Agreed. I tried quite a few Matchless’s and didn’t like any of themOh I forgot how much I hated the Matchless DC30. So unpleasant sounding. The regular Vox stuff was so much nicer IMHO.
Oh I forgot how much I hated the Matchless DC30. So unpleasant sounding. The regular Vox stuff was so much nicer IMHO.
Oh I forgot how much I hated the Matchless DC30. So unpleasant sounding. The regular Vox stuff was so much nicer IMHO.
Ah yeah I forgot about Milkman. I AB’ed it (the creamer model) with a real ‘65 Deluxe Reverb and it mopped the floor with the milkman and was also cheaper. Even the guy at the store clearly knew it, but just didn’t say anything. It basically sounded like a sterile recording of the deluxe reverb sitting next to it. It totally lacked all the sparkle, dynamics and life of the ‘65 Deluxe Reverb. I felt embarrassed for that amp. As great those old Deluxe’s are though I found the ‘64 Vibroverb to still be the king and head and shoulders above the other models for the sparkly Blackface cleans and lush reverbOnce tried a Two Rock and a Milkman at some dudes house.
Talk about fucking over-priced, over-hyped BS.
I'd take a decent Fender Deluxe over both of them.
Really?I forgot about the B-52 AT100.
Holy shit!! Busted out laughing reading this!! Backstage plus was my first amp too!’ Horrible!!Peavey Backstage Plus. My first amp. There was no possibly way to dial out the 'MUD' on this amp, even with the bass knob at 0! And the distortion just embarrassing. This amp nearly caused me to give up on guitar completely at the very beginning. Luckily, a friend at work talked me in to driving up to ACE Music in Miami and buying the new rack amp that Mesa Boogie had just released, the Studio Preamp with a 295 simulclass power amp. Had to mow lawns in South Florida for 6 months to pay off the credit card but what an upgrade!!!! Still have the rig too. My first Real amp!
Not a clone. An original design by Bruce Egnater.I am glad someone brought this up
I used to see these on CL all the time. I always wondered what they were trying to be. I think they were some clone of something
Chinese built/Cheap Chinese components made it unreliable so I got rid of it.
That amp is VERY hard to dial in and there's a lot of room for error, but there's a spot on the dials that sounds good. Ola made it sound pretty chunky and brutal in one of his vids.Krankestein +. I got a matching half stack and couldn’t get a decent tone out of it no matter what. It was like the full sweep of the knobs did very little to get away from the awful, muddy distortion. The cab wasn’t half bad with other amps but that head sucked ass
Krank Krankenstein
AGREED! I remember back in late '06-'08 when they were endorsing a ton of metalcore bands I liked at the time and then they released the KT88 version so I jumped on it. Fkn terrible amp. Sounded so harsh. You couldn't dial out any of the fizz. Not much thump, although not quite thin either. So funny how much of a legend Dime is yet had the worst sounding signal chain ever! (minus the Digitech Whammy and Furman PQ3). Just goes to show you its all in the playing.Krankestein +. I got a matching half stack and couldn’t get a decent tone out of it no matter what. It was like the full sweep of the knobs did very little to get away from the awful, muddy distortion. The cab wasn’t half bad with other amps but that head sucked ass
Shit. I was at guitar center a few years back and played the yamaha thr or some shit. some lunchbox gimmick. It was pretty bad too.
That amp is VERY hard to dial in and there's a lot of room for error, but there's a spot on the dials that sounds good. Ola made it sound pretty chunky and brutal in one of his vids.
Yup, they dial in in a very similar manner too. The Krankenstein is based off of a modified Revolution head that Dime used live. They (Krankenstein) have a lot of sweep on the dials, so it's easy to sound bad, but they can sound huge and very clear when used right.I'm not sure how similar the Krankenstein is to the Revolution, but that's exactly as I would describe my Rev 1. It's got some awesome tones in there, but they're tricky to find, and the amp is VERY picky about what speakers you pair it with. When you get it right, it's very chunky and aggressive with massive low end thump. Definitely NOT muddy.