Rivera Quiana...any first hand experience??

[bonedarrell]

Joe Selby, the guitar player for Taddy Porter touts this amp and plays a 2x12 combo live. He gets a bitchen tone on their self titled cd and I am assuming he is using this amp....who knows for sure?? Anyway, anybody have first hand experience with this amp....good, bad, ugly...??

 

[manray03]

I owned a 2x12 Rivera Quiana a few years back and it sounded pretty good. I like the Rivera cleans but I could never jive with the overdrive channel, sounded a little boxy for my taste. It is also incredibly heavy and awkward to carry.

 

[2tallmusic]

Standalone the rivera OD from these older models is indeed not that pleasant. But they really rule in the mix.

 

[bigdaddyd]

Yeah, I hear that all the time about Rivera, but I love them. I have two Riveras and have always been able to get good and great overdriven and high gain tones from pretty much all of their models....except for poorly maintained used ones. I have a Duarte model and KHR 55 now. I had an R30 back in the day and have played many new and used Riveras. They are pretty much my favorite amps.