Introducing the “Wizard Modern Classic 100W” with Black Robot’s “Cocaine” Cover

Yes, exactly as you said, I concur fully. It is also true that by nature, Wizards amps are modified Marshalls the way AC/DC always wanted them. It’s no secret: Rick St. Pierre (AC/DC amp tech for the last 20 years or more) had built the first units to satisfy the requests of the Young brothers of “running hot” vintage Marshall amps that would be reliable and tone-plentiful. This has been the task. Both the Vintage Classic and the Modern Classic deliver exactly this. The tone IS a Marshall flavor, but there’s something more to it. My strong impression is that Mr. St. Pierre (I MAY BE WRONG!) re-created one single terrific Vintage Marshall that sounded terrific, probably modified slightly, and cloned it. Later in time, likely adding up more specifics to the tone and circuits. PLEASE bear in mind, these are my “fabrications”, deductions and NOT Mr. St. Pierre statements. I am unaware of Mr. St. Pierre presence here (he may have registered) but will try and take him here or to future videos of mine featuring the Wizard Amps

BTW the Schaffer is always a nice addition (in fact, I played both parts with it here as well). Not necessarily because I want to push the replica sales once it will be ready, but also because – truly – not only you get the boost, but even more importantly, you get the compressor working, which really smooths some mids in a “FM, record-like” way, helping the playing a lot, improving sustain etc. So even with moderate boost level (as I did here), you always get the nice compression. I love this kind of sound, I said it several times, it always brings me back to the “Back in Black type of tone” and playing.