crwnedblasphemy
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Sounds good For sure.
romanianreaper
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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 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.
napalmdeath
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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.
Fiesta Red
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Especially with Phil X playing through it. I could make it sound like shit easily.
skoora
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Crazy as it seems I like what I’m hearing out of this amp more than the Jose clips.
Kapo_Polenton
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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
LPMojoGL
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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.
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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LPMojoGL
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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:
That's a tone I could fug with. And the clean sounds are super tasty:
cardinal
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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.
LPMojoGL
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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.
CarlF
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The Captain shouldn't be allowed in the US.
flimz
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The amp sounds great and the feature set is right. I cant wait for a full demo vid from the usual suspects. I shy away from 20 watt el84 amps, but this is definitely on my radar.
TexasBaritone
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I’ve never played an EL84 amp that I liked. I owned a 20w Jet City and disliked the lack of punch enough that I donated it to our local high school along with a few parts guitars.
skoora
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If the price of this is around 2K I wonder if Dave would mod an 800 to just be the gain channel on this. I bet that would be something spectacular.
