Well I did it..New Fully Loaded Splawn QR

[cecilbag]

The new QR came yesterday. I was able to spend a good amount of time with it today.
It's a killer amp. A good bit different than the '09 for sure. I need to A/B between the two at some point.
I feel like the gears are more usable on the new one. I always used to stick to Gear 2 and almost always used OD2. On the new one I don't feel I need OD2 to get a nice aggressive gain level going. And even Gear 1 can sound massive. There is enough thump and thickness there for what I like for my main rhythm tone.
The mid cut takes out mids as the name implies, but diming the mid EQ brings enough mid cut back and at a lower mid focus. I will have to see if it will still cut in the band mix but I think that may be the ticket to a more modern tone. It kicks you in the nuts while the normal mid voicing kicks you in the chest.
I am also not finding the same Treble blend pot thing that the '09 has that makes me run treble at basically 0. On this one it's usable all the way through and doesn't thin out the tone.

Congrats man on the new amp. I had a QR before and loved it. Tell the wife you traded for it on CL for a bunch of pedals she don't know about.

This right here. I've "sold/traded" the same 3 guitars several times when acquiring new gear. I actually do have to sell them now before I play them in front of her by mistake......

 

[Racerxrated]

Congrats! LOVE my Quickrod and 4X12 slant. They aren't getting a lot of love right now, because I'm still in the honeymoon with my Friedman Smallbox and 2x12. But every once in a while I get in the mood to play some AIC, Tool, etc and decide to plug into the QR. I never power it off thinking anything other than "I LOVE THIS RIG". It's not better or worse than the Friedman... just different.

Awesome. I am kind of afraid to try the Friedman stuff. Probably good its not readily available around me. I am better off staying in the mind set that Splawn is it for me. And hell...it could be worse.

You're playing one of the best rock amps made. So you're all set. Last spring I was sitting in a work meeting, browsing my smart phone and saw an ad for a 2012 QR and matching 4x12 in the used section of a music store's website for a stupid low price. The store was 120 miles away. I excused myself from the meeting, ran out in the hall, called the store, gave them my credit card numbers, and drove up to pick it up the next day. Best deal I've ever got. Here's a pic of the ad.

P.S. I'm paying $2100 more for just my Smallbox head, than I did for the whole Splawn rig. The Friedman is awesome... but it ain't THAT awesome.

Wow! Amazing deal!