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Modding '68 Superlead to EVH specs

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июл 2023
  • Follow me as I modifiy my original 1968 Superlead to EVH's '68 Superlead specs.
    This was part of R&D for the Metropoulos Metro-Plex MK II 100 watt head.

Комментарии • 82

  • @sonnyseabury4051
    @sonnyseabury4051 7 месяцев назад +4

    Hey George. It's Sonny Seabury in New Orleans. I just wanted to drop by and say hello. I hope that life is treating You and Your Other Family Members Well. I also pray that all of Y'all are in good health. I'm the guy that bought the DVL-1 Amp from you a while back. I'm still truly loving my amp, and I tell all of my guitar playing buddies about you. Every single one of them, regardless of the styles of music that they play. They all go crazy over my DVL-1 Amp that I bought from you, about 1.5 years or so ago. Plexis and Modded Plexis have always been my #1 preferred amps, over anything else, and You and Dave Friedman will Always Remain My #1 Amp and Tone Gods. Much love and respect from Sonny in New Orleans, La.

  • @vmc37
    @vmc37 Год назад +9

    Awesome! THis is like when they used to battle with the morality of dissecting a human, to learn anatomy in the name of science!

  • @HeadfirstAmps
    @HeadfirstAmps Год назад +10

    Love your work George. ❤

  • @peterschaefer1665
    @peterschaefer1665 Год назад +14

    I actually played that amp in your basement George if you recall and it changed my life. What an experience. The best sounding amp I have ever played. I am eternally grateful for you allowing me! If your new amp sounds anything like it (and it appears that it does) you should sell a ton!

  • @DougErapps
    @DougErapps 5 месяцев назад +1

    INCREDIBLE!!! George that was SO FUN TO WATCH!!!!!!!! Edge of my seat!!!!! Sounds PHENOMENAL!!!

  • @sleggarri
    @sleggarri Год назад +6

    Appreciate what you've done here, George. Ordered mine (50W) last night. Been pursuing 12301 tones for decades. Tried almost everything and have gotten close, but never enough gain. Love all of the early Van Halen tones, especially that first album. Peace, Scott!

  • @ampyamps
    @ampyamps Год назад +3

    YEAH GEORGE! I could watch videos like this from you all day. Your reverence and hesitation to disturb even one original solder joint is relatable and so endearing. Tough call, but the results… that amp sounds SO GREAT. Thanks for sharing.

  • @fallingmanjutsu
    @fallingmanjutsu Год назад +1

    What George id doing is the very essence of Rock and Roll. Godspeed George, You are a rebel.

  • @egodzilla777
    @egodzilla777 Год назад +3

    LOOOVE this experience!!! Thank you for taking us through the mid pot. swap!!

  • @brownsfan7753
    @brownsfan7753 Год назад +4

    Sounds great!! I actually felt your stress when you were working on the amp!!

  • @AllenGarberGuitarFun
    @AllenGarberGuitarFun Год назад +4

    Thank you for this and thank you for the forum which I’d been on since 2010…I learned so much from so many smart people there, including of course yourself. I always posted about the physical playing of the guitar and I never once picked up a soldering iron…but I still learned more on your forum than I learned anywhere else! Thanks for everything!

    • @jamiegustkey2573
      @jamiegustkey2573 Год назад +2

      Allan - you too were responsible for adding to the plethora of great information from the forum that dominated all…. 😂👍🏻
      I miss the way that forum moved for so long on the quest! The greatest bunch of participants- I miss strat 78’s clips… his ‘68 files he has on soundclick sound amazing!
      This amp is going to make some happy for certain!
      Right on, right on, right on…

    • @AllenGarberGuitarFun
      @AllenGarberGuitarFun Год назад +2

      @@jamiegustkey2573 Thanks very much Jamie! I hope Phil is doing alright…he was an amazing player and in my opinion he had the best tones of anyone on the forum. And there were some GREAT tones and great players there, but Phil “Strat78” Easterling was my number one guy!

  • @A2Guitars
    @A2Guitars Год назад +2

    Great to see this - your demonstrated attention to provenance and preservation is unimpeachable. Sometimes you just have to dig in though.
    It’s been a long time since the Corunna road shop, but it’s great to find you here, doing excellent work as always!

  • @superman-el9jd
    @superman-el9jd 3 месяца назад

    Eddie said in an interview that his tone was accidental.I think the same can be said for Hendrix and many others that were in the right time and the right place. Not to take away from their ability and unique phrasing and arrangements in their playing. They are all guitar hero’s to countless players,including me.They did the searching and found the answers for their tone. We are all,grateful to builders and players of the past ,and those who continue the search for tone. Rock on brothers .

