They take boosts extremely well, that’s true, but still wasn’t enough for it to be a keeper for me vs my other amps, but it was up against some steep competition (one of which was a Wizard)
Depends on what tonal or feel aspects you care about. I always try to stay away from hyperbole or saying anything is the best ever, but imo the Wizards are way ahead in sounding organic and raw like older amps. I don’t find Fryette’s/VHT’s to be processed sounding per se like Engl’s or JVM’s, but leaning more in that direction vs Wizard’s for sure and they have this thing in the highs that I interpret as a little brittle/not organic. I found the wizards I’ve had to be more open, clear and punchy, but not necessarily by miles. With clarity, similar, but in detail/nuance wizards win easily imo with that more more raw/organic sound that tends to always come with more detail/nuance to the notes
Mine I think is in the 120’s and one of my top 5 high gainers I’ve tried for my taste, but pretty opposite flavor of any Wizard or Fryette/VHT
Yes I’ve lost recently trying a couple epic amp virginities lately lol, but I’ll keep those other ones off here. Just gotta try at some point a real Trainwreck now. I’ll post on ig some iPhone vids of them. I tried playing one of your things on it (with my twists lol) and yes none of my other amps cut it for that stuff. It is what it is. Some memory slip ups as there often are when I’m being filmed lol
Should also mention now that I’ve tried it, how much more badly you need to have white voice coil gb’s in your life as well as JBL D120F’s. Other speakers probably won’t cut it after lol
It does. Despite me being sloppy, it made me feel still like a much better player than I am. I have a Hermansson clip too. Wish I took clips of other stuff too, but oh well
I know you're feelings towards the lack of growl and totally get it in regards to the 16 MTL I had, as I felt it was flat in the mids...just very neutral without any particular growl or snarl. The three MCIIs I've owned all had a dominant low mid growl and upper mid snarl which is one of my favorite attributes of those amps. The KT150 MCII MK2 I recently acquired is extremely aggressive sounding in that regard. I understand the Recto growl, which is it's own thing all together and that is killer too.
I never found them stiff or unforgiving either and would agree about many Diezel’s feeling stiffer despite sounding less stiff. I’ve though found other amps that have the notes jump out even more and faster than the Fryette’s IME. For my taste I just prefer amps that have more growl/roar on powerchords and more overall tonal complexity, but I don’t particularly think the Hermansson’s and Wizard’s are that great in that regard either
I’ve only had an MCI with C transformers (supposedly more Marshall-y or raw from what I’ve heard, but idk). I found it similarly hollow/bland in the mids and lack of growl as my 2016 MTL, just a lot more present in the mids & uppermids, but not more growl or complex tone in those frequencies. Maybe I’d like the MCII’s more, but the clips I’ve heard seem to sound like how I remember my MCI being. For growl, the Recto’s, especially my Rev C & D are some of my all time favorites. Very throaty
Unearth's "Stings of Conscience" and "Endless" EP's are Fryette. I have also seen them live a few times back in the day using both Ultra-lead's and Deliverances and their tone was crushing! That said, apparently Ken Susi never really loved the Fryette stuff. An Ultra-lead is also all over Slipknot's "Iowa" album.
