2006 sounds the most badass to me. I have a brand new fully loaded SuperSport El-34 and I go back and forth between new/old all the time depending on what I'm playing. So much so that I wish it was foot switchable
i had a 2006 which i regret selling, and a 2012 which i hated. The clean was way better on the 2012 but the midrange voicing sucked. The 2006 ruled. I havent played the 2018 or 2020 with the B+ stuff, but I did hear they changed transformers, and that is a mistake.
I *think* the Competition should have the same changes since it is essentially the QR circuit lifted and just missing the channel switching stuff. I also would like to know but I don't have schematics of these, although I do have pictures of their internals on my website. Still kicking myself for not buying a 2005 QR that came up for sale (no gears), but I also have a 2003 Splawn modded 1987X which actually sounds closer to the 2008ish ones. Probably just trying a lot of different stuff, but they all have a signature "feel" under the fingers.
Did the 2008 QR have a FX loop level control on the back? I had one that had the same headshell type, color. Sold it on reverb. Couldn't use the fx loop with my delay pedals because I had to crank it past 3 to use it. Great amp but not very forgiving if you have sloppy technique 🤣
Hey, no the 2008 doesn't have it. My 2006 does but only because it has been back to Splawn for repair and they added it. Instead I have a pedal I got on amazon for $20 which is basically just a pot in a box that I put in the FX loop (after other effects if I use them) and I leave that at about half and it makes it much more manageable for volumes... without that box in the loop the amp goes from dead quiet/tinny sounding to insanely loud and I can't find a happy medium.
@@totallyradguitars959 did you buy the 2008 brand new or used? Like I mentioned, I sold one on reverb a few yrs back and wondered if it was making the rounds. I asked Scott splawn if it could be modified with the B+ mod, he said no because of the chassis size. The b+ gives it a bit more squish.
@@muleblues71 I picked it up used from a local place called “Jimmy’s Vintage Music.” Great shop - I bought that amp from them in 2016 so I’ve had it for a while. At first I felt it was too dark but I really like having the option - newer splawns have an old/new switch and the B+ as you mentioned but they don’t replicate the sound of this one. I also have a 1987x Marshall modded by Splawn. Wish I’d included it in this video because it still has the signature Splawn kind of mids but otherwise very different sound from these QR’s
Hey! I have an opportunity to buy a 2006 QR...I have a question though...on the clean settings you had the OD Channel Gain at 9 o'clock...does that mean that the overdrive channel bleed on the clean one? Meaning that it's impossible to have a completely clean channel if your OD gain of the OD channel is high?
Hey dude, yeah that's exactly right. If I raise the OD gain up to say, 3 o'clock, the clean channel will get dirtier. It doesn't sound like a bleed (i.e. two channels kinda playing at once) instead it sounds like the clean channel has a second mini-gain control on it or something. My guess is turning up the gain control on the OD channel adds more gain to a tube that's in the same path as the clean channel or something. So it is impossible to have a super high gain sound and a super clean sound on the 06 circuit amps, that's why they put an extra tube on 08-present ones, it's a tube dedicated to the clean channel.
Why stress when you can order a Street Rod/Quick Rod with a new Old/New Switch Option that changes the voicing to the earlier 2006 Quickrod! The best of both worlds in one amp!
I have a 2016 model. First year to feature the old/new switch and also the mid switch which to me gives it that classic mid driven plexi sound. The old/new switch really does sound different from each other. Really hard to pick which one one I like best lol
Sorry for the late reply. It's a 1986 Marshall JCM800 4x12 cab with '86 year Celestion G12-T75's. I love these speakers and they sound incredible. The closest modern equivalent is likely the G12-65 Heritage model.
If it were the head I would've kept it, but for a 1x12 it was massive! The '06 is my favorite at the moment, I feel the mids are the tiniest bit more complex than the SR. The '08 is polarizing, I think people who played '07-'11 Splawns and wrote them off as too dark/honky/middy really need to try out the newer (post 2012) stuff.
