Budda Superdrive 80

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[mightyjoeyoungxnj]

Man I've always had my eye on Buddas. I think I would really enjoy it. I'd love a high gain plexi with a loop.

Plexi grind, more gain, a bit more modern feel. Accurate?? thanks!

-Joe

 

[cyndicate]

I've always wanted to try one out, Joe Bonamassa gets some nice tone with his

 

[ratter]

Man I've always had my eye on Buddas. I think I would really enjoy it. I'd love a high gain plexi with a loop.

Plexi grind, more gain, a bit more modern feel. Accurate?? thanks!

-Joe

Pretty accurate. Slightly more modern feel, not quite as punchy/raunchy. Rounder, clearer, maybe due to the 6L6s? Needs to be almost as loud as a plexi to really, really be at it's best. It was my main amp for 5 years. Sold it because I had a bad Marshall itch. Now that I've got one back (at a wonderfully ridiculous price) I remember why I didn't have any amp GAS for 5 years. And now I can send my Marshall off for a recap and cleanup and not miss it so much.

 

[mightyjoeyoungxnj]

Man I've always had my eye on Buddas. I think I would really enjoy it. I'd love a high gain plexi with a loop.

Plexi grind, more gain, a bit more modern feel. Accurate?? thanks!

-Joe

Pretty accurate. Slightly more modern feel, not quite as punchy/raunchy. Rounder, clearer, maybe due to the 6L6s? Needs to be almost as loud as a plexi to really, really be at it's best. It was my main amp for 5 years. Sold it because I had a bad Marshall itch. Now that I've got one back (at a wonderfully ridiculous price) I remember why I didn't have any amp GAS for 5 years. And now I can send my Marshall off for a recap and cleanup and not miss it so much.

Awesome man. How good is the loop?

-Joe

 

[ratter]

Man I've always had my eye on Buddas. I think I would really enjoy it. I'd love a high gain plexi with a loop.

Plexi grind, more gain, a bit more modern feel. Accurate?? thanks!

-Joe

Pretty accurate. Slightly more modern feel, not quite as punchy/raunchy. Rounder, clearer, maybe due to the 6L6s? Needs to be almost as loud as a plexi to really, really be at it's best. It was my main amp for 5 years. Sold it because I had a bad Marshall itch. Now that I've got one back (at a wonderfully ridiculous price) I remember why I didn't have any amp GAS for 5 years. And now I can send my Marshall off for a recap and cleanup and not miss it so much.

Awesome man. How good is the loop?

-Joe

I've never had a problem with it. I usually run my echoplex in the loop. But then the belt snapped yesterday, so I put my Ibanez echomachine (soundtank pedal) in the loop instead and it works great.

 

[mightyjoeyoungxnj]

Sounds good...

Make clips dude!

-Joe

 

[Buckeyedog]

I loved my SD80, and man it was one LOUD beast!! Would love to pick up another some day.

 

[yngzaklynch]

 

[Digital Jams]

Man you and Thump have both come full circle!

Congrats on getting one back at a good price

 

[EvilBatman]

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Congrats man. The SD80 is one of only 2 or 3 pieces of gear I've come to regret selling. Play the Hell out of it man.

 

[John4021]

sorry that I sold mine as well.
The SD80II is one of the best raw tone amps out there.
By the way,you scored that for a damn cheap price(ya rat bastard..lol)

 

[david simpson]

I know my SD30 is pure el84 goodness...

 

[stratotone]

I had an SD18 that killed for gigging - could crank it without having to hotplate it, only issue I had was that it was really hard to get the levels of the clean and lead channels set correctly.

 

[ratter]

I had an SD18 that killed for gigging - could crank it without having to hotplate it, only issue I had was that it was really hard to get the levels of the clean and lead channels set correctly.

Yeah, I don't run into that problem here at Madison Square Bedroom . But I've read about a mod that adds a separate volume control for the lead channel. That might do the trick.

 

[PeteLaramee]

I like that amp. It does one thing and does it well. There are a lot of players who use them around here - probably because they are designed by a local guy even though they are a California company.