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Recently I have had the chance to play through a 100 watt Guytron FV amp through a 2-12" cabinet. I think I might just buy one. Amazing tone control and very sensitive to the volume of the guitar. Any experience with this line of amps? A quote from the owner Jon Herington
NOTE: Testimonials are not solicited. They are not sorted by date, or in any particular order. Sometimes, if somebody say's something particularly cool to me on the phone, I will ask them to put it in writing for me, and we post it when we get the chance.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:30 PM
To All:
I'd like to share with you my first experience with the Guytron amp I've been playing through for the last week or so. Feel free to post it or share it with anyone you like. I had the Guytron GT-100 head delivered to SIR rehearsal studios in New York where I was to begin rehearsals with Steely Dan for the upcoming tour and two live concert video shoots, one for VH-1 and one for PBS.
As it has been my habit, I came prepared for the rehearsals with my trusty arsenal of effects pedals, particularly an MXR Dyna-comp, a Boss Blues Driver, a Tube Screamer, a delay and a reverb, etc., in short, all the pedals I'd often found could help me get closer to a sound I felt comfortable and expressive with. By the time I arrived, the amazing Skip Gildersleeve (SD guitar tech, wonder boy that he is), of course had my Telecaster and the pedals all fired up and ready to go, with the GT-100 on standby plugged into my Marshall 2x12. After about 5 or 6 minutes of playing the amp, every effect was out of the chain and back in the box to be sent back to my studio for storage.
The amp was doing everything I had been trying to get all the other amps and those feeble pedals to do, but doing it so much better, and doing so much more, I was sort of in shock. The stunning revelation that I had been getting by for years playing mediocre amps at best was obvious after about ten seconds of playing this amazing amp, and I was angry at myself for not having been more aggressive in the past in seeking out a truly great amp. I was sorry for all the lost years of working so hard to get what this amp was giving me so effortlessly.
Playing it reminded me of the all too few times I'd stumbled upon a fantastic old Marshall or Vox in a rehearsal studio somewhere, or in my earliest days of playing, when so many of us seemed to have great amps to play, but took them for granted, in a way, not knowing that we were playing through amps that would be rare finds someday.
My overwhelming feeling about this amp is one of relief! It just frees me up to play music, and I am thrilled. And since there is more than a little bit of music to dig into in my current job (!) it scares me to imagine what I would have sounded like without the Guytron. Thanks to Guy, Frank, Greg (at Makin' Music), and everyone else who had anything to do with creating this great instrument.
Yours,
Jon Herington
NOTE: Testimonials are not solicited. They are not sorted by date, or in any particular order. Sometimes, if somebody say's something particularly cool to me on the phone, I will ask them to put it in writing for me, and we post it when we get the chance.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:30 PM
To All:
I'd like to share with you my first experience with the Guytron amp I've been playing through for the last week or so. Feel free to post it or share it with anyone you like. I had the Guytron GT-100 head delivered to SIR rehearsal studios in New York where I was to begin rehearsals with Steely Dan for the upcoming tour and two live concert video shoots, one for VH-1 and one for PBS.
As it has been my habit, I came prepared for the rehearsals with my trusty arsenal of effects pedals, particularly an MXR Dyna-comp, a Boss Blues Driver, a Tube Screamer, a delay and a reverb, etc., in short, all the pedals I'd often found could help me get closer to a sound I felt comfortable and expressive with. By the time I arrived, the amazing Skip Gildersleeve (SD guitar tech, wonder boy that he is), of course had my Telecaster and the pedals all fired up and ready to go, with the GT-100 on standby plugged into my Marshall 2x12. After about 5 or 6 minutes of playing the amp, every effect was out of the chain and back in the box to be sent back to my studio for storage.
The amp was doing everything I had been trying to get all the other amps and those feeble pedals to do, but doing it so much better, and doing so much more, I was sort of in shock. The stunning revelation that I had been getting by for years playing mediocre amps at best was obvious after about ten seconds of playing this amazing amp, and I was angry at myself for not having been more aggressive in the past in seeking out a truly great amp. I was sorry for all the lost years of working so hard to get what this amp was giving me so effortlessly.
Playing it reminded me of the all too few times I'd stumbled upon a fantastic old Marshall or Vox in a rehearsal studio somewhere, or in my earliest days of playing, when so many of us seemed to have great amps to play, but took them for granted, in a way, not knowing that we were playing through amps that would be rare finds someday.
My overwhelming feeling about this amp is one of relief! It just frees me up to play music, and I am thrilled. And since there is more than a little bit of music to dig into in my current job (!) it scares me to imagine what I would have sounded like without the Guytron. Thanks to Guy, Frank, Greg (at Makin' Music), and everyone else who had anything to do with creating this great instrument.
Yours,
Jon Herington
