Anyone ever see one of these?? George Dennis "The Blue"

[GITTarzann]

Been a long time since I geeked out on a piece of gear!

I stumbled on this amp and the price was so incredible that I decided to take a chance and ship it across the world.

I WAS playing a Friedman Jake

I think I found my new amp

From what the schematic looks like

Ch1,2 and 3 are nearly identical preamps to
*Twin,
*800 with a hi/lo gain
*SLO

Channel 4 adds two more triodes to CH 3 for 8
*SLO++??

I 4CM my Fractal and all the drives I had programmed for my Jake sound killer!

Fun amp built around 2000 ish


I just need to find the midi commands

 

[GITTarzann]

Figured midi out

 

[Monkey Man]

No need to create 2 threads on this to ask the same question bro'.

Just sayin'.

 

[Eazy-ESP]

Obscure amp. Never heard of it.

 

[GITTarzann]

No need to create 2 threads on this to ask the same question bro'.

Just sayin'.

It was two questions in my head

#1 Basic forum...has anyone heard of it?

#2 Techy stuff ... Midi help?


I'll go away again for 10 years or so

 

[ZEEGLER]

I almost bought one years ago. I know nothing about it, but it was cheap and looked interesting. In the end I didn't pull the trigger.

 

[Devin]

I've come close to buying GD amps several times over the years but never did.


Always heard they were awesome and were being sold used cheap af back then


Hit us with some clips!

 

[GITTarzann]

It was SOOOO inexpensive. I paid half for a midi switcher for my Friedman.

I think under 500 were made. If you ever see one, I'd recommend grabbing it. I'd never heard of it, but I found a schematic that looked legit so I did it

Seriously, it is going to sideline my Friedman Jake for the now

Ill see about clips

 

[Findthetone1]

He really dropped the ball with marketing by not calling the amp "The Menace"

 

[ZEEGLER]

Clips will be required.

 

[bubucci]

They were made in Czech Republic, so they are local to me. We used to call them George Penis - There was Blue Beatle and 4-channel Mighty Mouse and they were usually combos. Not great/not terrible...

 

[JohnnyGtar]

A LONG time ago, I was at NAMM in Anaheim and a guy was playing through a tiny George Dennis amp. I said "That sounds like an old Fender!" and the guy next to me said "It really does sound like an old Fender". I looked over to see who said that, and it was Tony Levin. Validation? Oh, yeah. LOL

 

[GITTarzann]

George Dennis first turn on

My buddy asked for a video right after I unboxed it

I thought it sounded like Kick Start so I gave it a go...morphed into Satch butchery

I think it sounds pretty good for un-dialed phone video

 

[stratjacket]

Cool. Never heard of it.

 

[Dave L]

Various George Dennis stuff did float around a bit in the 90s here in Europe, I have seen that particular model a few times but I can´t recall ever playing it. I assume it was intended to steal a smidge of the JCM 900/2000 market and I recall it was priced about the same, much in the same segment as the original Laney VH100R, the Engl Blackmore or the Rocktron TOL. Multi-channel do-it-all amps with a Marshall-ish bent to them that don´t cost a fortune. You could probably throw in the Peavey Ultra/JSX/XXX lineage there too.

The VH100R probably is the most forgotten gem of all, actually, a forum favorite from the era you can buy for a couple hundred these days Andy Timmons used it for a while before he settled with vintage Marshalls and the Mesas, which does say something, and there were some other pros that flirted with it for a bit... Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Mastodon...

 

[GITTarzann]

In 2002, List was around €2,000 for this head with midi

To each their own

I've had lots of great channel switchers... Bogner 100B I sold to Krueger, a couple 101B's and a 101A, a great Guytron head I worked with Guy Hedrick in the invention of the voicing mod, Splawn, VHT, Mark's, Lonestars, Dr. Z, and on...

I play a Friedman right now

I don't agree we think Peavey being it's equal analogy

I'd sell my Friedman first without hesitation