I guess I am just being picky. I really do love my amp with nothing else added at all. I am just broke so when I see something expensive that also needs something else all the time to sound good, I get all crabby about it.
Hagen just didn’t hold to the Herbert and vh4 in the same . It’s cool . But it’s def not as good as what I mentioned
I remember seeing those and thinking "wow cool concept I wonder how it sounds?"
Was that the one that utilized an EL84 as a phase inverter tube (or something to that effect) to approximate power tube distortion at low volume? I remember there was an amp that had a 12ax7 based preamp, EL84 phase inverter (?) and then EL34/6L6 power section.
I played the hagen 4 different times over the years and didnt care for it, i like my Herbert and VH4 so much better, i also owned a einstein but didnt like it.
Ya I felt the same . Hagen was bland kinda . My frievd has one now and hates it
Tiny amps usually suck imo . They lack balls . So you’re probably right . Get a 100 watt and fit it in your bedroom . It can work
agree! and even more i know now that even 50-60w heads sounds at least a bit darker and less headroom compare to big heads. so I will never buy small head
. only big heads and they also can be more juicy sounding at low volume
Not always true . I like my amps not too loud so it’s tighter and not too juicy and saggy . Thst really is true for old amps that arnt high gainagree! and even more i know now that even 50-60w heads sounds at least a bit darker and less headroom compare to big heads. so I will never buy small head
I used to feel that way, but its nice to have like a bigger low end amp... and then have a bunch of drive pedals to color the signal on the way in... which only gives you more tonal variety.
I will just say, it's a picky MFer and it's easy to make it sound bad. Every demo on YouTube is done with V30s and I hate that amp with V30s. I wish I could teleport people to my amp room so they can hear my setup for it
. I have an MK3 Herbert as well which works great with V30s. Hagen has some upper mids that all the other Diezels don't really have, so the typical Diezel setup doesn't work for it imo.
I will just say, it's a picky MFer and it's easy to make it sound bad. Every demo on YouTube is done with V30s and I hate that amp with V30s. I wish I could teleport people to my amp room so they can hear my setup for it
True but if you can make an amp loose or tight.... Yes.... This is the way. My Rivera clubster Royale recording can do that. That being said, my Marshall definitely doesn't have that much range. I still love it. I'm just saying I wouldn't pay for or 5K for an amp and always have to have something else to make it make me happy. I am not one who has money like that though either.
No, that's accurate. It has that Herbert low end looseness to it. I think the VH4 is tighter and sounds like it has a higher amount of negative feedback built into it which gives it it's extreme compression (which its detractors seem to hate). Hagen is definitely the least user friendly out of the three. Like I said, it's very picky (speakers, pickups, pedals, cab). It could be my pride in finding out how to make it work that leads me to enjoy playing it.
Lol, i do like your videosJust hella busy man, job stuff.
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