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Music Man RD-50 "jazz" mods

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Jeff Buenz (leopard)
Username: leopard

Registered: 01-2011
Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 09:01 am:   

Just got my RD-50 back from Ed Goforth. Have had it 30 years and was ready to finally tackle the inherant brightness and un-usable distortin channel.
Ed was easy to work with and after two shipments back and forth i must say he nailed it.
- Glogal lower midboost (on brite switch)
- seperate push pull upper mid boosts for each channel
-presence attenuation (new pot on back of amp)
-re-voicing of both channels to ease briteness
-limiter side goes from totallly clean (preamp tube)--to bluesy OD.
--the amp is warmer and fuller--super usable jazz tones, yet can still get the old briteness if needed.
Once again this is my favorite amp from my arsenal
because of size, duarability and power--and now the sound is what i always wanted.
Bill Traylor (bozzy369)
Username: bozzy369

Registered: 02-2008
Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 09:31 pm:   

Ed is a wizard when it comes to fixing, modding these amps!He is a true friend and a total asset to this site.I totally recommend that anybody looking to help bring that old musicman amp back to life drop Ed a line ,theres no way you will be disappointed!