Hey guys,
First off, I haven't been to this forum in about 9 months after selling my Mod 50. I had a Mod 50 for about 8 months and really loved it but I had a T/D and COD module and was not really bonding with the COD. I am not much of a gear tweaker/swapper, more of a plug and play type so I didn't try out any other modules. I know, my loss but at $400 a module and a few weeks to get one I didn't have the extra money or time to experiment. I gig about 2-3 times a week and don't like carrying a pedalboard or rack equipment--I am already bringing the PA equip.
Anyway, I play blues rock and am using an Allen Old Flame with either a 212 or 410 config and am pretty happy with it however, I do need to carry a pedalboard in order to get the fuzz/distortion tones that I need. Also, the Allen is 40 watts and tube rectified--it sounds killer but I feel i need something else with some more punch and power. I have been looking for an amp that can do really good cleans, on the edge of clean and flat out jimi / srv type distortion with lots of sustain and power. I play with a few drummers, some which are heavy hitters so an amp capable of 100 watts is a good plus.
Which brings me to...the Egnater Tourmaster.
About a year ago, before I bought my Mod 50, I was playing around in a GC and tried the Tourmaster. I was not looking for a new amp but instantly fell in love with the capability and tones coming from the tourmaster. It acually made me all giddy playing that thing for 2+ hours and accessing all the tones I needed. Also, the features are pretty impressive and the digital reverb, which some say is understated, to me sits perfectly where it should--in the background. It was that tourmaster that led me to the mod 50. I had done alot of research online and found mostly qc issues with the then-new made in china line. That research led me to the mod 50 so I bought it. Now fast forward to yesterday. Until now I have been playing the allen old flame but am looking for something else that will do more in terms of versatility. I was at GC yesterday and played the tourmaster again (after not playing one in about a year) and fell in love with it again--and that's after playing fenders, mesas, and marshalls yesterday! The Tourmaster just sounds about perfect for me with tons of features I think will be usefull at the gigs. And I think, is sounds way better than the MESA's I have tried. electra-dyne, lonestar, express 550.
I want a TM head and 212 cab but I am really worried about the reliability of these. The amp seems perfect with one exception, reliability and customer service. I am not a bedroom player, nor do my amps get placed in a studio and don't move. They are gigged hard, sometimes at really high volume, the footswitches are going to get used and stomped on. The amps will get banged around--no matter how carefull you are with them, if you are a gigging musician that is going to happen. I want to hear from other TM users who are out there gigging. Does the TM keep up? Have you had any problems? A TM head and cab will run about $1800-$1900 which is expensive for a chineese made amp but, like I said, everytime i play it in GC it sounds better than any other amp I have tried. Egnater has some great sounding stuff but are they made for the gigging musician? Are they going to keep up?
I wanna hear your experiences.....
thanks, in advance
brian
First off, I haven't been to this forum in about 9 months after selling my Mod 50. I had a Mod 50 for about 8 months and really loved it but I had a T/D and COD module and was not really bonding with the COD. I am not much of a gear tweaker/swapper, more of a plug and play type so I didn't try out any other modules. I know, my loss but at $400 a module and a few weeks to get one I didn't have the extra money or time to experiment. I gig about 2-3 times a week and don't like carrying a pedalboard or rack equipment--I am already bringing the PA equip.
Anyway, I play blues rock and am using an Allen Old Flame with either a 212 or 410 config and am pretty happy with it however, I do need to carry a pedalboard in order to get the fuzz/distortion tones that I need. Also, the Allen is 40 watts and tube rectified--it sounds killer but I feel i need something else with some more punch and power. I have been looking for an amp that can do really good cleans, on the edge of clean and flat out jimi / srv type distortion with lots of sustain and power. I play with a few drummers, some which are heavy hitters so an amp capable of 100 watts is a good plus.
Which brings me to...the Egnater Tourmaster.
About a year ago, before I bought my Mod 50, I was playing around in a GC and tried the Tourmaster. I was not looking for a new amp but instantly fell in love with the capability and tones coming from the tourmaster. It acually made me all giddy playing that thing for 2+ hours and accessing all the tones I needed. Also, the features are pretty impressive and the digital reverb, which some say is understated, to me sits perfectly where it should--in the background. It was that tourmaster that led me to the mod 50. I had done alot of research online and found mostly qc issues with the then-new made in china line. That research led me to the mod 50 so I bought it. Now fast forward to yesterday. Until now I have been playing the allen old flame but am looking for something else that will do more in terms of versatility. I was at GC yesterday and played the tourmaster again (after not playing one in about a year) and fell in love with it again--and that's after playing fenders, mesas, and marshalls yesterday! The Tourmaster just sounds about perfect for me with tons of features I think will be usefull at the gigs. And I think, is sounds way better than the MESA's I have tried. electra-dyne, lonestar, express 550.
I want a TM head and 212 cab but I am really worried about the reliability of these. The amp seems perfect with one exception, reliability and customer service. I am not a bedroom player, nor do my amps get placed in a studio and don't move. They are gigged hard, sometimes at really high volume, the footswitches are going to get used and stomped on. The amps will get banged around--no matter how carefull you are with them, if you are a gigging musician that is going to happen. I want to hear from other TM users who are out there gigging. Does the TM keep up? Have you had any problems? A TM head and cab will run about $1800-$1900 which is expensive for a chineese made amp but, like I said, everytime i play it in GC it sounds better than any other amp I have tried. Egnater has some great sounding stuff but are they made for the gigging musician? Are they going to keep up?
I wanna hear your experiences.....
thanks, in advance
brian
