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Wizard Modern Classic 100 - Amp Tone Profile, Specs & Settings

Wizard Modern Classic 100 - its tonal profile, specs, and how to recreate its sound on the gear you already own. No catalogued songs use this amp yet, but ToneMirror can translate its voicing to your rig in under a minute.

  • mid-forward
  • crunch gain
  • boutique tier
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Tonal profile

Hand-built 100-watt EL34 head from Rick St. Pierre's Wizard Amplification, a hot-rodded take on the vintage Marshall circuit with modern build quality and reliability. St. Pierre was AC/DC's amp tech for two decades, and Angus and Malcolm Young moved to Wizard heads in the 1990s. Raw, mid-forward crunch that cleans up with the guitar's volume knob; sold as the Modern Classic and also listed as the Vintage Modern.

Amp specs
Type
Amp
Brand
Wizard
Price tier
Boutique
EQ voicing
Mid-forward
Gain structure
Crunch
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FAQ

Common Questions About the Wizard Modern Classic 100

  1. What does the Wizard Modern Classic 100 sound like?

    Hand-built 100-watt EL34 head from Rick St. Pierre's Wizard Amplification, a hot-rodded take on the vintage Marshall circuit with modern build quality and reliability. St. Pierre was AC/DC's amp tech for two decades, and Angus and Malcolm Young moved to Wizard heads in the 1990s. Raw, mid-forward crunch that cleans up with the guitar's volume knob; sold as the Modern Classic and also listed as the Vintage Modern. The most common knob positions across the songs in our catalog are summarized above.

  2. What are the Wizard Modern Classic 100's key tonal traits?

    The Wizard Modern Classic 100 is characterized by mid-forward EQ, crunch gain. ToneMirror uses exactly these traits when it translates a tone you pick onto your rig - or the Wizard Modern Classic 100's sound onto whatever you own.

  3. Do I need a Wizard Modern Classic 100 to play these songs?

    No - that's the whole point of ToneMirror. Each per-song page describes the sound on the record, and our match engine translates it to whatever amp you actually own. Different EQ curve, same recorded result.

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