80's Maiden & Rush Tones | Gallien-Krueger 250RL

[@LeonTodd]

What other underrated/rare pieces of gear should I check out?

[@Infrared72]

GK made a rare guitar combo in the early 90's (around the same time they offered the 100mpl preamp) called the backline 100 that I've seen a few times online and tried to buy it, but the seller was a good distance away and would not ship. If you can locate one I would dig a full rundown on your channel here.

[@yeahright73]

Have you ever done a segment with the GSP-21, RP-1 or similar Digitechs, or any of the old ART processors from the same era?

[@LeonTodd]

I've done the ART powerplant, Digitech 2120 and a few others. @@yeahright73

[@AlanW]

GK made a follow up to the 250, the 2100 SEL / 200 CPL. I had one of the preamp versions. The gain, reverb and chorus were actually adjustable on those.

[@LeonTodd]

The hunt continues! @@AlanW

[@nicholastotoro7721]

I remember Lifeson's GK period... the "Flock of Seagulls" haircut and the docksiders... 🤣

[@Theweeze100]

Power windows was epic! I was living in Mexico, and I really needed to hear some great hard rock metalisck music. Rush had just come out with Powers Yeah, windows, and I wore out!

[@bradchervel5202]

The Somewhere in Time tone might be the greatest tone of all time.

[@johncecilia4517]

I was thinking of getting this or the combo version just for that, but they are running over $500

[@MKRISING75]

@@johncecilia4517better get it now because the price will go up after this video 😂

[@RichBarlow70]

I completely agree. Something about it is so perfect for the '80s in general, but also so perfect for that album. Love, love, love it!

[@jamese.stanton978]

250RL owner and SiT obsessed fan. This amp sounds the same way it did to me in 1986: the future. Man, what a great, non-tube sound.

[@jasondorsey7110]

I bought tube amps first, then started picking up solid states...I use the solid states more nowadays, they have a bite to them that tube amps are often too naturally compressed to offer up

[@TobyKBTY]

The Maiden era with this tone is probably my favorite. Power to you for all the 7th son riffage, couldn't help but hum along to Evil that Men Do.

[@LeonTodd]

"Goes on and ooooooohhhhOOOOOONNN!"

[@george.kollaros]

Gary Moore also played Gallien-Krueger, it was mentioned in the inner sleeves of Run For Cover and Victims of the Future albums and some photos show the ML (combo) version.

[@ottoolsen9560]

yes he did have several ml an rl's in his time, the last ml was sold to a british youtuber i have been in contact with him a few times, pink floyd (david gilmour) also used them for a while

[@mr.patriarch]

That Maiden style jam at the beginning, with that tone, literally gave me chills. I felt like I was flying into battle on a gryphon.

[@mattgilbert7347]

These things were like status symbols back in the late 80s/early 90s. Very cool, Leon.

[@kimmoparonen1737]

Nuno Bettencourt played Gallien-Krueger on "Everything under the sun" Sounds good!🙂

[@rickw5024]

I was invited over to a new coworkers place for a jam session back in early 2000's and he had the 250ML lunchbox. It blew me away so much I just had to find one to add to my stable as I'm a Iron Maiden Freak. Glad I did as I still have and play it today. Killer little box

[@rutger4131]

This sounds familiar 😅 Stoked to have participated in keeping this tone alive!

[@sadwingsraging3044]

👍🏻

[@jamesnorton7601]

Proof that we just love buying new things This sounds great

[@leonkloosterman]

Somewhere in time and powrr windows are my all time favorite and I thank you deeply for telling me they used this amp. I never knew this. Like that tonesssssszzzz

[@glennmichaelthompson4112]

I had one of these heads. Of course I'm sorry I sold it! Also had a GK 250ML which was pretty much the same amp as the 250RL w/ 2x6" speakers in a ‘lunch-box’ sized enclosure and had an output to drive larger speaker cabinets. I've always enjoyed solid state as well as valve/tube amps. Even today I use both... often at the same time. Best of both worlds!

[@guyeckelberger932]

This was my rig for many years. I still have a couple of them here at the studio. There is a way to beef it up by adjusting a gain pot on the inside. I had two so I could use one for clean and one for dirty.

[@heavybrett-al4082]

What a great tone... This is a testament to you channel Leon, that this community of axe nerds all help each other, so glad people are able to send you such cool gear to showcase to us. Honestly guitar is the best obsession anyone can have🤘

[@quentinjorstad6211]

That’s so cool that it made it to the Netherlands! I’m where Gallien Krueger manufactured it here in Campbell, California. Even out here you never see them pop up for sale. Love the demo!!

