Atomic Amps

feylya

Anyone ever hear of these things? Designed to take a Pod and not colour it. Seems pretty cool.

http://www.atomicamps.com/

david

Yeah i saw them in total guitar i think. They look cool. Quite pricey though i'd imagine

feylya

$500 + a harness for your effects processor

david

Thats not too bad for an all valve power section. Did you get the fender 212 yet

feylya

Not yet. The ME-50 and Microcube still aren't in stock

It's only an 18W amp though but still, that'd be ****ing loud!

david

Are you ordering from thomann....? Oh i ordered my microcube! We should start a club for microcubers!

feylya

Musik Productiv

I told Thomann to go **** themselves about the credit card thing

Yes, I should be the head of the Micro Cube club

david

I'm not familiar with that site, what are the prices like?. Thats the photocopying your card crap i presume?

feylya

http://www.musik-produktiv.de

They're slightly cheaper than Thomann and they don't have that stupid €23 delivery regardless.

Yeah, the photocopying thing. They had the CC number linked with the account but they wouldn't just check my order history.

david

fec.kin idiots. I thought they had pretty good customer service.

Eoin Madsen

feylya wrote:

Anyone ever hear of these things? Designed to take a Pod and not colour it. Seems pretty cool.

It seems like a great idea for exactly the reasons they say, but they're a little sparce on the details. As a 1x12, I'd guess it's only a twin valve power stage (+ 12A_7 phase inverter). And probably that's a pair of EL84s, which would make it not especially cheap for the price (but still not overly expensive). It's a pity it's not a 2x12, but I suspect that would require bumping up the powerstage or they'd have done it.

Personally, I think someone should make a dedicated valve/digital modelling amp. With an ADC -> DSP -> DAC right between the two valves of the preamp. That'd rock.

ferdi

thanks for reminding me about musik produktiv feylya, i'd completely forgotten they existed!

feylya

the Microcube will come at the end of January. The ME-50 will be delivered
middle of january.

That's the newest update on my stuff.

Eoin, design one so.

Doctor J

Dunno if I'd go for one of these at all. Pods are nice but they don't rock my world at all. Part of the charm of a good amp is how it colours the sound.

feylya

But a lot of people get a round their really happy with from a POD then they run it through an amp and colour the sound so it doesn't sound like they wanted.

Doctor J

Indeed. Each to their own. Just not for me.

Can we see the day where the likes of Dorans or whatever have a backline of these and each band just bring their own sound modulators in and off they go.

Make the engineers life a whole lot easier, I suppose, but at the expense of rock and roll?

Ancient1

a lot of people get a round their really happy with from a POD then they run it through an amp

Feylya, you shouldnt be posting on boards minutes after you crawl out of bed What are you sayin...??

(or maybe i just need another coffee )

Doctor J

Ancient1 wrote:

Feylya, you shouldnt be posting on boards minutes after you crawl out of bed What are you sayin...??

Amen brother! Can I get a witness?

feylya

I'm still in bed tbh....

Yes, it's another time of day I shouldn't post. God help me if I wake up drunk and start posting :eek:

Ancient1

Dunno, i think i'd take a Bad Cat amp any day over that Atomic one....

feylya

Bad Cat? Remind me...

Ancient1

check out www.badcatamps.com

bad-ass amps!

Doctor J

Nice. Have you seen Dr. Z?

feylya

Dr Z is insane.

Ancient1

Nope, first time i hear about it.

Looks very good...

Ancient1

feylya wrote:

Dr Z is insane.

Much like Dr J

feylya

Dr J Amps? I can't see it personally.

Hmm, maybe we should get up a boutique amp club on boards...

Eoin Madsen

feylya wrote:

Eoin, design one so.

Okay, I'll design the amp if you design the DSP.