Have a 2007 with clean channel.. seems to like the "treble on zero" setting.. play mostly classic rock with it.. but fun to get on 3rd hear OD2.. can anyone give details of the difference between OD1 and OD2?..my gut tells me OD1 is more.marshall tight and OD2 has more sag..
Sure - skimming the schematic I have for these, OD1 bleeds off some signal to ground in between V1A and V1B. The amp "naturally" runs in OD2 mode and there's no other shaping going on between the two modes. It's basically just a footswitchable way to drop the gain down a notch or two without touching the knobs. Edit: For context, the gain control is also located between V1A and V1B
i had a 2006 pro-stock, so just the gain channel of the quick-rod, and it was incredible, I sold it, to get a new quickrod so i could have cleans, and it is NOT the same. its a total disappointment actually. Sounds completely dead to my old amp, and I cannot get an answer from Mr.Splawn on how to fix or remedy it.
@@mcnabb1975 I dont actually know. But I did get thatt old pro-stock back and sold the new quick rod. took a bath on it, but this old one is just amazing.
@@edwardgrassel872 ok I looked it up. Serial # 1st 2 characters are model 3rd character is watts, 4th and 5th are the year, last 3 digits are what number amp it is
2008 Seemed to have the most pleasant midrange to me. I really dug the tone on that.
2006 to my ears, 2018 close 2nd. Great sounding amps.
They all sound fucking great !
2006 sounds the most badass to me. I have a brand new fully loaded SuperSport El-34 and I go back and forth between new/old all the time depending on what I'm playing. So much so that I wish it was foot switchable
i had a 2006 which i regret selling, and a 2012 which i hated. The clean was way better on the 2012 but the midrange voicing sucked. The 2006 ruled. I havent played the 2018 or 2020 with the B+ stuff, but I did hear they changed transformers, and that is a mistake.
I wonder if this is the same for the competition? also what circuit changes was made between 2006 and 2008 i wonder?
I *think* the Competition should have the same changes since it is essentially the QR circuit lifted and just missing the channel switching stuff. I also would like to know but I don't have schematics of these, although I do have pictures of their internals on my website. Still kicking myself for not buying a 2005 QR that came up for sale (no gears), but I also have a 2003 Splawn modded 1987X which actually sounds closer to the 2008ish ones. Probably just trying a lot of different stuff, but they all have a signature "feel" under the fingers.
Wicked 80's rock tones and riffs. With that Charvel and those amps I think the spirit of hair metal possesses you.
Thanks! I just bought a jag so my girlfriend could roll around on the hood ;)
@@totallyradguitars959 Ooh, yeah! I can hear the pentatonic widdley-diddley & locking trem dive-bombs already.
Did the 2008 QR have a FX loop level control on the back? I had one that had the same headshell type, color. Sold it on reverb. Couldn't use the fx loop with my delay pedals because I had to crank it past 3 to use it. Great amp but not very forgiving if you have sloppy technique 🤣
Hey, no the 2008 doesn't have it. My 2006 does but only because it has been back to Splawn for repair and they added it.
Instead I have a pedal I got on amazon for $20 which is basically just a pot in a box that I put in the FX loop (after other effects if I use them) and I leave that at about half and it makes it much more manageable for volumes... without that box in the loop the amp goes from dead quiet/tinny sounding to insanely loud and I can't find a happy medium.
@@totallyradguitars959 did you buy the 2008 brand new or used? Like I mentioned, I sold one on reverb a few yrs back and wondered if it was making the rounds. I asked Scott splawn if it could be modified with the B+ mod, he said no because of the chassis size. The b+ gives it a bit more squish.
@@muleblues71 I picked it up used from a local place called “Jimmy’s Vintage Music.” Great shop - I bought that amp from them in 2016 so I’ve had it for a while. At first I felt it was too dark but I really like having the option - newer splawns have an old/new switch and the B+ as you mentioned but they don’t replicate the sound of this one.
