whereismyyymind's Reviews

The delay is legendary, the chorus & vibrato is just magnificent

The Deluxe Memory Man is known for its very tasteful bbd-delay - an analog circuit in all its blurred and washed out glory, but where it also really shines is in creating this warm, lush chorus and vibrato effects. Absolutly astonishing pedal.

Fantastic Overdrive

Smooth low-gain overdrive with a ton of switching options to provide an incredible range of different sounds from Bluesbreaker to Morning Glory to Prince of Tone. This one has it all!

A great KT66-driven Marshall providing some serious classic rock tones!

I bought this amp about eight years ago and since then I have been able to place it into various styles of music. The independent EQ control of the preamp is probably the greatest feature as it gives you the tools to shape the tone drastically (in a good way!). In my opinion Greenbacks are an absolute must as loudspeakers, I had less good experiences with other speaker types like Celestion's V30s and G12T-75s. The only weak point I know of is the digital reverb which sounds a bit lifeless (fortunatly can be disabled completely). I can imagine that these amps could really increase in price. Regarding the sound this quote should help:

"The Vintage Modern is basically a JTM 45 with some hot rodding. For a JTM 45 tone select the low dynamic range, master volume on full, mid boost out, Detail at 2 -4 o'clock, Body at 1 - 3 o'clock and then dime the tones. This should be very close.

The Vintage Modern is essentially a Plexi with some bells and whistles. Its foundation is the 'JTM 45 Super 100's' as championed by Hendrix, Clapton in Cream and several others." -Steve Dawson, Amp-Designer

Truly organic drive with a great frequency range

Compared this to countless other pedals and it is indeed top of the line, a truly organic, wide-open und warm sounding drive. Gain structure is somewhat special and maybe not to everyone's liking. Would describe it as 'crispy' when you let it ring out.

Friends of crunchy and open sounding drives: Give it a try!

I stumbled across the Santa Ana and bought a used one by chance to compare it to some of it's more open sounding competition. It is an enormous versatile pedal which can be used to achieve similar quality tones like the ones coming from a Mad Professor Royal Blue or a Nobels ODR-1 plus there is a presence control. A huge advantage particularly if you do not want to lose the high-end sparkle and twang. The second voicing, the true bypass/buffered bypass switch and the A to B or B to A (!) boost function makes it even more useful. A nice pedal for all fans of transparent and gritty drives!