braintheory
Well-known member
Just got this ‘90’s Naylor and am very impressed. Probably somewhere in my 4th to 6th favorite spot of all the amps I currently have. It’s on the darker side, but still very cutting, raw, aggressive and has the growl. Not at all polished or smooth like Friedman or Bogner nor muffled. Don’t let the descriptions of it being dark scare you like it did to me. I tend to like brighter amps myself. It’s dark in the right way and can get more bite if needed. It’s kinda like the amp the Friedman’s and Bogner’s want to be. Also one of my more articulate amps, great feel and sounds really big. It’s not actually too far behind my Wizard in sounding big and punchy and I think has as much clarity. Maybe the 100 version would be even closer. The Wizard though is brighter and more gain on tap. It’s a really great take imo on a darker Marshall kinda sound. The master volume on it also great. It does get darker though as you turn it up. Would be nice if there was a bit more treble on tap, but still sounds great. Low input sounds ok on its own, but is an amazing fuzz pedal platform (I’m VERY picky about amps for fuzz). The Hi Input has a little more gain on tap than my stock ‘79 JMP2203 on the hi input, but sounds beefier, more robust than the JMP and is great with my Klon boosting it
I’m really surprised guys on hear don’t really talk about Naylor, especially given all the love that Friedman and Bogner gets on here. I think it smokes those and with a good boost has all the gain I need. I’ve owned over 100 amps over the years (tried many more) and to me this is among the best I’ve tried, at least top 10 material and probably top 5 of just higher gain amps. It is from the ‘90’s and made in Michigan. Not sure how the newer Texas made ones compare, but I bet they’re great too. In some ways this amp is sorta like a middle ground of Friedman and Wizard, but more JCM800 levels of gain. If it just had a switch to get even more bite/sizzle and a little more gain on tap it would be perfect and maybe even send some amps packing. It does say on their website they have a higher gain option and also a density knob option. Would be very interesting to try
I’m really surprised guys on hear don’t really talk about Naylor, especially given all the love that Friedman and Bogner gets on here. I think it smokes those and with a good boost has all the gain I need. I’ve owned over 100 amps over the years (tried many more) and to me this is among the best I’ve tried, at least top 10 material and probably top 5 of just higher gain amps. It is from the ‘90’s and made in Michigan. Not sure how the newer Texas made ones compare, but I bet they’re great too. In some ways this amp is sorta like a middle ground of Friedman and Wizard, but more JCM800 levels of gain. If it just had a switch to get even more bite/sizzle and a little more gain on tap it would be perfect and maybe even send some amps packing. It does say on their website they have a higher gain option and also a density knob option. Would be very interesting to try