[@edlib02169]

I knew about the Lifeson connection… but I was unaware of the Maiden one. Now that I hear it, I’ll never be able to unhear it on those albums. Like Def Leppard and the Rockman-type devices all over Hysteria. It’s always funny looking back at how many of us guitar wannabes in those days looked down on these solid state offerings, blissfully unaware that all our heroes were making the music we listened to obsessively on them.

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah it's immediately the sound hey!

[@Gorbyrev]

There are some great tones in there. I remember playing around with an ML combo and couldn't believe how powerful the eq was and the quality of its crystalline cleans.

[@jahjah67]

Leon, always enjoy your content but wanted to clarify that Alex Lifeson was still primarily using his Marshall combos on Power Windows and started using the GK pretty exclusively on Hold Your Fire the following year and also 1989’s Presto. Maiden indeed used the GK for both Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son. IMO, the lead sound is quite good on the 250 but I think it’s Achilles’ Heel is the rhythm sound achieved on the Rush and Maiden efforts. I think for almost anyone who compared the guitar sound on 1983’s Piece of Mind to Somewhere In Time, they’d probably say it’s tasty, juicy beef vs way too lean beef that needs some flavoring. Each to their own I guess but as always really enjoyed the video. Thanks!

[@LeonTodd]

Ahhhh right! Hold your Fire is the PEAK 80's clean tone IMO

[@mikehartigan2703]

The little solid state combo I had in the 80s did not sound like that! lol It's amazing how good the GK is, especially in a full mix. Great video!

[@LucasMastropasqua]

I had the “ML” which was the combo version back in the day and it was awesome! I use to push it with a Boss OD and it sounded amazing!

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

had the ml version, traded it for a brand new fender telecaster deluxe ! back in 1990

[@mikekashouty516]

Crazy! I was just listening to somewhere in time today!

[@gnd22]

literally playing my 250RL right now! Yeah, one side has more chorus and less dry signal, and the other side has more dry and less chorus.

[@jonathanmoran3512]

And now these are sold out on reverb! Excellent playing, great tone for what it is!

[@ROKZLEON]

The number of times I've almost bought one of these is staggering! 🤪You've inspired me to look again!

[@johncecilia4517]

Cool video! Fractal preset would be awesome. Do you think Iron Maiden ran it with a Tube Screamer in front?

[@mcghghy]

I have one that is being used at a studio. Sounds amazing in a mix. I opened mine up and tweaked the trim pots to adjust the effects. I ran a Mesa Throttle box eq pedal in the front and love how it sounds. If it wasn't so old it would be my go to.

[@adam872]

I had one of these. Loved the chorused clean tones and in the the right context the crunch too.

[@cs83]

This was my first amp head, picked one up for about $40 at Goodwill in 1999. Bit of a one trick pony but I got some good sounds out of it before eventually trading it in on a Twin.

[@BaconFire]

Brialliant review. I owned the 250ML back in the late 80s. It was so cool having all that power in a small form factor. I used to take it into the Guitar Center in Hollywood and test cabinets with it and man did that thing stop everyone from playing and listening when it was paried with a nice 4x12. I gigged with it for a few years and my only advice would be to make sure you tame that high end. It can crispy real fast and people will no enjoy the razor blade to the ear tones if you aer not mindful. LOVE the maiden like intro you came up with - its stuck in my head now. Damn I want that Hamer guitar of yours ;) Thanks again for bringing this out for a proper review. Many cheers!

[@rafabcarvalho]

Maiden had their best tone during the 7th Son era using those beasts! Great stuff as always Leon! Do you think you could create a Tonex capture for this amp by any chance mate? I’ve been looking for a profile of this amp all over the internet but I couldn’t find anything. Keep the great work!

[@izzykixx4359]

The 7th son era was a GK 2100 SEL and not the 250 ML.

[@rafabcarvalho]

@@izzykixx4359 2100 CEL, which sound exactly like the 250ml/RL & 2000 CPL, so we’re pretty much talking about the same thing.

[@izzykixx4359]

@@rafabcarvalho it doesn't sound the same at all. The 2100 SEL and the 2000 CPL is very different.

