Friedman BE-100 Custom Shop Brown Eye (Steve Stevens, JJ mod)

Friedman BE-100 Custom Shop

First the amp is based on the be100 but built in the headshell of a jj100. It also benifits from the extra Master volume from the jj100. So you have a clean volume, a dirty volume and a global master.
This way you an play bedroom low and still have a nice feel in the amp.

The switches are the normal be100 switches C45, FAT and SAT.
Then the fun stuff happens with the SS switch which turns the feel of the amp to a little stiffer, clearer top end and more like an old Marshall super lead.

Then you have the JJ on the front. This only affects the amp when the sat switch on the back is active. You can then choose from normal SAT or the JJ100 gain structure, feel and sound.

This is a great feature. The normal Sat mode is not hugely different but there is a different low end respons and gnarly gain on the JJ that I just love.