To be honest I haven't seen many negative reviews on the Empress pedal yet. Most seem to be pretty positive from what i've seen but I may not have looked around as much as you OP.
Hey all,
What would you choose between these two if they were the same price? Curious to see how people compare the III vs the IV. Curious as well what the "best" revisions are for these two amps. Don't see those comparisons as much. I've only ever owned a Mark V and wasn't crazy about it...
I picked up a late 97 101b in December with the Mercury Magnetics transformer in it. Got it off a guy on TGP. Definitely a killer amp. Had to replace the headshell and was able to reach Jorg and get it shipped up to Canada pretty quick. Footswitch is being a bit finicky on me for the two boosts...
Thank you for a great write up!
Did Fedex deliver it? They did the same to a 101b I just got delivered. Cracked the whole bottom side of the headshell. Filed a claim with them so we will see how it goes.
I saw this article. That is very helpful. I was kind of going down the same path when I was playing with tone knobs on the 101b. I was able to get it to not sound muddy / muffled and had pretty good attack to it.
Hey everyone,
I've beefed up my amp collection recently. I have a late 90's Bogner 101b, Fryette Deliverance D60 I, and a Friedman BE100 DLX in my collection and have been using them through a Mesa Recto 2x12 with V30s in it. I've been thinking about getting a 4x12. I've only heard good things...
I have to be honest i'd have no idea how to verify one from the 90's vs other periods. The whole system using symbols for the serial number doesn't seem to be clear and I'm not aware of a database to verify what that serial number indicates.
I've got a Mark V, but looks like the common theme of Mark series, SLO, and XTC here. Haven't been able to try the Soldano or Bogner but definitely sounds like I need to!