MatrixClaw
Roadie
- Messages
- 262
Finally finished wiring up my amp/cab switcher and did proper A/B testing, which resulted in the immediate emotional collapse of my Bogner collection.
In isolation, the 101b and Twin Jet sounded good. Next to my Engl Savage 60 Mk II and an Armored Sabot Gen 3, they sound small, polite and weirdly apologetic for existing. So I listed both for trade and surprisingly received two great offers right off the bat.
The Twin Jet went first, in trade for a Revv Generator 120 Mk.3. Look: yes, it can sound dull if you set everything at noon and stare at it like it owes you tone. But if you actually use the Presence and EQ like an adult, it gets aggressive fast. Green channel is still hot garbage - every "American crunch" channel ever made can GTFO as far as I'm concerned - but the amp as a whole is massively over-hated.
Then the real damage happened.
Enter the MI Audio Megalith Gamma:
I plugged in once and immediately lost all interest in every other amp I own.
This thing is obscenely large sounding. The low end hits like a freight train but stays tight without a boost and the mids somehow occupy low-mid weight and high-mid bite at the same time. The top end is fully controllable and never turns into harsh dentist-drill icepick nonsense. Simple layout - absurd depth, insane clarity under A TON of gain.
And yes... it has the feel. You know, the mystical "blues lawyer won’t shut up about it" feel. With the exception of my 101b, I didn’t believe in that either. I was wrong. It’s real and I hate that it’s real.
Cleans? Stupid good. I fully expected my Mesa Fillmore 25 to still crush it. It doesn’t. Bright, warm, wide, jangly, focused - does it all. Only thing the Fillmore still wins at is edge-of-breakup power tube grind, which is fair given the wattage and tube difference.
Two weeks in and I’m seriously considering selling everything else. Playing any other amp right now feels like a downgrade. I’ve never had an amp make me actively not want to touch my other gear.
Huge shame Michael stopped building these, because this thing is an absolute menace and everyone should be able to try one.
TL;DR: MI Megalith Gamma ruined my rig, my expectations and my desire to own multiple amps.
In isolation, the 101b and Twin Jet sounded good. Next to my Engl Savage 60 Mk II and an Armored Sabot Gen 3, they sound small, polite and weirdly apologetic for existing. So I listed both for trade and surprisingly received two great offers right off the bat.
The Twin Jet went first, in trade for a Revv Generator 120 Mk.3. Look: yes, it can sound dull if you set everything at noon and stare at it like it owes you tone. But if you actually use the Presence and EQ like an adult, it gets aggressive fast. Green channel is still hot garbage - every "American crunch" channel ever made can GTFO as far as I'm concerned - but the amp as a whole is massively over-hated.
Then the real damage happened.
Enter the MI Audio Megalith Gamma:
I plugged in once and immediately lost all interest in every other amp I own.
This thing is obscenely large sounding. The low end hits like a freight train but stays tight without a boost and the mids somehow occupy low-mid weight and high-mid bite at the same time. The top end is fully controllable and never turns into harsh dentist-drill icepick nonsense. Simple layout - absurd depth, insane clarity under A TON of gain.
And yes... it has the feel. You know, the mystical "blues lawyer won’t shut up about it" feel. With the exception of my 101b, I didn’t believe in that either. I was wrong. It’s real and I hate that it’s real.
Cleans? Stupid good. I fully expected my Mesa Fillmore 25 to still crush it. It doesn’t. Bright, warm, wide, jangly, focused - does it all. Only thing the Fillmore still wins at is edge-of-breakup power tube grind, which is fair given the wattage and tube difference.
Two weeks in and I’m seriously considering selling everything else. Playing any other amp right now feels like a downgrade. I’ve never had an amp make me actively not want to touch my other gear.
Huge shame Michael stopped building these, because this thing is an absolute menace and everyone should be able to try one.
TL;DR: MI Megalith Gamma ruined my rig, my expectations and my desire to own multiple amps.
