Somebody school me on the Egnater Tourmaster...

[Motorpud]

I've got a line on an eganter tourmaster and I was wondering what the general consensus is around here about them and what's a fair price used. Any help would be considered very cool

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

Nowhere near as good as the Renegade IMO. no one NEEDS 4 channels. the renegade and a good overdrive will do it all and sound better doing it.

 

[glassjaw7]

Nowhere near as good as the Renegade IMO. no one NEEDS 4 channels. the renegade and a good overdrive will do it all and sound better doing it.

I agree. Not about the 4 channels thing, but about the Renegade's tone just being flat out better. By quite a bit I might add.

 

[Motorpud]

Yeah the more I think about I don't think I'll be that into it. I played one a year or 2 ago for about a half an hour and I wasn't that impressed but I didn't really have enough time with it to make a decision, that's why I figured I'd get some other opinions from around here. Thanks for the replies guys

 

[Audioholic]

I really dig it actually. I would personally take one over a renegade if it weren't for the weight. I liked some of the sounds I could get out of it, and pretty versatile with the power grid and eq. The weight however is a killer. The renegade may have it beat on some sounds for sure, but I dig the tourmaster when set up good.

I say this without spending a ton of time with each. But I have tried the tourmaster a few times, liked it much much better after the M mod.

 

[chunktone]

I tried one a while back. I need something that can get good clean tones, mid gain tones, lead tones, and modern high gain rhythm tones. I'd say it could do 90% of what I need in an amp. But, that last 10%(modern high gain rhythm tones) it could not do, and this is where I would spend the most time. I've come to the conclusion that Egnater does not do the type of high gain I'm looking for. ie Bogner Uberschall, Engl, Diezel Herbert etc...

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

I tried one a while back. I need something that can get good clean tones, mid gain tones, lead tones, and modern high gain rhythm tones. I'd say it could do 90% of what I need in an amp. But, that last 10%(modern high gain rhythm tones) it could not do, and this is where I would spend the most time. I've come to the conclusion that Egnater does not do the type of high gain I'm looking for. ie Bogner Uberschall, Engl, Diezel Herbert etc...

yeah I think it's more of a pissed off marshall type sound than anything and marshalls just aren't voiced to do the modern super clean brootz.

Maybe try a titan?

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It's the first one. Nitro is after it, renegade is at around 7 minute mark and then the jet city 100 last. The titan has that very clean and super articulate and uncompressed yet still very saturated vocal quality to it that the diezels and engl's and VHT UL share.

 

[JTyson]

The newer version sounds better than the first one. For that much money I think there is better stuff out there

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

The newer version sounds better than the first one. For that much money I think there is better stuff out there

Newer one? They changed the tourmaster?

 

[TX6Strings]

The newer version sounds better than the first one. For that much money I think there is better stuff out there

Newer one? They changed the tourmaster?

Yeap....the only way to tell is to look at the serial number on the back. If it's the new version it starts with an "M". The new versions have a tighter lower end than the originals.

I had one for about six months and my only complaint was the high gain tone...just too loose...granted mine was an original. Definitely more in the Marshall camp except on channel 4 does kind of that mushy recto tone.

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

yeah that was always my beef with the amp as well. I mean.. the low end was SCARY loose! The renegade's low end is ridiculously flexible. The deep/tight switch on each channel gives the perfect choice of tight or full. Flip the wattage switch to 16 watts and the low switch to deep and drop the gain low and it's a killer blues and classic rock amp. Reverse that and you're doing metal.

 

[JTyson]

yeah that was always my beef with the amp as well. I mean.. the low end was SCARY loose! The renegade's low end is ridiculously flexible. The deep/tight switch on each channel gives the perfect choice of tight or full. Flip the wattage switch to 16 watts and the low switch to deep and drop the gain low and it's a killer blues and classic rock amp. Reverse that and you're doing metal.

For me as well, it was ok for lead work, but for tight high gain rhythm work, no good. The newer ones were better, but still not what I would have liked

 

[Audioholic]

yeah that was always my beef with the amp as well. I mean.. the low end was SCARY loose! The renegade's low end is ridiculously flexible. The deep/tight switch on each channel gives the perfect choice of tight or full. Flip the wattage switch to 16 watts and the low switch to deep and drop the gain low and it's a killer blues and classic rock amp. Reverse that and you're doing metal.

big difference between the original and the M versions imo.