Phil X 20 Watt is pretty tasty

I think Dave is headed into a tone area all of us have been hoping he'd go to. I think it started with the JEL and is leaning more into barking Marshall tone than polished modded tone.

I dig the Friedman tone but like a lot of us have talked about, it gets too polite sometimes and takes away from what you want in an amp. I liked what Phil said about having an amp that let's each type of guotar sound like what it is.
 
I think Dave is headed into a tone area all of us have been hoping he'd go to. I think it started with the JEL and is leaning more into barking Marshall tone than polished modded tone.

I dig the Friedman tone but like a lot of us have talked about, it gets too polite sometimes and takes away from what you want in an amp. I liked what Phil said about having an amp that let's each type of guotar sound like what it is.
Yeah, I wish he'd do a 50 watt Pink Taco V2. I picked up another PT-20 V2 while my Splawn's being built and it's the best little lunchbox head ever. I can only imagine how great it would be with bigger iron and EL34s.

I'm hitting the front end with Lichtlaerm Asseater, and its pretty nasty and aggressive as shit.
 
Crazy as it seems I like what I’m hearing out of this amp more than the Jose clips.
 
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I agree that it is nice to see Friedman come back to a less refined Marshall sound. I want it raw and dry. This amp has some cool voicing features and with the thump switch I am pretty sure it sounds beefier than it is with EL84's
 
Phil X 100 is one of my fav Friedman amps. 20w looks sweet. I like the extras added to the PX20, making it a 3 channel amp. Going to be a versatile sucker. Curious about the Dumble mods on the clean channel.
Happy to see the AC30. Looking forward to checking that one out. One of the best rock tones I ever heard was thru a hardwired AC30/Matchless type amp, that I foolishly traded towards an Orange Rockerverb. This was before reactive loads and IRs, and the sucker was too loud when getting that supreme sound. It's one of a few amps that I wish I could get back.
 
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Yo, check out the sounds of the PX20 here, starting at 13:43. I thought it was the cranked AC30, at first, until Dave started turning the knobs.
That's a tone I could fug with. And the clean sounds are super tasty:
 
Phil X 100 is one of my fav Friedman amps. 20w looks sweet. I like the extras added to the PX20, making it a 3 channel amp. Going to be a versatile sucker. Curious about the Dumble mods on the clean channel.
Happy to see the AC30. Looking forward to checking that one out. One of the best rock tones I ever heard was thru a hardwired AC30/Matchless type amp, that I foolishly traded towards an Orange Rockerverb. This was before reactive loads and IRs, and the sucker was too loud when getting that supreme sound. It's one of a few amps that I wish I could get back.
I had a Matchless DC30 that turned up to I think between 3-4 (of 10) was just magical for that type of just overdriven tone. It swirled like there was like a subtle modulation or something. Never heard another amp do that. But it was fucking loud and no it didn't sound like that with the master engaged.
 
I had a Matchless DC30 that turned up to I think between 3-4 (of 10) was just magical for that type of just overdriven tone. It swirled like there was like a subtle modulation or something. Never heard another amp do that. But it was fucking loud and no it didn't sound like that with the master engaged.
Exactly the same experience I had with the Mayfly BC30. Definitely had some "movement" to the sound, I think probably had to do with compression in the power amp. The shop I traded it to cranked it as I was checking out the Rockerverb. Instant regret!
It, the handwired AC30 and the 3 Monkeys Grease Monkey (banging amp!!) I had were impractically loud for anything I do. Mayfly was killer, and the GM was special. Loved that amp. The Vox was brutal. Probably perfect in a loud band setting, but torture at home.
Looking forward to hearing the master volume on the Friedman.
 

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