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Mmm... Amps.

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  • #92
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    voodoo_child wrote: »
    Yeah, it is a pity. I have to say I think they look pretty crappy too, they don't have the styling down to the same extent as some of the nice amps out there.

    Well, I wouldn't call 'em crappy looking, but yeah, definitely not the most asthetically pleasing amps in the world. I think Engl holds that claim.
    voodoo_child wrote: »
    Bogner are made in USA fwiw ;)

    Oh right, my bad. ;)


  • #93
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Does nobody else have any amps to add? Come on people, there's loads more out there, I'm sure.


  • #94
    Blackhorse Slim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Blackhorse Slim


    478579.jpg

    ...for those of us who want our own tone to shine through...an awesome 5 watts of power (!), creamy valve breakup and cool retro style. The same as the epi valve jr posted earlier in this thread, but with a 112 cab instead of a crappy 8" speaker.

    One knob is all a man needs, if he knows how to use it :D


  • #95
    Ger the man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Ger the man


    Any VOX fans?


  • #96
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    mmm...1200watts of bassness! :D

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    Tube Pre/SS Power :)


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  • #97
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Blackhorse Slim wrote: »
    One knob is all a man needs, if he knows how to use it :D

    Show me that yoke doing a smooth high gain lead, MarkIV stlye, then I'll believe you. Untill then, I call shenannigans!
    Ger the man wrote: »
    Any VOX fans?

    Probably quite a few. They're not something I've ever really been interested in personally though.


  • #98
    deaddonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭deaddonkey


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Probably quite a few. They're not something I've ever really been interested in personally though.



    yeah, i just hate amps that let the sound of my guitar come through with a semblance of originality and failthfullness :D


  • #99
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    deaddonkey wrote: »
    yeah, i just hate amps that let the sound of my guitar come through with a semblance of originality and failthfullness :D

    Cheeky bugger! :D

    Are you saying that any amp with high saturation doesn't let the tone of your guitar come through? That's crazy talk right there man, you'd have to have your ears chewed off in a freak dogwalking accident if you couldn't hear the tonal differences of pickups and wood through a nice Mesa Boogie or Engl. Believe me, with the same settings on my Engl, different guitars can make a vast difference, they rarely ever sound the same.


  • #100
    deaddonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭deaddonkey


    the more gain you play with, the less individual guitars sound different

    they'll still sound different, but for them to sound what they sound like naturally, the less crunch you have the better.

    whaddaya know
    i play surf


  • #101
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Meh. If you don't want an amp colouring your tone, just play acoustic, and mic it. ;)

    Part of the reason of getting a really nice amp is that the amp itself adds something to the mix. Even using a clean tone, a nice warm tube sound would be very desirable.

    Mmm... Tubes...

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  • #102
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    deaddonkey wrote: »
    the more gain you play with, the less individual guitars sound different

    they'll still sound different, but for them to sound what they sound like naturally, the less crunch you have the better.

    whaddaya know
    i play surf

    I disagree, different guitars react to gain in different ways. So are you saying that a 335 and a modern ESP with EMG's will sound the same with high gain??

    Thats ridiculous man!


  • #103
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Harking back to Voodoo's original post, this god damn VHT has been giving me some serious GAS as of late:

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    There's a really sexy one with green covering going on ebay.


  • #104
    deaddonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭deaddonkey


    Joe Robot wrote: »
    I disagree, different guitars react to gain in different ways. So are you saying that a 335 and a modern ESP with EMG's will sound the same with high gain??

    Thats ridiculous man!

    congratulations on not bothering to read my post


  • #105
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Borrowing a pic off another forum for a mo, and here we have the sexiest amp alive:

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    That looks so tasty I want to shake some salt on it and stick a fork in it.


  • #106
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Nah, this MKIV even sexier Karl :p

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    Pretty ridiculous, you'd never take it out, more furniture than an amp, but you can say that about lots of PRSs etc too, and it doesnt make it any less sexy :D


  • #107
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    The grill makes it look like something I'd put my dirty laundry in.

    I like Mark IV's, but honestly, that one just doesn't do it for me at all.


  • #108
    Edja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭Edja


    Deadly! Now, that would be good for me....or more to the point....for my wife!! She won't let me display my amps, as they look....messy....so I have to put them away when not using...(yes, I am whipped.....), but that, because its all woody and warm looking and furniture like.....that I might just get away with!!!!!


  • #109
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Edja wrote: »
    Deadly! Now, that would be good for me....or more to the point....for my wife!! She won't let me display my amps, as they look....messy....so I have to put them away when not using...(yes, I am whipped.....), but that, because its all woody and warm looking and furniture like.....that I might just get away with!!!!!

    Well, if it's an excuse to buy a Mesa Boogie, then I fully support it. ;)


  • #110
    Jack Vegas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭Jack Vegas


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Well, if it's an excuse to buy a Mesa Boogie, then I fully support it. ;)

    Methinks I saw a certain someone's fireball up for sale on MI? What delish bitta gear is coming to the Hungus household next?


  • #111
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Jack Vegas wrote: »
    Methinks I saw a certain someone's fireball up for sale on MI? What delish bitta gear is coming to the Hungus household next?

    Not tellin'! :D


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  • #112
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Not tellin'! :D

    It's an AC30 isnt it? Leave it plugged in for a couple of hours and it'll overheat and get a nice little fire going, keep you warm through the winter months ;)


  • #113
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Yes. It's an AC30. I'm selling my Engl Fireball so I can buy... An AC30. whack.gif

    While I'm at it, I've got an Ibanez Universe that I want to swap for a MIM Tele.


  • #114
    judas101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭judas101


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Yes. It's an AC30. I'm selling my Engl Fireball so I can buy... An AC30. whack.gif

    While I'm at it, I've got an Ibanez Universe that I want to swap for a MIM Tele.


    i think you'd find a lot of guitarists would take an AC 30 over a fireball.

    i certainly would.

    not all are into seven string speed metal chugging (although it is fun :rolleyes:)


  • #115
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    judas101 wrote: »
    i think you'd find a lot of guitarists would take an AC 30 over a fireball.

    The irony of me choosing an AC 30 over a Fireball has been lost on you then? :)


  • #116
    judas101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭judas101


    obviously i wouldnt expect you to favour an AC 30 but dont poo poo the possibilty of others using it.

    great amps. pity about the reliability, and weight, and the numerous other drawbacks.


  • #117
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    judas101 wrote: »
    but dont poo poo the possibilty of others using it.

    I didn't.


  • #118
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    judas101 wrote: »
    i think you'd find a lot of guitarists would take an AC 30 over a fireball.
    Leave it plugged in too long and you'd end up with a fireball anyways ;)


  • #119
    judas101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭judas101


    zing!

    well ya gotta get those tubes cookin' right?


  • #120
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


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    Mmm, toobes. :)


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  • #121
    Quattroste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Quattroste


    Gotta love that Boogie!

    EDJA! Buy it man! Buy two, so you can have them on either side of the bed like bed side boogies :p


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