NAD: Bogner Snorkler 50

[hellzington]

How flexible is channel 1? Most of the demos online are gained out. Can channel 1 do plexi type of crunch?

It's more of an 800 style crunch but yes, it's not a clean channel by any means. Channel 1 has more gain on tap than a stock 800.

 

[braintheory]

These settings would be bright as hell and bottom end would lack

Those are not at all my preferred regular settings. That was more like an experiment at the time to try get a more kerrang-y, grindy, brighter Marshall type sound out of it. It wasn't bad though and at least somewhat got that sound set like that. Despite it looking so extreme plenty of other amps sound a lot brighter and harsher than that with much more normal looking settings

 

[Killcrop]

The Blue channel can do a plexi style cleanish edge of break up. Very dynamic.
Red volume maxed, blue gain set to about 4 and the FX vol set to taste.
Guitar is an Anderson strat in the neck pickup. Reverb from a delverb in the front of amp.

 

[* velcro-fly *]

The Blue channel can do a plexi style cleanish edge of break up. Very dynamic.
Red volume maxed, blue gain set to about 4 and the FX vol set to taste.
Guitar is an Anderson strat in the neck pickup. Reverb from a delverb in the front of amp.

I played @Jdub's yesterday for all of about 10 minutes and it was good, really good. I didn't need any longer than that to know I liked it. Its a good thing I really like what I have and have been gigging with because otherwise I would chase one of those

 

[Jdub]

I played @Jdub's yesterday for all of about 10 minutes and it was good, really good. I didn't need any longer than that to know I liked it. Its a good thing I really like what I have and have been gigging with because otherwise I would chase one of those

How flexible is channel 1? Most of the demos online are gained out. Can channel 1 do plexi type of crunch?

I think the blue channel is decent, but next to my plexi and jb45 it is just that. decent.. nothing too special. The red channel is a lot of fun! I would not go so far as to call it a one trick pony, but the high gain saturated tones are what it excels at.

 

[Anje]

Have some of you been able to compare those new "Reissue" Snorkler 50 VS some old original "Snorkler mod" Marshall that Reinhold was doing at the time?
I've been really curious about that.
This modern recreation does look cool.

 

[Racerxrated]

Have some of you been able to compare those new "Reissue" Snorkler 50 VS some old original "Snorkler mod" Marshall that Reinhold was doing at the time?
I've been really curious about that.
This modern recreation does look cool.

Calling @braintheory

 

[Jdub]

Calling @braintheory

Have some of you been able to compare those new "Reissue" Snorkler 50 VS some old original "Snorkler mod" Marshall that Reinhold was doing at the time?
I've been really curious about that.
This modern recreation does look cool.

I have had 3 earlier Bogner modded Marshalls and none of them had anywhere near the gain the Snorkler. One of them I got from Todd D. and sold to Steve K. That one was very unlike the others. It was a beast.. It had two modes like the Snorkler but the volume was unmanageable without an attenuator. The others had a more useable Master volume but were not as aggressive and only single mode.. I have also played one other many many times that was built for my friend Toru in the early to mid 90's that was very similar to the red mode on the Snorkler, but it did not have a lower gain mode. Cool amp. Another friend of mine now owns that amp and will a/b someday in the future.. He lives a couple hours away.

 

[* velcro-fly *]

I think the blue channel is decent, but next to my plexi and jb45 it is just that. decent.. nothing too special. The red channel is a lot of fun! I would not go so far as to call it a one trick pony, but the high gain saturated tones are what it excels at.

Yeah, it was all about that drive channel for me, that was killer. Your Plexi was nuts too though, kind of a tossup

 

[TX6Strings]

Having just picked up Helios 50 and being in love with it can anyone compare it to the Snokler?

 

[Jdub]

Having just picked up Helios 50 and being in love with it can anyone compare it to the Snokler?

Helios is cool, but it sounds a little congested compared to Snorkler. The Snorkler feels and sounds more alive and harmonically rich. The channels are also a bit more complimentary to one another and accessible via foot switch so that is another bonus. Helios with the EQ bypassed gets a bit closer and cops a better plexi vibe, but the Snorkler has more satisfying high gain tones for me.

 

[atomicplayboy]

Those are not at all my preferred regular settings. That was more like an experiment at the time to try get a more kerrang-y, grindy, brighter Marshall type sound out of it. It wasn't bad though and at least somewhat got that sound set like that. Despite it looking so extreme plenty of other amps sound a lot brighter and harsher than that with much more normal looking settings

Salut from south of France !
Lenz has modded a JMP MGL with acturus mode, what a beast !!!
I saw a picture with you Snorkler and a Lenz amp. Which model it is ? (Lenz)
I want a New amp and i l' m between Lenz hit chili and a Snorkler.
How do you compare these 2 amps ?

Kind regards

 

[Inflames]

Salut from south of France !
Lenz has modded a JMP MGL with acturus mode, what a beast !!!
I saw a picture with you Snorkler and a Lenz amp. Which model it is ? (Lenz)
I want a New amp and i l' m between Lenz hit chili and a Snorkler.
How do you compare these 2 amps ?

Kind regards

Hi, I am not braintheory. But, I can tell his Lenz is hot chili. Braintheory has great amp collection and he is a great player.

 

[atomicplayboy]

Hi, I am not braintheory. But, I can tell his Lenz is hot chili. Braintheory has great amp collection and he is a great player.

Thanks, sorry i've done a mistake.

 

[atomicplayboy]

Got this yesterday and am very impressed! Immediately on the first powerchord I played it reminded me of the Bogner modded JCM800 I had recently, but with more growl (such great low mid growl), richness, better balance and much better feel

It’s got this great sticky feel that is unique to it. Great for leads. Maybe the Naylor’s feel was slightly similar in stickiness, but otherwise pretty different from what I remember. It’s I think the chewiest amp I’ve had so far even compared to other Bogner’s. Bogner IME are king of chewy low mids. Of course it kills naturally at doing the dark, thick, low mid chewy thing ala Cantrell, but surprisingly can also do bright, ‘80’s stuff really well too. Like some others have said, lowering the depth knob can help a lot with that as well as the 2 toggle switches give a surprising range

It’s also one of the better amps I’ve had for playing at really quiet levels if needed. They did it right with this one and the price imo is very reasonable for both how good the quality of sound is and all the features you get. I was a little skeptical since so few recent made amps sound good and since the UU really missed the mark for me in having pretty much all the things about I don’t like in the sound of most recent high gain amps, but thankfully this Snorkler is nowhere near that. No filtered cardboard-y sound or disconnected feel to be found here at all, quite the opposite thankfully. For me this would be in my top 6 or 7 high gain amps I’ve had and I did all my necessary AB comparisons with my other amps. I think I ranked the Bogner modded JCM800 around the same area when I had it, but like this one more. It may get ranked a bit higher as I live with it more as that often happens more for me rather than honey moon phases
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Salut from south of France !
Lenz has modded a JMP MGL with acturus mode, what a beast !!!
I saw a picture with you Snorkler and a Lenz amp. Which model it is ? (Lenz)
I want a New amp and i l' m between Lenz hit chili and a Snorkler.
How do you compare these 2 amps ?

Kind regards

 

[Inflames]

Thanks, sorry i've done a mistake.

And I forgot to mention that I haven't seen him for a while. You can send him PM. Then he might send you back.