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Man I've been through at least 12 amps in 8 months and still looking.
I even decided to go down market price wise and get the Bugera TriRec just to check it out.
It's not bad at all. There are some really great things about this amp including it's tone, and for the price you can not beat it.
The stock tubes sound good, but with some better pre's and a pair of SED 6L6's it's got really great tone.
A big negative of this amp is the digital reverb, it's not good, very short decay and it sounds dry.
Great tech features though, auto biasing, awesome footswitch, internal fan, cool internal LED lighting, and REALLY works 3 different rectifier options using 2 huge rectifier tubes and one solid state silicone rectifier. You can go full SS, tube only, or both, and there really is a difference in feel.
Still, it has oddities that I don't think I can live with. I'll put those in the review.
I may do a write up just so we can have it on here for anyone that might be interested.
The best thing about this amp is it's excellent sensitivity. It feels like your fingers are sliding on ice, it makes playing feel great.
That's THE THE thing I think I value most in an amp.
And, that's the problem with my Egnater Vengeance, it's a "stiff" feeling amp, so much that it's feels like my 9's and 10's stringed guitars feel like they have
15's and 18's on them.
Still, the tones from the Vengeance are excellent, especially the clean tones. If you want the pristine zine of Fender, then Egnater is not for you.
If you like a warm, rounded, 3-D dimensional clean tone, then get you an Egnater.
Plus the high gain channel has a really cool "GROWL" that I love.
The amps that I've tried and really like are the Peavey 6505+ head (combo not so good), EVH 5150 III 50 watt, Vengeance, and TriRec.
I want the high gain ability of the 6505+ and 5150, along with the high gain growl of the Vengeance all supplied with the liquid sensitivity and articulation of the TriRec. With the clean channel I'd love to have as much Egnater as possible, and even a bit of Fender thrown in.
The lack of ideal clean channel won't kill an amp for me as I can work a clean with effects and eq when needed.
But I do have to have the other things about variable gain and feel and tone.
The rectifier options in the TriRec and awesome. It would be great if all amps had this.
At this point I'm thinking that I should just get either the 5150 III 50 watt, or the 6505+.
But, I'm still holding out and wanting to try 2 more amps, Laney Ironheart 60 watt and Randall RD-45H.
I'd like a lower powered amp and the Laney has a variable power just like the TriRec has that can go from 1 watt to full power.
I've heard some web based demo's of the RD-45H and Ironheart, but I'm hoping some of you here with experience with these amps can give me some insight as to whether either of these 2 amps can give me what I'm looking for.
TIA, and I'm looking forward to some info from some of you.
I even decided to go down market price wise and get the Bugera TriRec just to check it out.
It's not bad at all. There are some really great things about this amp including it's tone, and for the price you can not beat it.
The stock tubes sound good, but with some better pre's and a pair of SED 6L6's it's got really great tone.
A big negative of this amp is the digital reverb, it's not good, very short decay and it sounds dry.
Great tech features though, auto biasing, awesome footswitch, internal fan, cool internal LED lighting, and REALLY works 3 different rectifier options using 2 huge rectifier tubes and one solid state silicone rectifier. You can go full SS, tube only, or both, and there really is a difference in feel.
Still, it has oddities that I don't think I can live with. I'll put those in the review.
I may do a write up just so we can have it on here for anyone that might be interested.
The best thing about this amp is it's excellent sensitivity. It feels like your fingers are sliding on ice, it makes playing feel great.
That's THE THE thing I think I value most in an amp.
And, that's the problem with my Egnater Vengeance, it's a "stiff" feeling amp, so much that it's feels like my 9's and 10's stringed guitars feel like they have
15's and 18's on them.
Still, the tones from the Vengeance are excellent, especially the clean tones. If you want the pristine zine of Fender, then Egnater is not for you.
If you like a warm, rounded, 3-D dimensional clean tone, then get you an Egnater.
Plus the high gain channel has a really cool "GROWL" that I love.
The amps that I've tried and really like are the Peavey 6505+ head (combo not so good), EVH 5150 III 50 watt, Vengeance, and TriRec.
I want the high gain ability of the 6505+ and 5150, along with the high gain growl of the Vengeance all supplied with the liquid sensitivity and articulation of the TriRec. With the clean channel I'd love to have as much Egnater as possible, and even a bit of Fender thrown in.
The lack of ideal clean channel won't kill an amp for me as I can work a clean with effects and eq when needed.
But I do have to have the other things about variable gain and feel and tone.
The rectifier options in the TriRec and awesome. It would be great if all amps had this.
At this point I'm thinking that I should just get either the 5150 III 50 watt, or the 6505+.
But, I'm still holding out and wanting to try 2 more amps, Laney Ironheart 60 watt and Randall RD-45H.
I'd like a lower powered amp and the Laney has a variable power just like the TriRec has that can go from 1 watt to full power.
I've heard some web based demo's of the RD-45H and Ironheart, but I'm hoping some of you here with experience with these amps can give me some insight as to whether either of these 2 amps can give me what I'm looking for.
TIA, and I'm looking forward to some info from some of you.
Took alot of buying, selling and trading to get the 20th X for me. 
