Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman
Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman's Amplifiers
Noodles has used these amps since about 1994 and to this day.
"About a year ago, Dexter and I were turned on to VHT amplifiers by our tech, Steve Masi. VHT's are made by a guy named Steve Friette, who used to play guitar in The Dickies. His amps are awesome and add so much to our sound, but we found that we missed a lot of what our Mesa/Boogie Mark IV's had to offer, so we run both amps in unison. The sounds we are getting now are huge and still well-defined," says Noodles.
Noodles used a Krank Krankenstein amp to record "Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace" album.
"And then the Dimebag Darrell Krank amp which actually sounded really good. [Laughs] I wouldn't think that a Dimebag Darrell amp would work for us at all but it really sounds really good. It's a lot more varied; not that there's anything against Dimebag, it's just different styles, you know what I'm saying? It's actually a really cool and great amp." - Noodles
"...which powers two Egnater Tourmaster 4212 cabinets loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers, to move some air onstage."
www.premierguitar.com/articles/22510-rig-rundown-the-offsprings-kevin-noodles-wasserman
At 5:54 mark, we can see two Matrix GT1000FX-1U power amplifiers at the very bottom of the rack.
"Wasserman uses Fractal’s “Friedman BE” preset (which is based on a Friedman BE-100 Brown Eye/Hairy Brown Eye) for all his dirty sounds, and the “Bassguy Bass” preset (based on a Fender ’65 Bassman) for clean tones. The Fractal also sends a signal to a Matrix GT1000FX-1U power amp, which powers two Egnater Tourmaster 4212 cabinets loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers, to move some air onstage."
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22510-rig-rundown-the-offsprings-kevin-noodles-wasserman
"Dexter and I were turned on to VHT amplifiers by our tech, Steve Masi. VHTs are made by a guy named Steve Friette, who used to play guitar in The Dickies. His amps are awesome and add so much to our sound..." - Noodles
In the Premier Guitar Rig Rundown featuring Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, at approximately 7:23, Wasserman mentions that he previously used an "Egnater modular system," likely referring to the Egnater M4 Modular Preamp, during live performances with The Offspring before transitioning to Fractal Axe-FX II units.
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