Blades amps

[sleewell2]

dan knows tone

he has toured all over

 

[Mailman1971]

dan knows tone

he has toured all over

Well he is limited these days since the accident.

 

[VC4Ever]

So how many of you out there are getting your wallets sliced by the Blades?

 

[Mailman1971]

So how many of you out there are getting your wallets sliced by the Blades?

From guys that have PM'D me?
I know at least 10.

 

[thiswaythatway]

I profiled a Blades amp with my Kemper. Then a week later....I don't know, the Blades profile stopped working then my whole Kemper rig went up in a puff of smoke.

 

[Racerxrated]

People can spend their cash the way they want to. Used is pretty much the way I go anyway, but if resale is important to people they won't buy a new amp from Blades. If he's truly cloned a Cameron then his amps must sound great. Someone should reverse engineer one of his and sell their own line. They'd sell a ton..and wouldn't have to overcome the shitstorm that Blades started, and I'd bet he regrets it. He seriously has put a wall in front of himself the way he's gone about things. But I trust Jeff and Dan's tonal taste....the amp must be killer.

 

[Mailman1971]

really is a great amp.
I got my old one (Now Hilly has it) as a curiosity/joke/ ???
When I plugged in it was....
Shit isnt no joke.
Its the REAL DEAL!
Got another used one coming my way.

But Like mentioned.....everyone spends their hard earned money as see it fit.
No one has a gun to their head saying buy a blades. (Fire extinguisher optional)

I had zero problems with mine. But seems like it was 'proto #1" that burned up.
Guess he has the kinks worked out.

 

[dsr9118]

Just got my second blades this past Tuesday. I've got a Firebolt and now a Reaper and they both kill! Seems like a bunch of snobs that would rather trash someone busting their ass trying to build something better than to allow anyone to have an opinion contrary to their own. I've taken my Firebolt apart and the wiring job was spectacular and much cleaner than my Tri-Rec or JCM800. You want videos? I'll record and post some quality videos for ya but I hardly doubt the haters have the courage to admit they were wrong...

 

[Mailman1971]

Just got my second blades this past Tuesday. I've got a Firebolt and now a Reaper and they both kill! Seems like a bunch of snobs that would rather trash someone busting their ass trying to build something better than to allow anyone to have an opinion contrary to their own. I've taken my Firebolt apart and the wiring job was spectacular and much cleaner than my Tri-Rec or JCM800. You want videos? I'll record and post some quality videos for ya but I hardly doubt the haters have the courage to admit they were wrong...

Reaper. ......Damn I want that bad. Awesome man!

 

[sleewell2]

Seems like a bunch of snobs that would rather trash someone busting their ass trying to build something better than to allow anyone to have an opinion contrary to their own.

honestly this couldn't be farther from the truth. my main point is that he is a hypocrite. if you like the amp that is great and I am happy for you.

but the truth is that he came out slamming others for doing the exact mods he is doing now. he also slammed other builders for charging so much and now he is doing the exact same thing.

if you aren't aware of all the crazy lies he has told that is one thing, and again if your amp sounds good and you don't care that is cool too - all I was saying is that he is a hypocrite which is pretty hard to dispute.

 

[Mailman1971]

Not defending the guy. But I have also said shit in my past that I regret.
But I moved past it. I am sure the people I offended are still upset with what I said.
But fuck em.

 

[mooncobra]

Can anyone do a Blades clip thats not a overdone studio production ?

Billy doesn't seem to do a great job selling himself.

The band width on those amps are all high end with no headroom.

Not surprised.

The Mike Himmel clip sounds good, but there is a lot of studio magic in that clip. I would like to hear someone besides Billy plug straight into a Blades and do a demo. And you are right, Billy does poorly at selling himself.

 

[Racerxrated]

Seems like a bunch of snobs that would rather trash someone busting their ass trying to build something better than to allow anyone to have an opinion contrary to their own.

honestly this couldn't be farther from the truth. my main point is that he is a hypocrite. if you like the amp that is great and I am happy for you.

but the truth is that he came out slamming others for doing the exact mods he is doing now. he also slammed other builders for charging so much and now he is doing the exact same thing.

if you aren't aware of all the crazy lies he has told that is one thing, and again if your amp sounds good and you don't care that is cool too - all I was saying is that he is a hypocrite which is pretty hard to dispute.

Ain't no snobbery here. I read ALL the stupid insulting SHIT that moron wrote years back. He insulted people he's had no business insulting. Fact. He ripped off Cameron's circuit ...good for him I guess, IF he even got ripped off in the first place. I sat and read every thread on tgp, metro, Marshall forums...if you or anyone else read that horseshit most likely they'd feel the same as I and others do. Snobbery? Shit I've gone through 5 crate Stealths as a backup over the past 7 years. That a 200$ amp, no snobbery here. Truth is those of you who paid full price and expect to get good resale, ain't gonna happen. I'd never give him a dime. Used? Sure, after all it is a Cameron clone, right? But you'll be lucky to get 50% 2 weeks after buying it. Dude could have cornered the boutique high gain market if he wasn't such an ass. He started this before Friedman took off. Too bad.

