MGL AmpWorks MGL 50 | The Perfect JMP & JCM800

Описание: I have played a whole lot of vintage & modern Marshalls, clones, amps inspired by those sounds, etc. The second I plugged into the MGL 50, I was pretty blown away. It manages to retain the balls, bark, and bite of a classic amp while improving all of the issues that some classic amps tend to have. The top end is cutting but not brittle, the bottom end is tight but not anemic, the master volume is super friendly at even bedroom volumes but only gets better as you crank it up. These amps only recently came onto my radar, but I'm glad I found them! Definitely check one out if you get the chance.

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0:00 - Playing
12:00 - Knob Turning

Signal Chain:

Pedalboard (Pedals used: Boss DD-500, Friedman Golden Pearl *only used during the "Growing On Me lead.)
Friedman Buffer Bay
MGL AmpWorks MGL 50 Head
Suhr Pete Thorn 2x12 Cabinet with Celestion G12H75's
Shure SM57 & Neumann TLM102
Universal Audio Apollo 8p
Logic Pro X
Waves rVerb - Stereo

Riffs Played:

The Darkness - Growing On Me*
Tool - The Pot
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Aerosmith - Jaded
Ghost - Cirice
ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
Opeth - Harlequin Forest
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
AC/DC - Cover You In Oil

From MGL AmpWorks: The foundation is still based on the Marshall JMP - JCM800 2204 circuit but with some new mods in a few areas that gives the amp more gain and a tighter, more focused voice that will cover higher gain playing without having to boost the front end with a pedal. But you can also back off the preamp and still get all of the classic 2204 tones. As with all of MGL's amps, much time and effort have been spent in the choice of components. No generic kit parts used. Aluminum chassis is made locally and then goes to another local shop for powder coating and screen printing. My good friend Guy Harvey does the complete in-house builds including making the turret boards and each amp is built to order. For now, the introductory amps will include NOS tubes at no up-charge.

BUILD SPECS:

• Black powder coated .090" aluminum chassis w/ welded and ground corners
• Custom wound power transformer and choke from Dagnall in the UK
• Handwound Merren Audio output transformer
• Customer choice on the first 2 tone caps in the circuit, NOS mustard caps for the classic “Marshall” voice, or SoZo for a little more modern tone and a bit more gain, the rest of the caps are SoZo
• NOS Amphenol power tube sockets
• Belton preamp tube sockets w/ gold anodized shields
• 18 AWG mil spec Teflon insulated wire
• 1 watt carbon film resistors
• Real UK Cliff jacks
• Brass shaft CTS pots
• ARS filter caps *Metropoulos “Zero Loss” effects loop w/ true bypass • switch
• NOS tube set with German Siemens EL34 power tubes & original ‘80’s • • • Chinese mil spec 12AX7 preamp tubes

MINI SWITCH OVERVIEW: The one on the back labeled “Voicing” determines which tap of the ohms selector the negative feedback circuit goes to. Up position labeled “Modern” goes to the 8 ohm tap which is stock on a 50w Marshall amps. Down position labeled “Classic” goes to the 16 ohm tap and has a warmer, browner and more compressed tone and feel. Switch on the front to the left of the input jacks switches between 2 different resistor values for preamp tube bias which effects the gain & EQ structure. Down position is stock metal panel JMP or JCM800. There's a slight bump in the mids and is tight and focused. Up position is a Plexi value with a more even and sweeter EQ with a bit less mids and fuller bottom end.
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