Splawn Amps

[jcj]

QR is a great amp, but depending on the year, need some pretty good volume to sound their best.

Check out Curt (Chubtone) tearing up a QR!

 

[Chris6870]

I was just offered a Super Sport for the Archon I'm selling/trading but have no experience with Splawns. Will the Super Sport get me into modern metal like say Deftones, Meshuggah, Periphery territory? Judging by the comments, the QR sounds like a contender as well.

I would say no. I had a super sport and I did not like it. It was more of a classic rock kind of amp. It has shared channels that I could not get sorted out. It's a 6V6 amp. I found it to have a looser bottom end and a bit more mid scooped and much more polite sounding than the Quick Rod.

 

[JerEvil]

I was just offered a Super Sport for the Archon I'm selling/trading but have no experience with Splawns. Will the Super Sport get me into modern metal like say Deftones, Meshuggah, Periphery territory? Judging by the comments, the QR sounds like a contender as well.

I would say no. I had a super sport and I did not like it. It was more of a classic rock kind of amp. It has shared channels that I could not get sorted out. It's a 6V6 amp. I found it to have a looser bottom end and a bit more mid scooped and much more polite sounding than the Quick Rod.

Agreed. The Archon boosted with a TS type will fare better. I need to try an Archon in person. Only ever used Kemper or Helix versions.

 

[hammered]

I was just offered a Super Sport for the Archon I'm selling/trading but have no experience with Splawns. Will the Super Sport get me into modern metal like say Deftones, Meshuggah, Periphery territory? Judging by the comments, the QR sounds like a contender as well.

Is the Super Sport your being offered the 6v6 version or the EL34 version ?

 

[Chris6870]

I found an old clip of my Super Sport. It's not a bad sounding amp, standard Marshall tone.

 

[napalmdeath]

I was just offered a Super Sport for the Archon I'm selling/trading but have no experience with Splawns. Will the Super Sport get me into modern metal like say Deftones, Meshuggah, Periphery territory? Judging by the comments, the QR sounds like a contender as well.

I would say no. I had a super sport and I did not like it. It was more of a classic rock kind of amp. It has shared channels that I could not get sorted out. It's a 6V6 amp. I found it to have a looser bottom end and a bit more mid scooped and much more polite sounding than the Quick Rod.

I think with an EQ in the loop, and the right boost, anything's possible.

I played thrash and death metal on a Peavey Classic 30 for crying out loud. MXR 10-band in the loop, Wylde OD in front, plugged into a 4x12, you'd be surprised.

That said, I do prefer bigger bottles. I think the SS will do it, however, and still a step up from the Archon, tonally speaking.

 

[GuitarGuyLP]

Every time I see a thread about spleen amps it gets my gas going. I’ve never seen one locally, or played one but I have always wanted one. So yeah thanks for giving me gas

 

[bigangryguitar]

I've owned a few Splawns. My favorite was a QR with KT88s. It had the B+ or normal switch on it too. I preferred it in non-B+ mode. That amp smoked the el34 QR B+ I had and my el34 & Kt88 Nitros. I only sold that amp because my Fryette did all the QR could do an more.

Yeah my Sig: X cops most of the tones I like in my QR too. It's crazy but I have been a VHT guy for about 10 years now and when I first got my QR, I noticed they "felt" very similar. Had my QR since 2013 when I ordered it new. It just recently sold.

my older 3 pre Splawn Pro Mod (6550's) definitely has a lot of the same attributes of the Sig X I had that made me love it. Having said that the Splawn is WAAAAYYY more in the Marshall camp and I feel it's easier to play. I think the lead tones out of the Splawn are a bit better but the Fryette was way better for clean stuff and it's dynamics/touch sensitivity are unlike anything i've owned. Just something special about the Splawn. Like some of the other guys I've had a lot of cool amps over the years but none of them are better than the Splawn just different.

 

[SFW]

Considering the quality of the amp at the price point that Scott is able to deliver them, I honestly feel like its hard to beat a Spawn. His quality is on par with Suhr and Friedman, and he can deliver it at half the cost. If you like his take on a hot rodded Marshall tone, then its a no brainer. And that's not meant to slight Suhr or Friedman.

 

[Junk Yard Dog]

I’m selling my Pro Stock B+ 2015. Pm me and we can chat if you’re interested.

 

[Mudder]

How times change. Just a few years ago whenever someone said Splawn someone said "weird mids". I always thought they sounded good.

 

[Mad Axe]

How times change. Just a few years ago whenever someone said Splawn someone said "weird mids". I always thought they sounded good.

I had an older Nitro that I always thought had "weird mids". Didn't sound at all like the clips of other Splawns I heard before I bought it.

 

[seanseanhd]

Well tomorrow i will order the Quick Rod with White Tolex Thanks for all the info and clips.

 

[Apex1Rg7X]

I was just offered a Super Sport for the Archon I'm selling/trading but have no experience with Splawns. Will the Super Sport get me into modern metal like say Deftones, Meshuggah, Periphery territory? Judging by the comments, the QR sounds like a contender as well.

Is the Super Sport your being offered the 6v6 version or the EL34 version ?

It is the EL34 version.

 

[Stealthtastic]

Well tomorrow i will order the Quick Rod with White Tolex Thanks for all the info and clips.

White tolex is whatsup. If you play out a lot it's super easy to get it dirty looking though. The scuffs show up easily.

 

[garey77]

I had a Nitro. I'd buy another one in a second. The clean channel was as well killer on that amp.

 

[FUZZboat]

get a used super sport & slave it thru the recto's power amp

especially if your leaning toward a QR - IMO the SS has similiar tones, 22watts, and usually a
lot cheaper used

 

[hammered]

I was just offered a Super Sport for the Archon I'm selling/trading but have no experience with Splawns. Will the Super Sport get me into modern metal like say Deftones, Meshuggah, Periphery territory? Judging by the comments, the QR sounds like a contender as well.

Is the Super Sport your being offered the 6v6 version or the EL34 version ?

It is the EL34 version.

I’ve got two of them , one of them started life with 6v6s and I had it converted to EL34s last year and it’s really ballsy now with more volume on tap. I plays 80s hard rock high gain stuff with them

 

[JerEvil]

How times change. Just a few years ago whenever someone said Splawn someone said "weird mids". I always thought they sounded good.

Yeah I never got that. I think the mids are perfect. Especially if youre gigging. The QR can cut through a live mix like nobody’s business.

 

[Mudder]

How times change. Just a few years ago whenever someone said Splawn someone said "weird mids". I always thought they sounded good.

Yeah I never got that. I think the mids are perfect. Especially if youre gigging. The QR can cut through a live mix like nobody’s business.

I remember watching Rian's vids with a Splawn and it sounded so punchy, great tones, no flub. That dude can make gear sound good though. Either way, when I saw Godsmack live they rolled out Splawn stacks. Roaring show