[@DisruptedSinner]

It's unreal what you can do with this unit. You keep edging closer to 100k subs. Can't wait for you to get that YT plaque soon! 💪🎸🔥

[@ripley7t429]

I have an RL that I bought some 8 years ago. The direct out jack needs replaced. They are plastic and become brittle over time. I have two replacements. Many folks dont know you can adjust the internal pots to increase the gain and level of effects. I wanted to get it recapped, but I am moving to Asia, so it will be going up for sale locally.

[@Infrared72]

We need another video of this with your take on Middletown Dreams.

[@LeonTodd]

When I sat down to the demo I listened to "The Evil That Men Do" and "Middletown Dreams" as reference tones!

[@matthewearl9824]

Great you got one! I LOVE mine. I use it as my main amp. TS in front of the chan B with gain button out and it is amazing. Also Leon there are trim pots INSIDE the unit to adjust the gain stages for each channel. You NEED to adjust these if your gain sounds weird. It also has an input gain pot also. There are videos on yourtube on where to set these.

[@LeonTodd]

Ooooh hidden treats! Will investigate

[@low_e_music]

Yes!!! These amps are so much fun, nothing else sounds quite like them. Once you hit that chorus button, it's hard to go back, haha. The Somewhere in Time tone is probably my favorite of all Maiden albums, it's just so rich and full. Great demo as always Leon!

[@WildChildMcCloud]

I think they sound sort of similar to the Peavey Stereo Chorus 400 heads and a bit like Rockman amps.

[@low_e_music]

@@WildChildMcCloud Yeah, those are definitely in the same ballpark.

[@JiveTalker78]

Geez, that amp sounds so nice! And that strat is a beauty, great video man. 👏👌

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks mate!

[@jayheath1971]

Great stuff. FYI, there are internal trim pots that allow you to more precisely adjust the gain and other parameters.

[@aguitarhero007]

Great tone and playing as usual!

[@LeonTodd]

Thank you kindly!

[@tracker54]

I have the 250ML, and it REALLY shines when you hook it up through a 4x12. Sounds absolutely killer through my Marshall 1960BV - gain for days, and the EQ is so sensitive and wide that you can get pretty much anything you want...I know it's most associated with Rush and Maiden, but it really shined for that very hot-rodded 80s metal sound. Got some really good Nuno (Pornografitti) tones out of mine. No OD in front needed, as there's just tons of gain in these. Also have a MLS head and 2000 CPL preamp on the way, really stoked to check those out. EDIT: Also, these have the internal trim pots for gain under the hood. Mine was turned all the way down, and it took a couple of months before I discovered them

[@satarello]

great preamp !! and tones !!!

[@AlanW]

Very nice! I recently got one of these as well as I had one in the 80s and it was super nostalgic. One tip, there's a couple of trim pots inside if you pop the top off. They adjust the gain structure. Just make sure to mark where the original positions are if you go fiddling with them! I was having a hard time hearing the echo in the video. Just went and plugged mine in to compare. Yeah, the echo is a pretty strongly mixed medium sized, hard hall reverb effect. Maybe it didn't translate as well over youtube?

[@LeonTodd]

Can you also adjust the chorus and echo pots? Otherwise maybe mine needs a service.

[@AlanW]

@@LeonToddI think those are fixed, perhaps some resistors or capacitors have drifted out of spec. These things are bit old after all!

[@RockNJeep]

Cool amp. I love Maiden and their tone on Somewhere in Time but had no idea this was it. It definitely sounds better with a strat I think.

[@canaan_perry]

I'm into it. Thanks for sharing.

[@colsonanglin767]

I dream of owning one of these!!!I’ve also heard that Gary Moore potentially used one during the Run For Cover tour.

[@marcofioravanti4176]

A fan, too, here! I got the greatly featured - also rackmountable - preamp version: "2000CPL" 🙂

[@LeonTodd]

Was looking for one of those as well!

[@olirossow3179]

Wow, you made it sound absolutely great. Thanks for the great demo! Transistor-technology doesn’t always have to sound bad! SOT And 7th son sound absolutely great in retrospect! Would love to see this in the neural amp-modeler as well!

[@_mysilentblue2227]

The first I hear a GK was Leslie West jamming on it live on MTV's Headbanger Ball in some fully tiled room, probably a shower backstage at an arena he was playing at.

[@LeonTodd]

RIP Big man!

[@PhpGtr]

The 250s are some of the greatest amps ever made. I sincerely regret selling my 250ML ii. One thing more people need to know: Those push-button controls were not just ON or OFF. You could tweak them. In this video's example, for example, the Echo is pretty low key. Every one of those features had a little mini-pot inside, under the hood. Pop off the top lid, and the pots are right there. Play with them with a little mini screwdriver and see what you like. Cheers

[@LeonTodd]

I must do that!

