Most disappointing amp

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My least favorite amp was a Panama Inferno 100. Paid full price for one, then barely got anything for it when I sold it.
I lost more money in that amp than any other piece of gear I've ever owned.
 
Yeah. Maybe that is the disconnect.
NeubyWanKaneuby said:
My least favorite amp was a Panama Inferno 100. Paid full price for one, then barely got anything for it when I sold it.
I lost more money in that amp than any other piece of gear I've ever owned.
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I was convinced I needed to buy a Panama Shaman. My buddy talked me out of the whole lunchbox fad, which I am glad he did. I believe they can really impress rock folks. But it is never going to do punch like a big boy
 
Smash said:
Yeah. Maybe that is the disconnect.

I was convinced I needed to buy a Panama Shaman. My buddy talked me out of the whole lunchbox fad, which I am glad he did. I believe they can really impress rock folks. But it is never going to do punch like a big boy
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It's the main reason I don't buy anything that doesn't have a return policy anymore.
I spend a week or two with it, and if it's not working for me, it goes back.
 
I had a 3 channel Peters that I couldn't sell fast enough - was the most boring amp I'd ever played.
 
DanTravis62 said:
I don't like the meister series or the newer triamps, but the mark 1 triamp was actually a really solid high gainer IMO
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It's not even a fair comparison to include the older made in Germany versus the new made in China stuff.

Even the newer made in Germany stuff sounds mushy and undefined. From what I gather from other players, that's the general HK vibe now, or maybe it always has been.

I have no doubt the earlier Triamp was an absolute monster though, as others have said that same thing.
 
GuitarGuy08 said:
It's not even a fair comparison to include the older made in Germany versus the new made in China stuff.

Even the newer made in Germany stuff sounds mushy and undefined. From what I gather from other players, that's the general HK vibe now, or maybe it always has been.

I have no doubt the earlier Triamp was an absolute monster though, as others have said that same thing.
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I don't know how this has happened, but the early Triamps were wildly different sounding

The highest gain channels have always been compressed sounding, but on the mark I it was smooth and refined and rich sounding, kind of like a kittyhawk or something like that, and the orange channels were a very convincing superlead or jmp sound. On the newer models its like it keeps getting grainier and more scooped every revision, until now, where the modern ones almost sound like a solid state gain sound like a randall. It's so grainy, weedy, and thin that it's ridiculous - the only way it sounds good is with a 7 string or something where you need to cut all the low end out anyways.

I don't know what happened to H&K but their products have really taken a huge downturn in actual sound the past 20 years, its kind of wild.
 
Erock said:
holy smokes... PTSD. I blocked out of memory that I even owned that amp in college. :doh:

WTF, that sounds a million times better than I remember, lol. :LOL:
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Well to be fair, it is not going through the 6" speaker. I have it hooked up to my 4x12.
 
I’ve posted this before, but, just to make sure others don’t make the mistake I made, here goes…


Yamaha T100 ‘Soldano SLO 100 copy’.

I bought the amplifier brand-new hoping for great things. Luckily I saved a ton of money as I bought a new one in the box just ‘after’ Yamaha discontinued this model. They were dumping this new head.

I got it, and it didn’t sound quite right to me, so I took it to my buddy’s place two hours away from me to compare to his real SLO100,
… it was extremely disappointing.

But, being a glutton for punishment, I went even deeper into the hole, when I sent it to Bill Sundt at Soldano, he added the choke modification and tweaked the preamp section to be exact is an SLO 100.

So, After sinking another $450 USD into the amplifier, it still didn’t sound or feel close enough to the SLO.

I later talked to Mike regarding this and he shared with me that he was not at all pleased with the production T100 and that Yamaha took many cost saving short cuts and there was really no way to make the amplifier sound any closer to the SLO100.

I would highly recommend against buying one of these T100 amplifiers with hopes of having a cheap SLO100 copy.

It’s an ok amplifier but NOT a SLO100 clone by any means.

Sold it and lost money.
You get what you pay for.
 
Les Zombie said:
Diezel 2003 VH4- total letdown for me, sounded really dark, dull and compressed sounding, tried different tubes and cabs and never could like it, i hated it. But many years later i tried a 2012 VH4 and loved it and purchased one.

Marshall vintage modern- i got it in a trade and sounded decent in clips but inperson i hated it.
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But seriously isnt that the pre 2007 presence mod whom implemented by Peter Diezel and still many rave about the blueface which is essentially the pre 2007 VH4 sikverface ?
 
Smash said:
I would do most overrated, but I am trying to avoid the peanut gallery that just chimes in with every expensive amp they have never tried...

If you have tried an amp and thought it was the biggest letdown...fair fucking game.

If I think back to all the amps I have owned, I believe price/lore vs realization...SLO comes to mind. Maybe I need to revisit it, but it really did nothing for me, and I was very into Avengers at the time.

It was just so smoooooth and bland. I believe the twin jet did the smooth darker voicing so much better while having balls. I have been told it is good for leads...but most leads are fucking contrived shit noodling anyway...so fuck that.

One thing i will add for the inevitable shitstorm here is I am not saying it is a bad amp. And it sounds much better than the evh 5153... But it is two to three times the price, so..
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Not everyone has to like the SLO, I get it...but...I've never heard anyone say it DIDN'T have balls...did you turn it up??? A healthy 100w SLO(Soldano, not BAD....haven't had a BAD one to compare) will stay with any 100w amp I've ever played, which includes 100w Wizards, 4 Mesa Coliseums, old Superleads......SLO at volume is one powerful amplifier.
 
Racerxrated said:
Not everyone has to like the SLO, I get it...but...I've never heard anyone say it DIDN'T have balls...did you turn it up??? A healthy 100w SLO(Soldano, not BAD....haven't had a BAD one to compare) will stay with any 100w amp I've ever played, which includes 100w Wizards, 4 Mesa Coliseums, old Superleads......SLO at volume is one powerful amplifier.
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I think i was so into the diezel i had at the time, that it just seemed bland. I was very excited for the slo since i loved avengers and heard how great it was. But maybe i should try it again. I dont know what good it would do, but i am game to revisit
 
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