skoora
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Anyone still loving their Snorkler? Played one today and it was a hoot.
Eazy-ESP
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What does everyone like about them? I watched demos and wasn’t wowed. Please let me know the style of thing you think they excel at.
skoora
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Rock n Roll and heavier rock but not precise metal. Very mid forward, almost like a laser. But quite tweakable. Green gain can be a real nice clean or medium to verging on hard rock sound and red can be a bright jangle to flamethrower. The bright switch is really effective and doesn’t sound dull when off, if you want to warm it up but still cut. I couldn’t figure out what the deep switch was doing as when off, it really neuters the amp. I would leave it on all the time and adjust the knob to taste. I think it would crush in a live band or recording mix. It just feels alive and wants to jump out if you have the confidence to lay into it.
Some amps you plug into and it just puts a stupid smile on your face once you dial it. This was one of them.
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braintheory
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Yes still really enjoy mine. Had it for half a year so far
DanTravis62
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All the clips i've heard sound awesome. Curious to hear everyone's opinions.
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braintheory
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It just has a very chewy, rich, saturated modded Marshall-y tone that’s a lot of fun to play through and also feels very easy and good to play. Somewhat sticky feel. It’s just a very easy amp to like. It works very well for many styles of rock and up to imo ‘80’s metal
peterc52
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Yup!
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braintheory
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I think you’d probably really like it. It’s one of those amps where imo the clips show its tone well vs in person. I like it even more than the Helios fwiw
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tonedog
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I love it. GREAT rock amp. Everyone of my guitar playing buddies who have played mine love it. Hard to find anything not to like about it.
MetalHeadMike
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You're use of the words chewy and sticky in the same paragraph stirs my loins. If only they made it in a 100w...
skoora
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I think it would make an amazing punk rock amp. Between the green and the red gains there’s some decent versatility on what kind of punk rock. You can tell why it was used on several albums that don’t necessarily sound the same.
DanTravis62
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That's probably what appeals to me about it. It's got more mids and snarl and is less dark than most bogner stuff, and it's just more my thing
skoora
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It’s definitely put me into “what would I be OK selling to get this thing” mode. But I also played a pretty nice Les Paul today as well, which doesn’t help, as I am sans Paul.
DanTravis62
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Fuck man. Sans paul is not a good place to be. You always gotta have one
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tonedog
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Unless something changed there is no green channel. Blue and Red. That said who gives a fuck. Sounds tremendous.
LPMojoGL
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Played an old Marshall with a Bogner blue board mod, that was supposedly the same as the og Snorkler, anticipating that I'd buy it.
Didn't love it. Lots of mids, kind of congested unless cranked, not the most dynamic. Kind of like most of the Bogners I've had. I had lengthy a Bogner phase, buying most of the different models. Loved them, but eventually found that they're not my preferred feel or sound.
Didn't love it. Lots of mids, kind of congested unless cranked, not the most dynamic. Kind of like most of the Bogners I've had. I had lengthy a Bogner phase, buying most of the different models. Loved them, but eventually found that they're not my preferred feel or sound.
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tonedog
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I have been around the block with all the various models of pretty much everything that came out in the 90s and ever since including all the Bogners and beyond as well as a shit load of modded Marshalls by the usual suspects over the years but always come back to Bogners as they sound and feel good to me. All of this amp shit is just important as a way to find your sound and not have to think as it is what you hear in your head.
Here is my current batch of Bogners!
Here is my current batch of Bogners!
skoora
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My bad, that’s what I meant for the cleaner setting..Blue it is. Mentally stuck on amps using green even after playing the damn thing
skoora
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Technically I have a Junior but I haven’t had a standard or custom in 20 years. In my gigging life it was all I played. But I’ve had my two V’s since then. Grew to love them and didn’t feel the LP void. Now I miss it. But with Gibson it’s so rare to find one where the fit/finish, tone and price align, so, I wait.
I think I would have bought a STD in the last few years but for their tiny frets. Not paying 400 or more for frets after spending 2500-3K.
grimmchaos
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Still dig the crap out of mine.. think I got mine back at the end of October. I've been on a Recto kick lately, but the Snorkler is my favorite modded Marshall style amp I've owned, to the point where I might even sell my '96 101B. The Snorkler snarls, has just enough low end, and feels great under the fingers.