't confirm that, however, judging by the sound of this preamp, it would make 100% sense!
Joe Dazey I’m pretty sure he has one , and used it up until he got his peavey Xxx
@@karljellema3802 He has 3 Langner modded JCM800s :)
Would sound great layered with tracks with another tube amp that has darker bark. Nice lead tone.
Amazing preamp. But you should have done a intro track with this 🤟🏽
right, awesome. Now, Rivera TBR. PULEEEZZE ! :D
6:40 that riff reminds me of Exodus A good day to die
Todd mildly hotrodded my JCM800 (meaning one extra gain-stage rather than the overkill mods others have) that Kirk Hammett has had for the past 25 years. He acquired it from an old tech of his in 95 and the whole time I was working for him in the early 2000s I kept telling him I need to get it back at some point but he just ended up keeping it but I guess he uses it on every recording so...
That rocked
1:45 haha george lynch sure does have alot of endorsements
Holy sweet Jesus that sounds incredible
Great demo, as always, Michael! I just picked up a few of this-era preamps too that I"m itching to try out: ADA MP2, Digi GSP2101LE, Art sgx-2000, and a couple of Roland efx pieces too! \m/ \m/
Just found your channel dude, frkng amazing stuff and sounds. Really dig your playing too!
Loved the Megadeth (Marty Friedman) Tone video!
New sub!
That's a killer pre amp! Just saw one for sale, 1000+ used! I'll settle for a JMP1.
This is even better than that Landmine pedal that I wish I had! I'd have to paint it black tho!
Seems you are preparing for a Rivera overkill demo ;-)
Hey Michael! How about a walk through of the Rivera TBR amp you have there!?!
coming soon.
Joe Satriani's 2 Marshall JCM800 2203 heads that he used in the 80s were modified by Todd Langner
Wow, well pass AC/DC crunch at 0.0001of the gain knob! LMAO! Ha, just happen to be wearing my amp smasher shirt while watching your vid today!
YES!!!!!!!!!*******
You nabbed one!
I'd pay a pretty dollar for one of those!
reverb has one right now
Ive got 3 of em. Probably sell 2 of em
@@TheNaturalust Feel free to shoot us an email.
info@fluidaudiogroup.com
Try some 12ay7s in it and see how it effects the gain.
Thinking of Conan, that's a preamp for crushing your enemies. Impressive for thrash, like you said.
Causes the lamentation of the women 😂
The 1 thing this does that is interesting is the upper mids have a kind of open wildness 2 them = like a flury of broken glass dancing around. Sounds 2 me like what U get with a cheesy harsh 'overdrive' pedal when U put tubes on it after. iThink that's what they're doing. Maybe same thing with the ADA MP1? R the tubes really generating the distortion? 4 an example of how krap they can get, check out Primus bass tones = horribly lame distortion =)) It's like with a krap pedal = give it 2 Pete Thorn & he can make some cheesy tranny thing sound glorious, usually =))
I've got one. Todd made it for me when we worked at Euphonix together. I think it's the last one he ever made, 5 12AX7 gain stages. I rarely played it. Prob got about an hour play time on it. Willing to sell it. Hit me up if interested. RIP Todd , really bummed to hear he passed on this video...fuck.
Still have it?
@@szabowabo91 yep.
Take my fucking money. All day boy!
This is intense. I’ve only read about these. Seen one on eBay a few times.....$2500 or so....damn.
todd was the king of bay area tone
Glen was in Forbidden too he is live on the Ultimate Revenge 2 video.
I have that and the Brutus 220w amp
I wanna hear stuff demo’d through a power amp and cab….no computer, no cab sims,not pre recorded in a mix..preamp, power amp, speaker cab and a room mic..
Do you have a video on the Rivera amp? I'd love to see a LONG video on that, to hear all the features.
On minute 8:16 I can completely hear George Lynch's tone in Kiss of Death from "Back for the Attack".
can you do a video with the Rivera?
omg he keeps teasing us with the damn thing, I finally wanna hear it 😂😂😂
That's my kind of metal tone.
In the mid 90s I saw death metal bands on the sunset strip using the ada MP2 which has gain on top of gain; nailed that Suffocation scooped tone. Btw back then Suffocation used the Ampeg VL 1002 designed by u know who. Interesting how those scorching tones of yesteryears are now referred to as: abrasive and un-tight 🤣🤣
Could you make a tone x capture of this? I would pay for it
Yes that is too a word!
That made my nuts drop into my shoes! Nice preamp!
HAHAHA
Wasn't that Alvilas(?) guy who filled in after Alex Skolnick left Eric Peterson's cousin who also was in the origional Legacy prior to Skolnick?
Had some balls! Cool 😎
I still want to see you get a Tone Navigator and see if you can get some good tones out of it 😁
Where do you go after 12 o’clock?
Haha.. I’ve never heard f some of the preamps you keep demoing... awesome stuff!
Damnnnn!!!! Sounds amazing! You made a profile of this for Kemper? I’d like to download por favor 🙏🏻