This is a really rare and hard to find amp - the Wizard! They make several models, this is the two channel model and also features modifications by Mark Cameron, reclusive king of marshall mods. Can I tell you exactly what Mark did? Not so much, I can see on the back he added a bass boost and a voicing control. However, this amp sounds like the other Wizards I've heard - think the baddest vintage marshall and you are pretty close.
These profiles are very rocking, but they are NOT high gain shredbeasts. Highest I saw the gain as measured from the rig manager was 7.1, with the average hovering around 5. These profiles take boosts well from the Kemper, and while you can warp them however you want, as is they are NOT going to bump your Diezel profiles out of the heavy slot. However, they sound great. Do you like vintage marshalls? Do you like AC/DC? then you'll like these. If your idea of low gain is a Megadeth album, these might not be for you.
These amps have had many famous endorsers, probably the ones I think of most when I think of Wizard amps are Angus and Malcolm from AC/DC. If you like their tones, you'll love this amp. There are 69 total profiles here, ranging from slight breakup to Rock and roll.
Seven different mics were used to create these profiiles along with two vintage marshall cabs. Unless noted below, most of the profiles were taken from my straight/bottom stock 1972 Marshall cab that everyone who hears wants to buy or borrow. It's a stellar sounding cabinet, especially for Marshall and Marshall inspired amps.
The Ribbon mic went through a Focusrite ISA One analog preamp. I used a ART Tube MP preamp for the e609 Silver mic, others went through a focusrite Pro 40 preamp. List of mics used:
MXL 144 Ribbon backed away from cab a bit
Sennheiser E609 Silver close miked
Audix i5 close
Telefunken M81 close
Shure SM57 at an angle to the cone (unidyne III USA, vintage)
Heil PR20 close
Shure SM77 (transformerless variant of the 57, vintage also)
Combinations of mics and cabs are included below with a '+' between them.
The JCM800 cab used in a few profiles is a early 80s JCM800 stock cab loaded with G75 speakers. I prefer the 72 but it does give you more variety. There are a few profiles where I mixed cabs too - one mic on the JCM800 cab, other mic on the Vintage cab. It sounded like Thunder in my live room!
Pedals used were a Voodoo Labs 'Giggity' pedal and a TS9 Tube screamer (vintage, not reissue) that I modded with a switchable clipping section, less gain and different op amp.
The last profiles marked 'live use' were taken for use at a gig to try out the Wizard sound live. Instead of monitoring the amp as I usually do through my DAW and KRK VXT setup, I used my live monitors only for playback. They are just as valid for recorded use as I did use them for some of the clips.
These profiles are very rocking, but they are NOT high gain shredbeasts. Highest I saw the gain as measured from the rig manager was 7.1, with the average hovering around 5. These profiles take boosts well from the Kemper, and while you can warp them however you want, as is they are NOT going to bump your Diezel profiles out of the heavy slot. However, they sound great. Do you like vintage marshalls? Do you like AC/DC? then you'll like these. If your idea of low gain is a Megadeth album, these might not be for you.
These amps have had many famous endorsers, probably the ones I think of most when I think of Wizard amps are Angus and Malcolm from AC/DC. If you like their tones, you'll love this amp. There are 69 total profiles here, ranging from slight breakup to Rock and roll.
Seven different mics were used to create these profiiles along with two vintage marshall cabs. Unless noted below, most of the profiles were taken from my straight/bottom stock 1972 Marshall cab that everyone who hears wants to buy or borrow. It's a stellar sounding cabinet, especially for Marshall and Marshall inspired amps.
The Ribbon mic went through a Focusrite ISA One analog preamp. I used a ART Tube MP preamp for the e609 Silver mic, others went through a focusrite Pro 40 preamp. List of mics used:
MXL 144 Ribbon backed away from cab a bit
Sennheiser E609 Silver close miked
Audix i5 close
Telefunken M81 close
Shure SM57 at an angle to the cone (unidyne III USA, vintage)
Heil PR20 close
Shure SM77 (transformerless variant of the 57, vintage also)
Combinations of mics and cabs are included below with a '+' between them.
The JCM800 cab used in a few profiles is a early 80s JCM800 stock cab loaded with G75 speakers. I prefer the 72 but it does give you more variety. There are a few profiles where I mixed cabs too - one mic on the JCM800 cab, other mic on the Vintage cab. It sounded like Thunder in my live room!
Pedals used were a Voodoo Labs 'Giggity' pedal and a TS9 Tube screamer (vintage, not reissue) that I modded with a switchable clipping section, less gain and different op amp.
The last profiles marked 'live use' were taken for use at a gig to try out the Wizard sound live. Instead of monitoring the amp as I usually do through my DAW and KRK VXT setup, I used my live monitors only for playback. They are just as valid for recorded use as I did use them for some of the clips.
Wizard full mix clip is a Gibson SG playing rhythm and lead. Drums were SSD, bass was using one of my sansamp profiles.
Wizard Sample clip above is a Gibson SG with no backing. All effects (reverb mostly) are from the Kemper. First section is profile 55, the wizard with a giggity pedal boosting it during the profiling process. It gets a KILLER Eric Johnson/cranked sweet marshall tone, the polar opposite of the bark and snarl of the AC/DC sounding clips.
Wizard Profiles
69 Profiles of a rare Mark Cameron modified Wizard amp. They run the tonal gamut from slightly overdriven to rock crunch (about 7.1 on the gain measurement per the Kemper Rig Manager software). Wizards are fantastic sounding amps with Marshall heritage.