  • @bobbecket2640
    @bobbecket2640 Год назад +2

    Hooooe Leeeee Shiiiiiiii that TONE! Freaking out over how good this amp sounds, particularly in the hands of someone who can play with skill and feel! Fantastic job, George!!!

    • @samfisherv30
      @samfisherv30 11 месяцев назад +1

      He nailed the sound!

  • @leosun8469
    @leosun8469 Год назад +1

    Awesome, George- thank you for sharing this.
    It’s pretty incredible that you have dedicated yourself to getting HERE and have actually replicated THE tone!🤘🏻

  • @gussywellz9714
    @gussywellz9714 4 месяца назад

    U rock George, always enjoy your vids!!! cheers

  • @markslaughterofficial
    @markslaughterofficial 2 месяца назад

    Fantastic work, George!
    You are a Tonechaser king !

  • @alexc2680
    @alexc2680 Год назад +2

    Wow!! That sounds Amazing!!

  • @Turboy65
    @Turboy65 10 месяцев назад +3

    What always mystified me is that in the late 60s, people with Marshalls tended to use fuzz boxes of various kinds to get distortion, but yet the best distortion there ever was just comes from a cranked Marshall. I wouldn't shed one tear if every original (and replica) Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face on the planet were to be fed to a grinder.. Because THIS, a cranked Marshall, is infinitely better sounding. I guess it must have been the drugs.

  • @markkinney5030
    @markkinney5030 Год назад +1

    Crap man that amp just wanted to say hi and let kick ass! That sounded good!

  • @ianmcfarland512
    @ianmcfarland512 Год назад +1

    Way to go, George!

  • @davidwilson7042
    @davidwilson7042 Год назад +1

    Sounds wonderful.

  • @willdenham
    @willdenham 11 месяцев назад +3

    If there ever were a tech who should disturb a 50 year solder on a vintage Marshall, I think George would be that tech. Besides it's for a righteous cause.

  • @joea9608
    @joea9608 Год назад +2

    Thank you George!

  • @BlakeC27
    @BlakeC27 Год назад +1

    In the name of science and great tone.

  • @RozsaAmplificationLLC
    @RozsaAmplificationLLC 10 месяцев назад +4

    I have a 50-watter I converted over to EVH-spec with support and direction from Friedman on the complete spec!
    I also put in a 3-way power switch, so could have LO-OFF-HI modes.
    I did the Mark Cameron trick he gave me like 10 years ago and for the LO-mode, use the 100V and 240V taps instead of 0V and 120V! What you basically have is a 140V spread instead of 120V spread with a 120V input. This cuts the voltage across the entire amp, both B+ and heaters to about 86%, hence a built-in Variac without an external unit being needed!
    Since that time, other amp builders, like Suhr have it in the SH-68 and I believe Friedman is going to put one in his upcoming amps, but people have already been doing it for a while...and now you know!

    • @mariek6993
      @mariek6993 2 месяца назад

      friedman is the guy to ask... he's the one who restored eddie's #1 and built him a couple backups.....

  • @micoklokoc654
    @micoklokoc654 Год назад +1

    Nice George

  • @jamiegustkey2573
    @jamiegustkey2573 Год назад +2

    George....! 👏🏻
    The mighty =V//= (amp builder)

  • @samfisherv30
    @samfisherv30 11 месяцев назад +2

    Worth it!

  • @russlora
    @russlora Год назад +2

    Some of that solder used in the late 60's early 70's does'nt melt till 465'c /// another rumor about eddies early amp was that it was ran around 105 volts ...which would give sag ,or breakup quality to the sound

    • @qddk9545
      @qddk9545 6 месяцев назад

      I think that with the temperature is a fairy tale. I worked with electronics back then.

  • @ratiug61
    @ratiug61 7 месяцев назад +2

    When are we going to get a 12301 synergy module

  • @70footer
    @70footer 9 месяцев назад +1

    Incredible reality show watching this...found myself saying " no, don't do it" 😢

  • @stevencancel1727
    @stevencancel1727 Год назад +1

    Let's go!!

  • @taggmanibanez
    @taggmanibanez 10 месяцев назад +2

    George would it be possible to add a 25k resistor to the ground lug on the normal 25k pot to "somewhat" simulate this, maybe put it on a switch, of course I understand you'd still only get 25k resistance on the other side. I'm guessing you may have already try to do something like this in your normal models.

  • @waynetoneseekerandersen2213
    @waynetoneseekerandersen2213 Год назад +1

    I like to add a 10 k resistor to ground on all my Marshall builds on a 25 k pot. I usually end up with it at around 8.

  • @RobertJohnson-uo7nj
    @RobertJohnson-uo7nj 8 месяцев назад +1

    Wow!!!