[@PhpGtr]

@@LeonTodd Yeah! In fact when I first got my 250ML, the distortion was really really weak. I nearly returned it until I found out how to bump up the gain. They are not always set properly to begin with. Yours sounds incredible though. Have fun with it! I still have my 100MPL in a case... just waiting for the pedal craze to die down again in a few years, and when racks come back, I'll be allowed to carry mine around again without being made fun of. haha

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

That thing sounds awesome.. Man, your playing sure doesn't hurt. What a killer unit and with a power amp.. That's so cool.. I would love to see you do a capture with ToneX which I think is one of the coolest pieces of hardware potentially ever recently.. Very cool.. Thank you brother for yet another entertaining video this AM with my first and second cup of coffee! Very strong I might add. 😛 Man, love that Hamer and the ebony fretboard. Too cool.. Those boomerangs rock too! I forgot you had that killer guitar.. Hamer is one of the best guitars made in the US back in the day.. They sacrificed nothing in their quest for tone and looks of guitars IMHO. Great stuff brother.. Be well and safe kind sir! Tim

[@dirkbrom3948]

I traded a Fulltone OCD for one of these straight up like five years ago and didn't look back. Fun little amp. I've never messed with the trim pots inside though.

[@WildChildMcCloud]

Josh Christian from Toxik used these on their first two albums.

[@yeahright73]

I had the 250ML for years, that thing was such a sleeper! Killer distortion, epic chorus, sounded great with its internal speakers and even better driving 12s. I sometimes wish I still had it, but I just didn't use it enough to justify holding on to it. Also, did you know that David Gilmour used one, as well? It was used on Momentary Lapse...

[@LeonTodd]

OHHH! Man Momentary has some of my favourite tones ever

[@yeahright73]

@@LeonTodd IKR?

[@aynakotalaga]

So glad you did this one! I’ve had mine for around a year. Are you aware that there are trim pots inside to increase/reduce gain? Yours sounds like it has more gain than mine so may already be cranked. I’m yet to open mine up. You can find the manual online which covers the trim pots.

[@LeonTodd]

I am now! That's fun

[@wolfsdenmusic9404]

Have been looking forward to this video coming out. Love, love, love this amp. I've had the pleasure of playing through the ML a few times. Love the playing and tonage here! Any thoughts of working with Steve Atkinson again to make a model for NAM? 😁 It would be without the chorus...of course (excuse the word play lol). But that's easily fixable.

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah I'll try do some tone x and NAM profiles!

[@dlpasco]

Great video. I just about spit my drink out when you pulled Cowboys From Hell out. Did not expect to hear that in this video :) As usual: the very best, epic guitar face ❤

[@LeonTodd]

The scoop on that amp is worthy hey!

[@dlpasco]

@@LeonTodd ❤️🤘

[@kevinbolton5]

Never jumped on the GK bandwagon . I played through one of there very compact combo amps ,for myself it was to processed sounding not enough Girth LOL

[@JTCox]

One of my great gear fails was trading my 250 ML for some other gear around 1990, which I soon regretted. The guy I traded it to basically destroyed it, so trading back for it was useless. Would love to have that or that RL again. They were seriously underrated amps! The chorus was fantastic!

[@MadMax_1984]

haha....was waiting for that last setting- that's where I played mine, just never at full volume....with a rockman distortion generator it's even better

[@WFKTHETHIRD]

I remember being in Sam Ash on 48th. st. NYC in 1985/86 & I was checking out this amp with a Kramer Baretta. wish I had the money at the time because I would have bought both....I was using a Rockman at the time, you're right this would have been the perfect live replacement, I remember it being loud as hell for its size & it was one of the first stereo rigs I can remember...

[@jackkramer1553]

I just bought one of these 4 months ago, when doing a craigslist deal for the carpeted blue/pink logo GK 212GS cab that they built for this head. I didn't even know the head existed until the seller of the cab mentioned it like an hour before I headed out to meet him. I ended up buying both, and the head came with the footswitch. Fun interesting amp for sure. I love the 80's sounding chorus.

[@LeonTodd]

Score!

[@pj9851]

As others have pointed out, this was also BJA's amp on Green Day's first two albums, and I have always really loved the tone on Kerplunk especially. I dunno if he opened up the chasis and messed with the internal pots but he gets a very different sound on that second album compared to the first one.

