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If you ever get a chance to try the original 58/15 pickups that came out in 2015, but discontinued shortly after, definitely give them a go: clear, balanced and super versatile. Before I tried them in a 2015 McCarty I picked up, I was absolutely in the camp that automatically yanked PRS...

Oh no. Bad customer service? Luckily, I never had to deal with them when I had mine....

I really liked my old Triamp mkII. As I have said before, is it going to offer a guitar forum gear head with a room full of old Marshalls, Hiwatts, Wizards, Larry's, etc something he needs? Probably not. But mine could do alot of things well for a channel switcher, felt good to play and was...

Chris Hannah - Propagandhi Johnny Marr - The Smiths Chris Rest - RKL/Lagwagon Brent & Mark Belke - SNFU Peter Buck - R.E.M

Great description; exactly how I feel about them. Tight and articulate like most BK pickups, but the way the mids are voiced make them super versatile, easy to play (no weird freqs getting in the way of your playing). Really some of the best new pickups I have tried in a while. I have a set of...

So you would put your Ecstasy above your Wizard? I have not had the pleasure of owning or playing a Larry. I think for me, I would put my Wizard stuff above my old Ecstasy overall, but being without a 101b for a couple years now just makes me think they are just different and excel at...

Absolutely. With the A/Ab switch, new/old voicing, bright cap switches and low/hi inputs you can really find tons of great low to mid gain tones in the Ecstasy. And while it does have the signature Bogner low-mid growl, you can absolutely dial in some great Marshall and modded Marshall tones...

'99 Mesa Recto cab with accompanying 8ohm Mesa V30's.

Congrats! The SSV2 is the probably my favorite Friedman that I have owned. The SS channel on that amp is a masterpiece and definitely had attributes in common with the blue channel on my old '96 Ecstasy, namely the woody attack and great feel. Voicing wise, it does have a bit more Marshall in...

I still have a w800 and was surprised how close I can get to it in feel and tone with my MCII on the rythm channel with the blackat and boost engaged. My RS is a bit different than my w800. It is both more vintage in voicing and has a bit more gain on tap. With the voicing options, it can also...

Agreed man! I feel like the RS is an amp a ton of guys would really love if they tried it. That said, most players, if they are ponying up money for a Wizard (in most cases a first/only Wizard) they are going to get an MC/MTL/Hellrazor. And I get that. But I do love mine and it is certainly...

Awesome man! I am still loving mine; a more vintage voiced/feeling Wizard with a lot of ways to sculpt your tone. I actually set mine up very similar to how you have yours. The RS can get absurdly bright and mid-forward if you want it to.

Peavey 5150/5150II/JSX/XXX/VTM/ULTRA Hughes & Kettner Triamp mkI and mkII Marshall Jcm 2000 DSL and JVM 210 and 205 Mesa DC 50, Stiletto and RA 100

Define "better". An SLO is a modern classic for good reason. And I don't think modern SLO derivatives/analogues like a Mezzabarba or modded SLO type amps like a KSR (owned both....still own a KSR) do what a real deal SLO 100 does.

Mezzabarba Trinity

1) My Wizards. Can't pick a favorite. They all fit how I play just perfectly, just in slightly different colors. 2) Mesa Boogie mkIV. My favorite Mesa and I have now owned a bunch of them. THE modern mark sound IMO. 3) Bogner Ecstasy 101b. Other top amps: Fryette pittbull ultra lead, Soldano...

There was some of that back then for sure. I mean, there just wasn't as much stuff available overall, so when you combine that with an amp doing something novel/unique combined with rarity....you get hype. Taking a VH4, for example, in 2002 not many players would have played one in N.America...

Ya...the amp hype train is real. Go a little earlier and I remember when Diezel VH4's were touted as the "be all, end all" high gainer. Around that same time, everybody raved about SLO's still. Friedman came a little later, but for sure guys were hyping them up as the pinnacle of high gain...

Agreed. I played around with Tungsols as well and ended up taking them out (went with ehx 7025's) as it was too gainy. Even then I don't think I ever needed to go above 12 o'clock for enough gain/saturation for leads or thrash style playing. Then again, I am not really a gainiac.

This all day long. You can absolutely dial in an Ecstasy 101b, sans boost, to do killer, tight, aggressive metal tones. I had a '96 Ecstasy where the red channel has less gain than later 101b's and Anniversary models and I could dial up some great hardcore and thrash tones on it.