Here is a section from one of the emails. His choice better matched the mod, and gave me exactly what I was after. I took his advise, since he is trying to give me what I'm asking for, and I'm glad I did. I say this because I had a favorite power tube that I use in my other Voodoo V-plex, but when Trace put it in this one, with the changes he did, the tubes I like had TOO MUCH of what I was after (bottom) and he suggested a different tube because my choice was too much bottom and the wrong kind of bottom (muddy). I'm guilty as much as anyone, but remember the guy modding your amp has been around too, and be open to their suggestions. We all know how OCD guitar players are, and we can get stuck in the "I USE THIS ONLY". We then discussed power tubes, and pre amp tubes to try and dial in the exact sound I was after. Once I sent in the amp, Trace and I talked on the phone a few more times, as well as he emailed me with ideas, and told me what he was hearing in the amp. It still gave him an idea of what I was after. In total Trace fashion, he let me know that I was actually hearing 2 guitars with two different amps, one more distorted (Angus) and one cleaner with nice highs (Malcolm). I put down that I was looking for the tone heard on AC/DCs Night Prowler intro so he had an idea of what my expectations were. (My main guitars are Les Paul Standards, a 1996 and a 2004 both loaded with Bare Knuckles Black Dog pickups).Īt the end of the form is a section for notes. This way he has an idea of what your using. He will then send you a form that will have the mods you talked about, and have you list your equipment, cabs, speakers, guitars, pickups. The very first time I talked to him, I took the info he shared with me, and I was able to tweak my gear to add some of what I was looking for, without having the amp modded. No amp MOD is going to make up for lousy technique). He then helps you choose the right mod or mods (if you need one) for what your looking for. I explained what I use for gear, how I play, what I play and what I was looking for from my amp. Trace will give you all kinds of info about tone from speakers, pickups, strings, to cables to tubes.WRITE IT DOWN! When you do this, HAVE A PEN And PAPER with you to take notes. It started with a phone call to Trace to talk to him about what I was looking for. I wanted to put it back to a V-plex and have Trace add a Master volume, and I also wanted it tweaked for me. My amp being done was my 50 Watt non master volume Voodoo V-plex that had been converted by the previous owner to a V-rock. I thought I would let you guys know what its like to have Trace from Voodoo mod or work on one of your amps.
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