Herbert has always been my favorite Diezel.
I was playing one a lot in Orlando seven years ago.
The Rectifier I just consider part of the basic guitar vocabulary. Everyone knows that sound.
I live about 15 miles from where they make the Maxi. I have seen them used for sale once. The price wasn't worth the difference new price.
I'm kind of interested in the Orange MKII.
I remember about 96' I joined a band that I didn't know any of the songs and we did a show in front of 7000 four days later. I improvise everything, even the rhythm parts. I don't have much hesitation. I could do a show tonight without knowing any of the material. I have done it many times.
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I had a IIB, IIC+, III Red and still have a IVA. I bought them all new when they came out. Ironically the man I sold the III Red to suicide. The man he sold it to was murdered.
The Marshall amps are long gone. I still have the Tremoverb.
I do have amps that clone or part of JTM, JMP and JCM. My amp preferences change all the time.
I have been using a THD Univalve lately. Minimal parts in the circuit for maximum touch sensitivity. Power amp roar and crunch. Turn it up to infinite sustain and control everything with the guitar. Tight as a Hiwatt. More harmonics in phase than a Vox. Cuts better than a Marshall.
I had a similar experience with my Sig X. It felt under gained. The issue turned out to be the bias in the poweramp was set too low. Once it was set to the recommended bias the feel and sound all came back.
Pretty much all the Fryette amps are slight variations of 4 preamp. 2 clean. All the amps have one or the other. The UL II is going to have both. 2 high gain. The Deliverance is based on the lower gain / more bass of the two high gain. All of them have The same amount of gain that are based on...