Ahhh well with all the brouhaha...
Ang akin lang, money can't buy everything, and some things (great tone??)need not be expensive.
So far, in the less than a year I've been into modding and tinkering, I've been very much encouraged by my successes.
Talk to my customers. P500 can go a long, long way, tone-wise and I've proven it already.
If you want, I won't even clone the matchless, I'll just bring my existing BAMFulator pedal (thanks for the idea Kulaski nyahehehe). One 12AX7 with FET pre-boost circuitry and let's A/B that instead with your Matchless. Everyone who's played through it got their panties wet (ooops hahahehe).
And then we can A/B your Riken-ohmed TS808 versus my TS7 with metal films and TL072.
Then your MIJ OD3 vs my Sushi Taiwan DS1.
Wala lang. This is not at all a hostile challenge. It's just educational for me din. Hopefully, for you too. With luck and lots of fun in mind, hopefully it will be an eye-opener for both of us (coz you're right, I've never heard a Matchless in person).
December 18, Purple Haze. I'll be bringing my RJ Tele, pedals and my solid state Fender amp. If you've got better gear to spare, bring that. But when we A/B kelangan equal, either your amp or mine and your guitar or mine. That way it's the pedals that get A/B'ed and not the amp and guitar.