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bikerdude2
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Never heard of them, and was offered one in a trade. A CS2. Any comparisons besides Fender circuits?
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chumbucket
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The CDS2 is a great sounding amp that can do a variety of Fender tones and at any volume level. Black, brown, tweed. Great FX loop too. Won't do metal but gets a bunch of cool classic rock tones.
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bikerdude2
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Thanks
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ZEN Amps
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No, they unashamedly do the Fender thing. Nice amps, but hard to get excited about such amps when there's 30 companies, including Fender, making this type of thing.
I do like their OTT marketing though:
RedPlate Amps is one of only a handful of truly custom, hand-wired guitar amplifier manufacturers in the world.
I wonder what they consider a handful.
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misteregent
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I had a Redplate Blackverb combo at home for a trial before buying. It was a nice sounding amp but I returned it after the trial. I had already a Marshall amps that covered most of the amps sound.
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bikerdude2
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Might be good for what i'm looking for. Don't see any used for sale. Anyone have an ideas on a used value?
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chumbucket
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Head or combo?
It's gotta be in the $1500 -$2000 range IMO.
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bikerdude2
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It’s a head. A CS2
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chumbucket
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LPMojoGL
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I was excited to play a Redplate Magica once. I had read a lot about how great of an amp it is.
It sounded pretty big for a 1x12 combo, with a nice clean channel that could get to plexi crunch and a gain channel that would get pretty gainy. It was a thick and meaty, really middy tone. Not a tight n bright amp. It had a few switches to change the overall feel, sound and output wattage.
The build quality was good, from what I could tell.
Ultimately, while a good sounding amp, the Marshally sounds weren't in line with my tastes.
It sounded pretty big for a 1x12 combo, with a nice clean channel that could get to plexi crunch and a gain channel that would get pretty gainy. It was a thick and meaty, really middy tone. Not a tight n bright amp. It had a few switches to change the overall feel, sound and output wattage.
The build quality was good, from what I could tell.
Ultimately, while a good sounding amp, the Marshally sounds weren't in line with my tastes.
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