Written By: Jac Harrison
I have been told by more than one person that I am nuts, crazy even disturbed when it comes to my passion/OCD for tone. Some guys can go their entire life chasing a sound and never get it just right -- but I'm one of those lucky SOB's that knows the tone my soul desires, and more importantly -- how to achieve it. Growing up in a musical household I had a jump start on refining my palate by using and abusing my fathers guitars and amps for many years, on a side note... sorry dad. After destroying a few guitars by "trying something new" -- I had found that a (2) humbucker setup is what I'm all about, but when it came to my amps I had been all over the map until a few years ago. When I was younger (and knew everything) I was a full stack, dark el84 with many digital effects player -- but after countless shows and studio hours I found that a simple and clean foundation is what I needed to achieve my golden tone. I wanted an amp that was touch sensitive with a clean but warm high end that I was able to control the breakup/tube saturation by using my guitars volume knob and/or a class A boost opposed to an OD pedal. I spent the better part of a year playing every amp I could plug into and came up with my "formula". Turns out that I am either what I call a simple 6L6/6V6 (an amp with very little controls) or an el84 player if the amp has a presents knob/bright switch and mid shift. With my new found knowledge I went out and picked up a Fender Supersonic 22 and I enjoyed her until she picked up a really bad smoking habit, so we went our separate ways a little over a year ago. Heart broken, I went out and found an amp that I loved form day one -- a Bogner Alchemist 2x12. This amp had a lot going for it except one thing, Line 6 customer service. The Bogner was suppose to be the amp in this rebuild story and it was going to focus on how to get your amp studio ready, but when I called Bogner to get a schematic they told me to contact Line 6 -- and after two weeks of bullshit from Line 6 I decided to go in another direction with this rebuild.
