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Which Current D*A*M Sounds Most Like a MK1.5?
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:03 pm
by AGuitarPlayer
I'm hoping that the gold Sola contains a MK1.5 circuit...but I've also been wondering if there's a currently made D*A*M that sounds like a 1.5.
Super Bee setting on a '66? Maybe even a Drag n' Fly?
Anyone care to opine?
Re: Which Current D*A*M Sounds Most Like a MK1.5?
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:29 pm
by Bert Ohlsson
AGuitarPlayer wrote:I'm hoping that the gold Sola contains a MK1.5 circuit...but I've also been wondering if there's a currently made D*A*M that sounds like a 1.5.
Super Bee setting on a '66? Maybe even a Drag n' Fly?
Anyone care to opine?
is the DAM 66 that far off..?
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:23 am
by imguitardan
I read somewhere the Captain said that the Super Bee mode on a 1966 was an optimized (and stylized Mk I.V)(i.e. not an exact clone.) I certainly could be misquoting him though.
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:04 am
by AGuitarPlayer
imguitardan wrote:I read somewhere the Captain said that the Super Bee mode on a 1966 was an optimized (and stylized Mk I.V)(i.e. not an exact clone.) I certainly could be misquoting him though.
Is this what you're referring to Dan?
http://stompboxes.co.uk/forum/viewtopic ... 1.v#p82289
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 3:35 am
by imguitardan
No. I read it somewhere else. D*A*M'd if I can find it though...
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:13 pm
by edkoppel
I would guess a Super Bee too, but at a lower gain setting?
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:04 am
by redeyeflight
I would say the 1966/super bee doesn't sound anything like the MK 1.5 pigdog clone I have, or the original MK 1.5 I have played (but don't own). Closest thing I can think of is the DAM/Sola MK II with the gain backed off a bit...pretty close right there!
Re: Which Current D*A*M Sounds Most Like a MK1.5?
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:42 pm
by Bert Ohlsson
In case you have not seen/heard it, I made a clip of my mk1.5, the day before I sent it to the US...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzWxd7ldQM
Of course I regret we never maximized the mk1.5 level and the Fender de luxe volume..!
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 11:38 pm
by redeyeflight
yea Bert, yours is the one that I've played...it's a nice pedal!
The pigdog sounded quite close to it but with a bit more gain and less gating. The MK II can get in the same territory but doesn't clean up as well.
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:00 pm
by Braden
redeyeflight wrote:I would say the 1966/super bee doesn't sound anything like the MK 1.5 pigdog clone I have, or the original MK 1.5 I have played (but don't own). Closest thing I can think of is the DAM/Sola MK II with the gain backed off a bit...pretty close right there!
+1
I've owned a Pigdog MK1.5 and 1966 at different points in my life and didn't find them to be very similar in sound at all despite the similarities in circuit architecture. Chilled out Sola MKII definitely comes closer as you say.