Has this been discussed? Metaltronix

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

I seriously only think they are famous because of that one zakk wylde advert from when he was in Ozzy

I knew they were close, but damn.

 

[lol]

No, that was Obeid Khan who was the primary designer of the BV120.

Was he the one who also designed the Crate vintage club series? I had the old 50w cream tolex vintage club and that thing kicked all sorts of ass. Cranking the clean channel to 10 was actually quite amazing.

 

[DanTravis62]

Was he the one who also designed the Crate vintage club series? I had the old 50w cream tolex vintage club and that thing kicked all sorts of ass. Cranking the clean channel to 10 was actually quite amazing.

My buddy had one of those and it was crazy good (especially for the price) IMO as well

Definitely an underrated gem - not a metal amp by any means, but sounded fantastic

Crate came out with a bunch of great amps in that era, and it sucks because I think they tanked their reputation so much that it didnt matter HOW good they were

 

[crankyrayhanky]

All you poors cant afford a $9,500 amp.......I pity you.

I'm going to get 2 so I can run stereo

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Was he the one who also designed the Crate vintage club series? I had the old 50w cream tolex vintage club and that thing kicked all sorts of ass. Cranking the clean channel to 10 was actually quite amazing.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he designed that one too. IIRC this is the one that was made to compete with the Peavey Classic.

 

[lol]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he designed that one too. IIRC this is the one that was made to compete with the Peavey Classic.

I've had a few Peavey classics. Cool amps, but honestly I thought the Vintage club sounded much better imo.

 

[guitarmike]

I haven't played an XLS, but i've played a bunch of lee jacksons stuff, ampeg vl, perfect connection, stealth, and modded marshalls - theyve all sounded great.

The M1000 is one of the only things i've played that I just don't "get"

It sounds like the 80s patch on a digitech rp100

I seriously only think they are famous because of that one zakk wylde advert from when he was in Ozzy

Back in the day he was one of the first to advertise nationally for mod work. I owned 2 Lee modded Marshalls, they both sounded terrible. I bought them 20 years after he modded them, who knows what was done to them after he was done. His Lee Jackson branded amps sounded decent. He had great ideas but the results were hit or miss.

 

[DanTravis62]

Back in the day he was one of the first to advertise nationally for mod work. I owned 2 Lee modded Marshalls, they both sounded terrible. I bought them 20 years after he modded them, who knows what was done to them after he was done. His Lee Jackson branded amps sounded decent. He had great ideas but the results were hit or miss.

The perfect connection preamp is one of the best sounding rack pres i've ever played

I could not believe the guy who designed that, and the crate stealth, was the same guy who designed the metaltronix

 

[Metlupass2]

I'm going to get 2 so I can run stereo

I just bought 4. 1 to play and 3 to flip.