Peters Hydra inbound! Upcoming new amp day pics

[Erock]

wow, nice man, congrats! I will own one of these at some point, can't wait for the review and clips!

 

[7 Stringer]

I will definitely be talking to James as to getting my Hydra in the shop. I was worried that it would bring it too close to my Chimera, but he talked to me and made me feel better that it was like an extra notch on the edge switch. As in, the down position will be like the current up position and the up position will be that much more EDGE. It sounds really nice to me. I pretty much always keep mine on anyway.

Is there a big difference in tone between the Hydra and Chimera?

What differentiates them the most?

I`m asking cause i`m thinking about getting a Hydra and i have a Gryphon already.

Thanks,

Chris

I think they differ most in their gain structure. Peters amps all tend to have the same feel and response, but they Hydra is thicker and the Chimera is tighter. James has since changed the design a little to make the Chimera smoother, but mine is really raw, open and uncompressed (Think thrashy) whereas the Hydra has a fatter structure that makes it sound more modern with some slight compression and it's very thick on it's own. As you own one already, I'm sure you've spoken with James enough to know that he is the one to ask about this. I love both my amps, but describing them is not my strong-suit.

Thanks for the comments.

Yeah, just got an email from James with him explaining all the differences between his models. I gotta read it a couple more times to really capture everything, lots of details in there.

Chris

 

[Doubleneck]

Congrats man, looks like a really nice amp.
Someone posted a great clip from some combo amp that had a peters polaris mod done to it, if i remember correctly, and I was blown away!