[@alexhiggin]

also used on 39/Smooth, Slappy, Sweet Children, and Kerplunk by Green Day

[@DonnieDistortion]

Was looking for this exact comment! Billie Joe used the combo version.

[@LeonTodd]

Listening now and yep, there's that sound!

[@chuckmeyers716]

Sounds amazing! Shout out to the Hamer Californian - love it when you play the Hamers!

[@LeonTodd]

Great guitar!

[@sadwingsraging3044]

10:06 I wonder if the Mean Green Killing Machine had one of these? 🤘🏻😬

[@fillo1971]

Leon sei un grande chitarrista, poi con gli Iron Maiden per me hai già vinto. Mi piacerebbe sapere il setup per l'intro di questo video con il lead armonizzato. Grazie

[@mxmora]

GK 200RG and 400RG were the predecessor to the ML/RL. They sounded heavier to me. (I had 2 in my rack for stereo) They were used by Ronnie Montrose on the GAMMA1 album.

[@Simeon_Harris]

ooh, nice to actually see one of these. you couldn't get these anywhere in the UK back in the day. they were like mythical beasts we only heard about in the guitar magazines. the chorus is pretty bad on these isn't it. some kind of haas delay going on that pushes everything to the right (unless yours is broken?). i don't think maiden used these for too long. probably very reliable on tour though and actually sounds pretty decent. thanks for digging up all these 80's and 90's bits of gear. it's great to be reacquainted with some of them and see others for the first time.

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah the chorus is pretty unbalanced, unlike the rockman which is dialled in to a pretty sweet spot IMO

[@jamese.stanton978]

It is easy to over-do it with the trim pots. The unit goes into a compressed fuzz. It took me a while to back off the gain enough to make it usable.

[@wakjob961]

If I remember right... pop the top off, and there's a couple of little trim pots on the board that adjust the Gain and Chorus. Been 25-30 years since I've messed with one.

[@rutger4131]

Totally correct. Don't forget to first mark the position of the trim pots to easily get it back to home base. You can supposedly turn it into a spluttering fuzz machine.

[@andrelaurent9651]

Not for the chorus...

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

I remember checking out a Steinberger headless guitar in a music store ( think it was Allans or Brashs) back in the mid 80's. Dude plugged me into a Gallien Krueger amp, size of a post box, and it almost meted my face! Holy crap they were great devices!

[@stephengabree]

I'd be curious to hear what a 12 string sounds like on the clean channel, with the chorus and echo on of course.

[@peterharvin2775]

It's certainly distinctive. With the 500Hz scooped, nice and chunky. Isolated it didn't do a whole lot for me, but in a mix it shined through.

[@STORMBREAKER_250]

YOOOOO, My brother got one of these last summer for like $200! Glad he got it before people knew what it was🤣

[@TheloniusJ]

I bought one of the MLs when they first came out. I remember loving it and can’t honestly remember why I got rid of it.

[@michaelbuczko4967]

my favorite amp! theres internal trim pots inside for increasing the gain, theres a mod somewhere online where you mount it the front faceplate

[@LeonTodd]

I need to try that

[@ChadVanHalen5150]

I'd love to see you give this the same treatment you gave your MP-1s and get a version of these on the Fractal Still using your MP-1 to this day, sounds incredible

[@LeonTodd]

Soon! Stoked to hear that about the MP-1 too :)

[@thygod]

This! I need these tones on my Snax.

[@LeonTodd]

Try this axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=10488

[@keithfender4331]

Leon. Are you aware of the internal trim pots. ? Lift the lid off and have a play. You can sort the chorus and the lead gain. Give it a go and let me know what you reckon.

[@LeonTodd]

Will do :)

[@keithfender4331]

Had a look yet ? :) @@LeonTodd

[@MKRISING75]

HELL YEAH 🤟🏻LT plays Maiden,Pantera great video bro,today was a good day!

[@LeonTodd]

Ch0nk!

[@kozsg]

Oh yeah, instant like!!!

[@metalinsights9664]

Great sounding piece of gear. Especially its bigger brother, the 2000CPL, is the perfect guitar preamp in my opinion. Not only does it have the chunky low-mid area with a huge bottom end, as well as the lovely chorus and compression, but it also has built-in echo and noise reduction, features that, in my opinion, every amp should have. I should also mention that this is all done with solid-state technology, and with such impressive result, that I wonder why we still bother with tube amps when I solid-state amp can sound this good and better than tube. To my ear, these G&K amps just sound really musical, probably due to the lovely evenness in the tone, which I attribute to compression. The other thing that's great about these amps, is that even with a lot of gain, they sound so controlled. For example, the intro to "The Prophecy" by Iron Maiden would have never sounded as musical and controlled with a tube amp, but the G&K totally delivers beautiful distorted and compressed tone without noise.

