japetus
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I like Paige from Helmets new tone. It's a little warmer and fatter. The other guitarist was using a recto and it sounded nice too.
ZEN Amps
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I’m not that across Fryette’s history - why was the OG discontinued?
Smash
Hack
I know that he started the company VHT and then a chinese company wanted to buy it. I guess they just bought the name, but not the designs...did he ever make an Ultralead after that?
stephen sawall
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I really wish I had the manual. Then I could create even more preconceptions.
There is always next year when you can pick up a used one for $800 or whatever.
Sure the dramas a lot of fun. I'm really interested in more details of the amp.
There is always next year when you can pick up a used one for $800 or whatever.
Sure the dramas a lot of fun. I'm really interested in more details of the amp.
stephen sawall
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Discontinued in 2017. All models Discontinued for the same reson. Lack of sales. The market for full size heads has been dead for everyone for many years.
DISTORT6
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They were using the studio's gear for this.
stephen sawall
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He sold the name on January 1st 2009.
There is endless stories about what happened. None of them are true.
DanTravis62
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stephen sawall
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Randall Smith and every other builder I know has been telling me the same thing over a decade. The market has changed.
DanTravis62
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Crazy how all the people who make great sounding amps seem to make lots of amps still
japetus
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Sounded legit
Smash
Hack
In my opinion, a lot of the boutique amp builders don't have a lot of front of mind presence. Even Soldano. I think even with him making the "Greatest Amp Ever" no one really knew who the fuck he was til Bad bought it. I would love to see the sales from 1989-2019 for soldano vs then to present from bad.Crazy how all the people who make great sounding amps seem to make lots of amps still
ZEN Amps
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This was my assumption, but was unsure if there were other factors. It begs the question, why would he re-release a product that proved non-viable?
I see there’s a few interested parties in this thread, but surely Fryette has figured out trying something different has a better chance of success.
I don’t think this can be reasonably compared to things like the C+, SLO or any Marshall reissue. Their longterm popularity is hard to deny.
japetus
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I think a lot of guys knew who Soldano was...
Smash
Hack
This is very true.. I have never really thought of it in these terms. It seems like so many people complain about the weight of a head. They complain about the volume of a 50+ watt.
To me, this is all so ridiculous, i have written it off as people that don't really like playing guitar.
But it is a movement. I have never lifted a guitar head and thought it was heavy. I just move it from where it is to where it needs to go. I think we have grown too soft
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I thought him and his partner split . Partner kept the VHT name , Steve kept the builds
Smash
Hack
I moreso meant the vanillas. My dad is a huge van halen fan. He is a huge fan of most of that list. He played guitar and drums in bands for years. He had never heard of Soldano.
I think the vanillas know mesa and peavey, and they (the non obsessed guitarists) are the ones that really make the market profitable
stephen sawall
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stephen sawall
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I have played on Howard's. No. 2. Awesome amp.
