MGL AmpWorks MGL 50 High Gain | Modded British Perfection

The MGL 50 is one of the best amps I've come across in a long time and the High Gain version is no exception. It's voiced slightly hotter voice than the standard MGL 50 which makes it incredibly easy under the fingers. 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
9:42 - Knob Turning

Signal Chain:

Pedalboard (Pedals used: Boss DD-500)
Friedman Buffer Bay
MGL AmpWorks MGL 50 HG Head
Suhr Pete Thorn 2x12 Cabinet with Celestion G12H75's
Shure SM57 & Neumann TLM102
Universal Audio Apollo 8p
Logic Pro X
SoundToys Mircoshift during Poison Riff
Waves rVerb - Stereo

Riffs Played:

Van Halen - Mean Street
Havok - Under The Gun
The Darkness - Roaring Waters
Megadeth - Tears In A Vial
Dead Lord - Mindless
The Drills - Swatted Fly
Poison - Unskinny Bop
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight
Kvelertak - Fossegrim
Iron Reagan - Cycle of Violence
The Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing

From MGL AmpWorks:

"MGL AmpWorks is excited to announce the release the NEW MGL50 HG high gain amp, a tribute to the great modded Marshall tones of the ‘80’s.This is a single channel master volume amp w/ three 12AX7 preamp tubes and a pair of EL34 power tubes. All tube preamp circuit, no extra gain from solid state or diode clipping circuits. The focus of this amp was: lots of useable gain without any need to add pedals. Singing lead tones with plenty of sustain. Also great clarity and note definition when playing chords so every note is heard, chunky low mids and a presence in the upper mids that makes for effortless "Superlead" like harmonics that jump off the strings. Much attention was focused on the importance of sounding great at low home volumes, and all of this without compromising the tone and feel. This is beast of an amp with plenty of attitude and a blast to play! This project has been in the works for the last year and has been a lot of fun for us! As with all of our 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. We’re also very happy to have partnered with a killer Los Angeles based guitar player, Jimmy Burkard, who is doing all of the demo videos!

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
• 2 of the caps early in the circuit are NOS mustard caps and really add to the “Marshall” voicing
• Mostly SoZo caps in the rest of the circuit
• 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
• Swanson head cabs available in 20”, 24” and 26” widths with various tolex colors available at no extra charge.

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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