[@LeonTodd]

Way ahead of the curve hey!

[@shotgunrebels]

If you take the top panel off you can make adjustments to the effects.

[@got2rock4]

I have stereo fender princeton chorus that sounds almost identical to somewhere in time tone as well as Boston and Def Leppard tones. Those are some sweet amps getting hard to find🤘🎸

[@LPMojoGL]

Been curious about these forever. Great video, as always! Anyone mention that Gilmour used one on Momentary Lapse?

[@LunaGuitars68]

I had the 250ml and loved it! Somehow I ended up with a Ross Distortion pedal in the loop and it sounded fat and amazing! Ended up selling it for the next hot amp, the MP1

[@jeremiahadams2302]

Somewhere in time is my all time fav maiden album. Amazed it’s all because of this amp. There’s probably no way to get this amp. Anyway I can recreate the SIT tone with my AX8?

[@LeonTodd]

Basically it's a fixed distortion sound with an active 4 band EQ, so you could start with any dirty amp and sculpt it using a PEQ

[@ICS-rt4no]

I had both the ML and the RL years ago. Sold them. There's somethig in Maiden's mid tones that I was unable to find in these amps, whatever the guitar I'd use. I ended thinking they didn't really use them in studio, not for all their guitars at least.

[@eoinjennings519]

That’s like a Time Machine into the 80s - wondering if my old Vox Venue solid state amp from similar era would get me in the ballpark with the a boss ce2w and re2 - at least worth the experiment ! Time to get it out of the garage !

[@RajorshiBhattacharyya]

Wish modelers would replicate this tone. Sounds freakin incredible.

[@LeonTodd]

I'll get some captures and tone matches done soon!

[@peterknicked]

I have the 2000CPL Alex L used on the Power Windows tour, Hold Your Fire and Presto, before he got the 100MPL preamp.

[@maidenthe80sla]

I have a GK 112LC 100 watt combo guitar amp from that time period and there is not a single YT video on this amp. Bought it at Guitar Center for $99 USD in 2017 or so and is great amp that takes pedals well. Comes with an effects loop & headphone output. My late friend had one in the 80s, so I had to grab it at that price.

[@LeonTodd]

I'd watch a video on that! get the phone out ;)

[@mikefrench2499]

The thing that struck me the most was how good the overdrive/distortion sound was. For an 80's solid state is was really good. As for other older solid state stuff, how 'bout the Marshall 9004. Michael Nielsen did a vid on this about 3 years ago. Be nice to see/hear your perspective on it.

[@LeonTodd]

Enjoy! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5aoZKeInb-pj5Y

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

Using the axe-fx to tone match? Yes please 🙏

[@renegadeflycraft9882]

My late 80's rig had two 250 RL's in my rack driving stereo 4x12's and a 250 ML on a stand for my stage monitor.... kinda miss that rig sometimes.....

[@LeonTodd]

Nice! They're nice and light so that sounds like a lot of rig without being too back breaking.

[@markbois1713]

Ah the 80s brings back memories. Didn't Def Leppard use a Rockman to record one of their albums? Can't remember which one.

[@SolaChristus]

Hysteria…Mutt Lang’s idea to use it from what I recall…

[@Barry101er]

Cool amp! I have a similar vintage 200MB bass amp-what a corker

[@TheCampbell254bme]

Didn’t they run the JMPs into these things? I can’t remember exactly how maiden ran these live.

[@andrewg969]

12:25 I’ve owned three different examples of the 250rl/ml and they all have an imbalance with the chorus on, just the way they were designed.

[@LeonTodd]

Well at least it's good to know there's nothing wrong with this one!

[@andrewg969]

@@LeonTodd Wow just seeing this but thanks for the response, huge fan by the way, love your playing. I remember learning the lick on your rockman video a few years ago (mainly to impress girls) but it also spurred progress in my playing. Again huge fan, your playing really inspires me and you're one of my favorite yt guitarists.

[@temorinkaari]

Damn i wish you got hotrails to do some maiden 80s maiden tones. That would have been so cool, not only because of that, but also because of the fisrt-ish time you reviewed the hotrails

[@LeonTodd]

I'd love to try one of the signature Maiden strats with them