  • @RocketinExile
    @RocketinExile Год назад +1

    wow man

  • @stephenchow5161
    @stephenchow5161 Год назад +1

    woah………nice

  • @youngandrew66
    @youngandrew66 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wow

  • @CountryBoyShane
    @CountryBoyShane Год назад

    My God in Heaven, this sounds INCREDIBLE!!!

  • @matttornetta9049
    @matttornetta9049 Год назад +1

    awesome! so did you add a 330uF to 0.68uF cap? And what did you to the neg feedback?

  • @Fender308
    @Fender308 Год назад +2

    You should get George Lynch tone with your designs!

  • @walth9092
    @walth9092 2 месяца назад

    Is there a schematic for this conversion? I already switched to the 50K Mid Pot, But I don't quite know what's the procedure is for adding the 25K clipped, and the extra cap.

  • @kingcormack8004
    @kingcormack8004 Год назад +1

    wow

  • @stephenfrancis303
    @stephenfrancis303 7 месяцев назад +2

    The mid pot and the fat cap you need to sell this evh 12301 series spec clone. How much for one

    • @georgemetropoulos5124
      @georgemetropoulos5124 7 месяцев назад +1

      Lots of requests for that! I have some ideas, watch for something in 2024.

  • @riccardococcia
    @riccardococcia 10 месяцев назад +1

    You have rheostats in place of the screen resistors?

  • @rickya3877
    @rickya3877 4 месяца назад

    Niiiiiiice

  • @pmkrak
    @pmkrak Год назад +1

    Hey George, what guitar are you playing? It doesn't look like it says Gibson on the headstock.

  • @toomanywaystofall
    @toomanywaystofall Год назад +1

    smokin... 🎵r0ck0n 🎵

  • @stephenchow5161
    @stephenchow5161 5 месяцев назад

    wow!,,,,,

  • @Guiohms.m50
    @Guiohms.m50 3 месяца назад

    So you changed the 25k mid pot to 50k, .68uf to 330uf in V2 and NFB to 100k/4ohms only?

  • @chrisg5237
    @chrisg5237 7 месяцев назад +4

    What’s crazy to me is the fact the builder had no idea what he just did when he finished building that amp…. Using whatever parts available and maybe taking shortcuts to get the amp in working order… they created an entire universe “accidentally.” Not only changing the course of rock music forever but also inherently causing the white rabbit effect where thousands have traveled down the rabbit hole.

    • @georgemetropoulos5124
      @georgemetropoulos5124 7 месяцев назад +2

      Totally agree! Just another amp on another day at work. You could include the vacuum tube era in that happenstance too. Still crazy to me that three of the most iconic guitars in history were created by 1952. How did they get that so right?

    • @chrisg5237
      @chrisg5237 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@georgemetropoulos5124 George, by any chance do you still have the build journals for the 12xxx series?

  • @superman-el9jd
    @superman-el9jd 3 месяца назад +1

    George What pickups are in your Les Paul?

    • @metroampcom
      @metroampcom  3 месяца назад +1

      Throbak Mick Taylor's

    • @superman-el9jd
      @superman-el9jd 3 месяца назад

      They sound Good in combination with the amp.

  • @sollybrown8217
    @sollybrown8217 6 месяцев назад

    You know eddie would have ripped it apart without a thought lol.

  • @BPToneReview
    @BPToneReview Год назад +3

    Couldn’t you of alligator clipped in a 25k resistor over the pot without desoldering?

    • @waynetoneseekerandersen2213
      @waynetoneseekerandersen2213 Год назад

      It would make the pot be like a 15 k pot

    • @BPToneReview
      @BPToneReview Год назад +3

      @@waynetoneseekerandersen2213 in series with the wiper would equal 50k

    • @ericandrews1661
      @ericandrews1661 11 месяцев назад

      ​@brentpearcy but wouldn't you have to unsolder at least one point?

    • @qddk9545
      @qddk9545 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@ericandrews1661 Yes it has to go in series with the pot, not across the pot (parallel).

  • @lastscatteringsurface9950
    @lastscatteringsurface9950 Год назад +2

    I assume less negative feedback?

  • @miguelrichartmellado2834
    @miguelrichartmellado2834 Год назад +1

    No se activan los subtitulos ?
    Mensaje para youtube: me cago en ti!

  • @groundleaf865
    @groundleaf865 Год назад +1

    I’m not going to touch it.

  • @bonzology322
    @bonzology322 5 месяцев назад

    ehhhhh, really? Ever heard of a Hakko 808?

  • @adamp2
    @adamp2 Год назад +2

    Can`t take it with you lol

  • @TheKeithbruce
    @TheKeithbruce Год назад +4

    I wish people would STOP Fu@kin up these vintage amps

    • @qddk9545
      @qddk9545 6 месяцев назад

      My Grandma always said: "You can wish whatever you want, but you can not count on getting it" 🙂