Simulation of Music Man HD130

AllanH

AllanH

Inspired
Hi there

Since the HD130 is not in our weapon arsenal, which is a shame since it has it's own very unique sound.... I'm trying to recreate it myself. For now I took a Twin reverb (SF), changed tge output tube to EL34 and replaced the preamp part with the one from a Jazz120.

It's sort of in the ball park, but still not bang on... any ideas? Have any of you tried to do this and how?

All the best

Allan
 
This was posted over two years ago but I’m wondering the same. I think it’s similar to a very high headroom Twin? Also maybe it breaks up differently?
 
I had one of those back in the day. A combo loaded with an EV speaker. At the time I thought it sounded great. Then GP magazine included an issue with a 45 size thin plastic vinyl record of Steve Vai playing a song. Don't recall the name of the song but the amp was a Carvin X100B. So I sold the Musicman and bought one of those. And never could make it sound like Steve. Go figure. Back on topic, these amps sounded good despite the solid state front end, and they were seriously loud. I managed to see Johnny Winter in his late years, small theatre, great seats, and his Musicman pointed straight at my skull. I didn't have plugs, and jammed rolled up tissue into my ears. I don't see it as a legit contender for modeling because of the solid state front end. It's not what Cliff and the crew do. I doubt it got much distortion from the power amp, but maybe that's why JW played so loud.
 
I looked at the schematic, the one with the solid state phase inverter. I think mine may have been the version with a tube PI because I was able to get some distortion out of it without blowing the walls down. It was a Leo Fender amp and some of the circuitry looks just like a typical Fender tube amp except it used op amps and transistors instead of tubes. I know this is an old thread but the OP was using a twin reverb with an El34 power amp. I would think that along with cleanish boosts like the FET or Micro it would get in that ballpark.
 
skolacki said:
I had one of those back in the day. A combo loaded with an EV speaker. At the time I thought it sounded great. Then GP magazine included an issue with a 45 size thin plastic vinyl record of Steve Vai playing a song. Don't recall the name of the song but the amp was a Carvin X100B. So I sold the Musicman and bought one of those. And never could make it sound like Steve. Go figure. Back on topic, these amps sounded good despite the solid state front end, and they were seriously loud. I managed to see Johnny Winter in his late years, small theatre, great seats, and his Musicman pointed straight at my skull. I didn't have plugs, and jammed rolled up tissue into my ears. I don't see it as a legit contender for modeling because of the solid state front end. It's not what Cliff and the crew do. I doubt it got much distortion from the power amp, but maybe that's why JW played so loud.
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Saw him in early '84 at Kendall Hall at Trenton State. Front row. Great show, but LOUD. Couldn't hear all the next day....
 
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