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I have owned both the V1 and V2...so I guess I didn't hang on to them. Lol! That said, I would rank them right up there as my favorite production model Friedmans, for sure! Between the V1 and V2, they are honestly pretty similar overall in terms of tone and feel.

I could see a reissue response go like this: First, the YouTube "usual suspects" (Fluff, Ola, etc) get the 2C+ reissue. Their reviews are of course, rave reviews. The 2C+ reissue is dead nuts like a superb old C+ example. Then, amps start getting into player's hands and we see a mixed bag of...

I own a Core NF3 and it is fantastic. I bought it new for I think 1600 Canadian in 2017. It plays great, but those narrowfields are amazing: clear and punchy across all strings. They also rip under gain!

I would be grabbing a mkiv or mkiii combo.

A good boost, eq in the loop, good noise suppressor. I have done this dance with both 5150 and old Rectos and it works great for what I play (skate punk, melodic hardcore). Boost obviously tightens things up and adds some aggression and the suppressor obviously kills noise, but an eq in the loop...

That is an amp that I won't try multiple times, because for the key reason you stated, just will not work with my playing. At all. They absolutely sound great. And I have a couple friends who rip on them. But that 'squish' is just an overcompressed smear to me and if you have any attack in...

Exactly like my old 2001 VH4. Outside of it feeling a bit better to play, I do prefer the "modern" VH4 which is a bit tighter and brighter and with more range on ch2 and better rythm capability on ch4.

I know there is not a lot of PRS love around here, but my fave is my JA-15 model.

Rectos would be in that camp for me, as well as Diezels in general. My first recto I bought new in 1999, a Rev G. I think the Mesa sound and response in my head was more like a Mark series....and a Recto is the opposite of that! Lol! Now, at the time (and for quite a number of years after), I...

Ya, I was just thinking with all the amps I have owned and tried over the years, I have never plugged in to any Orange Rockerverb iteration.

I am really digging my KSR Colossus as a modern, multi-channel amp. Always like to have one in the stable. It has a great clean channel, a very awesome and unique sounding crunch channel. For its two lead/high gain channels, lead 1 reminds me of a smoother, tighter SLO vibe while lead 2 reminds...

If this were me, and keeping tone + budget in mind: Triple Rec, mk3 Herbie, ENGL, REVV in that order. And of that list, I would put the Rec and Herbie a fair bit higher than the 3rd placed ENGL. I probably would not consider the REVV at all....I really disliked both the feel and tone of the...

I think it is because we inherently gravitate to the guitar sounds we grew up with that had the biggest musical impact. So if you were a 70's/80's kid, that was probably a humbucker equipped strat or Gibson into a Marshall or Marshall related amp (some exceptions, obviously). The Diezels are...

Absolutely. Fryette's period are great for down tuned metal!

Yup, the Hiwatt for me as well. When @thegame Mentioned open amps cutting through a mix better than more compressed amps, I immediately thought back to my early punk rock days in the mid 90's with my band playing shows with a 4 hole DR 504.

This post makes me chuckle. Not because you are wrong, but because it brings back an early band memory from the early 00's that fits this exact scenario. Our other guitar player picked up a Herbert mk1. He would play on channel 2+ or 3 with the depth up and that mid cut way up. Only way he was...

Between these two amps? Herbert. The Herbert is a versatile beast and while it can do thrash stuff, I do think Marks inherently do the fast stuff better. Herbert is a huge, "wall of sound" style amp, so it takes a bit more careful eq'ing to get there. IME anyways. I am also in the camp that...

I have never had much luck with them either!

Dude I am jealous. A buddy has one of those and ya....sounds amazing. You are spot on with it being the massive sounding 1x12! He also has an mk50 amp....also very very killer!

Really great question. I have gone both amp where to minimalist back to where I am now, which is somewhere in between. The journey started once I got my Ultra Lead in the early 00's. I LOVED that amp, but instead of being satisfied....it gave me a hunger to try out everything. So then came a...