I also have a 1987x Marshall modded by Splawn. Wish I’d included it in this video because it still has the signature Splawn kind of mids but otherwise very different sound from these QR’s
@@totallyradguitars959 Very cool! I thought maybe it was my old one. Cool channel
Hey! I have an opportunity to buy a 2006 QR...I have a question though...on the clean settings you had the OD Channel Gain at 9 o'clock...does that mean that the overdrive channel bleed on the clean one? Meaning that it's impossible to have a completely clean channel if your OD gain of the OD channel is high?
Hey dude, yeah that's exactly right. If I raise the OD gain up to say, 3 o'clock, the clean channel will get dirtier. It doesn't sound like a bleed (i.e. two channels kinda playing at once) instead it sounds like the clean channel has a second mini-gain control on it or something. My guess is turning up the gain control on the OD channel adds more gain to a tube that's in the same path as the clean channel or something. So it is impossible to have a super high gain sound and a super clean sound on the 06 circuit amps, that's why they put an extra tube on 08-present ones, it's a tube dedicated to the clean channel.
I have an 06 QR, dirty it cant be beat, but the clean channel sounds like plugging a guitar straight into a channel on a live soundboard 😢
Why stress when you can order a Street Rod/Quick Rod with a new Old/New Switch Option that changes the voicing to the earlier 2006 Quickrod! The best of both worlds in one amp!
Now that is an amp I have to get soon!
I have a 2016 model. First year to feature the old/new switch and also the mid switch which to me gives it that classic mid driven plexi sound. The old/new switch really does sound different from each other. Really hard to pick which one one I like best lol
@@tylerhaas6 That's what I call a rich man's problem (which is a cool problem to have)!
What cab were you using? I just changed the speaker in my Street Rod from a Creamback to the Small Block. I'm barely whelmed with the Small Block.
Sorry for the late reply. It's a 1986 Marshall JCM800 4x12 cab with '86 year Celestion G12-T75's. I love these speakers and they sound incredible. The closest modern equivalent is likely the G12-65 Heritage model.
2018 Street Rod for the win IMO
If it were the head I would've kept it, but for a 1x12 it was massive!
The '06 is my favorite at the moment, I feel the mids are the tiniest bit more complex than the SR. The '08 is polarizing, I think people who played '07-'11 Splawns and wrote them off as too dark/honky/middy really need to try out the newer (post 2012) stuff.
Have a 2007 with clean channel.. seems to like the "treble on zero" setting.. play mostly classic rock with it.. but fun to get on 3rd hear OD2.. can anyone give details of the difference between OD1 and OD2?..my gut tells me OD1 is more.marshall tight and OD2 has more sag..
Sure - skimming the schematic I have for these, OD1 bleeds off some signal to ground in between V1A and V1B. The amp "naturally" runs in OD2 mode and there's no other shaping going on between the two modes. It's basically just a footswitchable way to drop the gain down a notch or two without touching the knobs.
Edit: For context, the gain control is also located between V1A and V1B
i had a 2006 pro-stock, so just the gain channel of the quick-rod, and it was incredible, I sold it, to get a new quickrod so i could have cleans, and it is NOT the same. its a total disappointment actually. Sounds completely dead to my old amp, and I cannot get an answer from Mr.Splawn on how to fix or remedy it.
Any idea how to date the amp? I have a ProStock but not sure what year it is? Never parting with it but was always curious how old it is.
@@mcnabb1975 I dont actually know. But I did get thatt old pro-stock back and sold the new quick rod. took a bath on it, but this old one is just amazing.
@@edwardgrassel872 ok I looked it up. Serial # 1st 2 characters are model 3rd character is watts, 4th and 5th are the year, last 3 digits are what number amp it is
06 and 18 sound pretty close imo. 08 sounds a lot weaker compared to either of them on the OD1/2 .
I prefer the 2018. Thick
Hard to tell something about those amps. My ears are rather lost with that double-tracked comparison.
Miniscule difference. Irrelevant.
I guess tuning the guitar was not an option?
Sounds alright to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Tuning is always an option, on the other hand trolling should not be, it's a bad look,