 

[hstlaurent]

I profiled a Blades amp with my Kemper. Then a week later....I don't know, the Blades profile stopped working then my whole Kemper rig went up in a puff of smoke.

Dude, you just infected your kemper with a Slicing Blade virus ... !!!

 

[mooncobra]

If something sounds good, rock the shit out of it. I've heard enough clips myself that if I got one for a good enough price, I'd buy it. I've never really gave two shits what people thought of me in real life so I wouldn't let a forum sway me away from solid tone. The other guitarist in my band plays a flextone 2 for crying out loud. Somehow, he makes it sound alright. The only thing I'd like to know is how it sounds in a band setting. That seems to be where amps fall apart from my experience. Just my 2 cents.

I would not care what anyone thought of me if I owned a Blades, but that is not it. I would not contribute to Blades himself, he is such a maniacal megalomaniac that I could never do it. The fact that he attacked everyone imaginable including the likes of Friedman, and Fortin for no reason other than the names of their amps, and made up such preposterous lies trying to pump up his image, is totally mad. But to me the worst is how he went out, got a Cameron, copied it exactly and then just started selling them as Blades amps. Hee didn't have the electrical experience, didn't know anything, didn't put in all the years that all the guys who do mods and build amps do. Some of those guys have spent MANY years tweaking this circuit, reworking that one, and then doing it all over trying to discover great tone. Billy just went out and copied someone else's work. The reason he states for doing it is that Cameron stole his amp, the amp builders CHARGE TOO MUCH(he said he would never charge anywhere near those guys, about half price), and that ALL of the modders/builders were reaping the benefits of Jose's circuit without giving him credit and figuring out their own mods. Well, hate to break it to you, but he did EVERY single thing he raged about the other guys for doing. His hypocrisy knows no bounds and he ripped off someone's circuit, exactly! I could never contribute to someone like that. Poor form.

 

[mooncobra]

So how many of you out there are getting your wallets sliced by the Blades?

From guys that have PM'D me?
I know at least 10.

10 guys pm's you saying they own Blades?? Wow, that's a lot more than I thought would own them. Do they not want people to know they own a Blades?

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

So how many of you out there are getting your wallets sliced by the Blades?

From guys that have PM'D me?
I know at least 10.

10 guys pm's you saying they own Blades?? Wow, that's a lot more than I thought would own them. Do they not want people to know they own a Blades?

Jesus who would want to? This place would fricken make some people commit suicide with the verbal pounding!
When I did the chords for our premier guitar interview at Egnater, I nearly left the Internet due to the verbal abuse I had to read online about it! No questions about the amp the features just my playing sucked and so on and so on!

 

[mooncobra]

Just got my second blades this past Tuesday. I've got a Firebolt and now a Reaper and they both kill! Seems like a bunch of snobs that would rather trash someone busting their ass trying to build something better than to allow anyone to have an opinion contrary to their own. I've taken my Firebolt apart and the wiring job was spectacular and much cleaner than my Tri-Rec or JCM800. You want videos? I'll record and post some quality videos for ya but I hardly doubt the haters have the courage to admit they were wrong...

Do it man, Post some vids, but don't clean it up in the studio first. Just play the amp and show us some different settings. I have never said it sounds bad. I am sure it sounds good, he copied a Cameron, and the Camerons I have owned were awesome, they all sounded great. I have never trashed Billy for trying to bust his ass. I have just stated the real and truthful facts about what he has done and said to people, including all his lies, fabrications, delusions and attacks. I mean really, do you think other amp lines really went to Billy and begged him not to start an amp line because he would put them out of business? Do you think other builders secretly went to Billy and said, "people are destroying Jose's good name, Billy, you are the one that can change that and turn it all around!" Do you think he really donated all his profits to charity to cleanse the dirtiness he felt when he started modding and building amps, and continues to donate his profits to charity? I am not, nor do I care if someone has an opinion different than my own. Are you aware of the full history of Blades?? just google billy blades amps or read through this entire thread, there are links and even exerts from one of Billy's insane manifesto's. I have never said his amps sound like shit. The Mike Himmel demo sounds good. His youtube vids that he says are Cameron mods, some of those do sound like shit. But the clips of the firebolt I have heard (only a couple and were cleaned in the studio) sounded great. I would really like to hear some firebolt vids just plugged straight into the amp.

 

[mooncobra]

So how many of you out there are getting your wallets sliced by the Blades?

From guys that have PM'D me?
I know at least 10.

10 guys pm's you saying they own Blades?? Wow, that's a lot more than I thought would own them. Do they not want people to know they own a Blades?

Jesus who would want to? This place would fricken make some people commit suicide with the verbal pounding!
When I did the chords for our premier guitar interview at Egnater, I nearly left the Internet due to the verbal abuse I had to read online about it! No questions about the amp the features just my playing sucked and so on and so on!

You used to work for Egnater? That's cool, what did you do there?

 

[ElectricVoodoo]

Just be done with the debacle and save yourselves the stress.
Go and purchase an EVH 5153 50 and find peace and tranquility.