So I ordered the Mr Scary mod for my Badlander 100

[gearJunkie]

Do you have it flipped up?

Yes

 

[Mongillo19]

Yes

Yeah I do the same. I have mine dial set at about 1 o'clock and it sounds great. I'll have to see what happens on full blast

 

[gearJunkie]

Yeah I do the same. I have mine dial set at about 1 o'clock and it sounds great. I'll have to see what happens on full blast

I'm going to try turning the gain on the mod down to around 3 o'clock for my next playthrough, right after I complete filing my taxes.

 

[Allexi]

Do you guys run Badlander with EL34 or 6L6? Interesting to know if there is any benefit to switching to 6L6 when running scary mod.

 

[gearJunkie]

Do you guys run Badlander with EL34 or 6L6? Interesting to know if there is any benefit to switching to 6L6 when running scary mod.

I'm running it with the EL34s that it shipped with. I presently have no desire to swap them for 6L6s.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Badlander is El life.

 

[Mongillo19]

Yeah EL for me as well

 

[Allexi]

Here we goo!!! Finally got mine. Decided to remove front panel until I will settle with my best settings

 

[Whizzinby]

Here we goo!!! Finally got mine. Decided to remove front panel until I will settle with my best settings
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Thats actually really slick open. If you could get a cover plate around the edges it would kinda be awesome.

 

[Allexi]

Thats actually really slick open. If you could get a cover plate around the edges it would kinda be awesome.

Yeah, I have cnc and could do it eventualy. Maybe with some dark exotic wood

 

[spawnofthesith]

So @gearJunkie and @Mongillo19 , some months later how are y’all feeling about the Mr scary mod? Just fired up my badlander for the first time in a bit and if I’m being honest still kinda figuring it out lol. It’s simplicity and ease of dialing almost is sending me into more tweaked paralysis than any mark ever could Sounds awesome but I’m just all over the place with how I wanna dial it. I have 6L6s in right now but actually as soon as it cools back down I’m switching back tk EL34s


Another big question… how does this mod impact dialing in clean tones???


I do really like this amp but the post FX loop master volumes are definitely a bit of a frustrating road block for me for maximizing balanced tones across channels for my weirdo needs

 

[Mongillo19]

So @gearJunkie and @Mongillo19 , some months later how are y’all feeling about the Mr scary mod? Just fired up my badlander for the first time in a bit and if I’m being honest still kinda figuring it out lol. It’s simplicity and ease of dialing almost is sending me into more tweaked paralysis than any mark ever could Sounds awesome but I’m just all over the place with how I wanna dial it. I have 6L6s in right now but actually as soon as it cools back down I’m switching back tk EL34s


Another big question… how does this mod impact dialing in clean tones???


I do really like this amp but the post FX loop master volumes are definitely a bit of a frustrating road block for me for maximizing balanced tones across channels for my weirdo needs

I ended up selling it a few weeks ago. But to be fair that's just me with most gear

I felt it took away some of the versatility of the amp. I felt like I could still get a very similar result by slapping a SD1 in front with the gain up a little. As far as the clean channel, it did make it have a touch more gain I believe but I didn't mess with the clean much when I had the mod.

Idk, it's not really worth the $300 and I definitely bought into the YT hype. It's a cool mod, don't get me wrong, but as I mentioned I believe an OD will get similar results.

 

[gearJunkie]

So @gearJunkie and @Mongillo19 , some months later how are y’all feeling about the Mr scary mod? Just fired up my badlander for the first time in a bit and if I’m being honest still kinda figuring it out lol. It’s simplicity and ease of dialing almost is sending me into more tweaked paralysis than any mark ever could Sounds awesome but I’m just all over the place with how I wanna dial it. I have 6L6s in right now but actually as soon as it cools back down I’m switching back tk EL34s


Another big question… how does this mod impact dialing in clean tones???


I do really like this amp but the post FX loop master volumes are definitely a bit of a frustrating road block for me for maximizing balanced tones across channels for my weirdo needs

I am still using the Mr. Scary mod with my Badlander 100, and I really enjoy the end result, especially with respect to the clean channel.

I run the mod with its deep switch engaged, but only a little above 60% gain. This makes the clean channel a 1000 times more versatile for my tastes, enabling powerful high-headroom cleans through thick "pushed-plexi" adjacent tones. The crunch and red voicings also benefit from additional gain & saturation with the mod in this configuration.

All of that being stated, I don't know if I would buy it again. I don't intend on selling it, or even removing it from my amp, but the Badlander 100 is an extremely solid platform as designed and shipped from Petaluma.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I think I just need to keep spending more time with it, especially at band volumes

I know it’s always best to dial with ears rather than eyes, but my eyes are judging the fuck out of me because my favorite settings so far for higher gain tones kinda look like how a teenager who just discovered high gain might dial an amp in

 

[Mongillo19]

I think I just need to keep spending more time with it, especially at band volumes

I know it’s always best to dial with ears rather than eyes, but my eyes are judging the fuck out of me because my favorite settings so far for higher gain tones kinda look like how a teenager who just discovered high gain might dial an amp in

Means you are doing it right! You have to push some parameters to the extreme on the badlander

 

[gearJunkie]

Means you are doing it right! You have to push some parameters to the extreme on the badlander

Exactly. This fact is what made the Mr. Scary mod appealing to me, since it allows for significant gain at not so extreme dial positions.

 

[Mongillo19]

Exactly. This fact is what made the Mr. Scary mod appealing to me, since it allows for significant gain at not so extreme dial positions.

That definitely was the biggest pro of it!

 

[DECEMBER]

It's here.

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Where does that wire connect to?

 

[DECEMBER]

Do you guys run Badlander with EL34 or 6L6? Interesting to know if there is any benefit to switching to 6L6 when running scary mod.

My Badlander 50W came stock with EL34 STR447. I've also tried Mesa 6L6GC STR440, 441, and 445 in it. The 6L6 445 sounds much better than the EL34 - more presence and clarity, more punchy and defined.
The reduced high end of the EL34 makes it kinda boxy and muddy.
The 6L6 440 are too thin/flat and the most harsh.
The 6L6 441 is pretty close to the EL34, but with more high end and definition.
EL34 is a tiny bit louder than 6L6 at the same settings (setting optimal recording levels with 6L6 in, then switching to EL34 and now the mic/DI inputs are clipping).
6L6 are definitely ideal if you play chugs.

 

[spawnofthesith]

My Badlander 50W came stock with EL34 STR447. I've also tried Mesa 6L6GC STR440, 441, and 445 in it. The 6L6 445 sounds much better than the EL34 - more presence and clarity, more punchy and defined.
The reduced high end of the EL34 makes it kinda boxy and muddy.
The 6L6 440 are too thin/flat and the most harsh.
The 6L6 441 is pretty close to the EL34, but with more high end and definition.
EL34 is a tiny bit louder than 6L6 at the same settings (setting optimal recording levels with 6L6 in, then switching to EL34 and now the mic/DI inputs are clipping).
6L6 are definitely ideal if you play chugs.

I need to try 6L6s again in a band setting. I was going back and forth between them and just twiddling knobs a lot trying to figure out which sounds I liked best. Since I've been leaving it at my drummers its been set and forget and I haven't been in my head nearly as much as I was with it

I feel like I did like the 6L6s a bit more when I first put them in, but when I put the 34s back it seemed like an improvement too. I can't remember what number code 6L6s I tried