dstroud
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I gotta say the Amp Show is one of the coolest things I've been to. I've been twice and both times had a great time! All the people are very cool and getting to hear so many amps is awesome! Now onto the amps!
I went and I can say Cameron definitely has one of the best hi-gain amp head's I've ever heard. I played the CCV and CCM pretty extensively. It's hard to say which is better. The CCV is more open, buth the CCM has a really nice smooth mid tone. Lots of tone options with these amps too. There are bright switches, multiple gain controls, etc. On the CCV I was playing some AC/DC and UFO riffs and Mark dialed it into a really good Marshally tone. Then I asked him if there was an Yngwie tone in there, and he got that dialed in too. But, it can sound not Marshally too. It's a pretty unique amp!
Another one of my favorite amps was a modded Marshall 1987 at the Mercury Magnetics room. The guy there said it was modded and they are thinking about selling the mod kits - that was one of the best Marshall's I've ever heard.
Kasha had some cool stuff like a little box you plug into the 1st tube slot of an 800, plexi, valve jr. or any other type of that amp. It was a lot of gain but too loose on the low end for me. Red Iron had some great lower gain amps. I was way suprised by a Matchless 3 channel head - this was kind of like Eric Johnson in an amp, very woody and sustainy tone. It was through a 2x12 open back, I'd love to hear that through a 4x12.
The Egnater amps are awesome too, the versatility is unheard of and their hi gain sounds are as good as anything. Another company to look out for is Blackstar. They have an awesome non-master type ptp head. It has a selector switch that lets you go through Bassman, Twin, and different Marshall type amps. My buddy had them crank it on 10 - that was rediciously loud, sounded awesome, and they gave us t-shirts for asking them to do that, pretty cool! They have some great pedals too. They said there amps were gonna be in Guitar Center by christmas, so be on the lookout for them! Played throgh some Hero amps, there were ok, but a little pricey. I got home and realized I forgot to plug into the Fuch's Frost, dang!
Again, all the people were really cool, and I would recommed going to any ampaholic!
I went and I can say Cameron definitely has one of the best hi-gain amp head's I've ever heard. I played the CCV and CCM pretty extensively. It's hard to say which is better. The CCV is more open, buth the CCM has a really nice smooth mid tone. Lots of tone options with these amps too. There are bright switches, multiple gain controls, etc. On the CCV I was playing some AC/DC and UFO riffs and Mark dialed it into a really good Marshally tone. Then I asked him if there was an Yngwie tone in there, and he got that dialed in too. But, it can sound not Marshally too. It's a pretty unique amp!
Another one of my favorite amps was a modded Marshall 1987 at the Mercury Magnetics room. The guy there said it was modded and they are thinking about selling the mod kits - that was one of the best Marshall's I've ever heard.
Kasha had some cool stuff like a little box you plug into the 1st tube slot of an 800, plexi, valve jr. or any other type of that amp. It was a lot of gain but too loose on the low end for me. Red Iron had some great lower gain amps. I was way suprised by a Matchless 3 channel head - this was kind of like Eric Johnson in an amp, very woody and sustainy tone. It was through a 2x12 open back, I'd love to hear that through a 4x12.
The Egnater amps are awesome too, the versatility is unheard of and their hi gain sounds are as good as anything. Another company to look out for is Blackstar. They have an awesome non-master type ptp head. It has a selector switch that lets you go through Bassman, Twin, and different Marshall type amps. My buddy had them crank it on 10 - that was rediciously loud, sounded awesome, and they gave us t-shirts for asking them to do that, pretty cool! They have some great pedals too. They said there amps were gonna be in Guitar Center by christmas, so be on the lookout for them! Played throgh some Hero amps, there were ok, but a little pricey. I got home and realized I forgot to plug into the Fuch's Frost, dang!
Again, all the people were really cool, and I would recommed going to any ampaholic!
