Former Bogner ecstacy owners.. what replaced it?

[Kapo_Polenton]

Hearing some great clips of the ecstacy.. the blue channel sounds like an analogue orgasm in my ear. So I ask myself, if you had one, what made you move it on? What replaced it? I know they are not voiced with as much top end bite as say a Marshall.. they are however, probably more forgiving than someone like me who is used to 800's. Is this accurate?

Second part of my question.. have any of you A/B'd the blue channel of the real deal vs a bogner pedal? What were your thoughts?

Let's discuss...

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

This was short but got me thinking.. sounds like the pedal had a bit more bite (which i liked!)

 

[Badronald]

Good question. I use Bogner Red pedals through my JTM45. Is it enough Bogner DNA to negate buying an Ecstacy?

I'm sure GAS made guys move on. Not likely something "better".

 

[garey77]

I replaced mine w/a CCV.

 

[jcj]

I've had a couple.

Moved them because I could never get a balance I liked (long term) between the channels.

A blue channel with a hair more gain, would have been great; never was in love with feel of the red channel.

Dig the sound of others playing them, just not for me.

Replaced by Camerons, and Cornford; now just Cornford.

 

[Ventura]

Nothing's replacing my 20thA-X

 

[Greazygeo]

Wizard Modern Classic sent mine off with it's tail between it's legs. Never liked the feel of it….too saggy. Blue channel was decent, just could never get it where I wanted it. Red channel was unusable. Don't miss it at all. Still have the Wizard and use it all the time.

 

[zewango]

Soldano SLO but could of kept either.

 

[PBGas]

I'm still trying to get one!

Hard to justify it though as the one I have instead of it is fantastic.

 

[metalmaniac93]

Well, it was supposed to be a CCV, but everyone knows that story. So my Dan Gower KK++ modded Marshall JCM 800 replaced the Bogner XTC 101B.

 

[supersonic]

I have moved sideways from my XTC, I still own it but side stepped to a Friedman Marsha and now Axe II. The XTC is my all time favorite and can't be duplicated but the AxeII is just so god damn convenient and power full.

 

[BackCrack]

I had an early white chassis 101B (w/switchable speaker outputs) at one time. I got rid of it after picking up a Soldano Lucky 13 head that Mike had turned the lead channel into a volcano.

 

[steve_k]

I've had a couple.

Moved them because I could never get a balance I liked (long term) between the channels.

A blue channel with a hair more gain, would have been great; never was in love with feel of the red channel.

Dig the sound of others playing them, just not for me.

^^^^^ exactly.

 

[garey77]

Nothing's replacing my 20thA-X

I have heard that the palm muting is better w/this amp than the late model 101b's… what say ye?

 

[Ventura]

Nothing's replacing my 20thA-X

I have heard that the palm muting is better w/this amp than the late model 101b's… what say ye?

It's all subjective I think. Who's to say my idea of phat palm mutes is the same as the next guy's, know what I mean? I will say, I opted for the EL34 20thA and it's a killer, killer amp. Does a lot of stuff with great tone across the board. Blue is killer, LOUD. Red is tight and big. And then all the micro adjustments are over the top.

It's a great amp. I know some guys who favor the 101B, I know some 101B guys who traded back for a 100B. I know some guys who love only the Classic. So it's all subjective. The amp for me does everything better than I will ever push beyond. It's a helluva lot of amp. The thing that's been said about it is "it's hard to make it sound bad", and that's really a truthful summary. It really sounds incredible.

 

[Rayneman]

I replaced mine w/a CCV.

I did the same. Love the CCV, but I'd still like another XTC.

 

[stratotone]

One of the few amps I've owned that I never have even thought of selling. It's my desert island amp... every channel isn't perfect but overall it's damn near unbeatable for me.

 

[Anonymous]

I replaced my Classic with a 101b, which got replaced by a 20th, which got replaced by an older 101b

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

I had a 101B way back in '98 and when I got bit by the Lukather bug, I sold it and bought a Rivera Bonehead. BIG regret.

 

[spirit7]

Never selling my 20th. It truly does everything excellently, and my other amps just give different flavours

-C