8100 Gold Variant:Black because we have improved upon

because we have improved upon the original:

and you'll have plenty of gain to pull off those legendary Dimebag squeals with ease

it quickly becomes clear that the tube functions as a simple hard-clipper stage

tight and aggressive

As an added extra

8100 Gold Variant:Black because we have improved uponBased on the Marshall* Valvestate 8100. This preamp is based on the OD1 and OD2 channels of the original amplifier. Producing a very thick, saturated high gain tone, it was popular amongst metal bands in the mid 90's. The original amp was a "hybrid" tube solid state design, but upon analysing the circuit, it quickly becomes clear that the tube functions as a simple hard clipper stage, easily replaced with a set of clipping diodes, as lon as care it