Whats this new Friedman amp??

[BABMusic]

This will likely be one of the most affordable Friedmans once some of the used ones show up for sale. $1400-1500 for this circuit, could be awesome. As I said in a previous thread, the Jose 100 circuit has a true Marshall midrange tone to it. That's going to be very appealing to a lot of players who didn't quite like the previous amps. I also just heard that the bottom end in this 20 watter is huge. Also, they really marketed this thing -- it's on every damn youtube channel today! lol

 

[Anje]

Yes, very cool little amp, but the $$/££/€€ start to be over the top here in Europe... almost 2100€ from Thomann.

I've had a Runt 20 I used a lot for years for weekly basic easy load in/out band rehearsal duty in a small studio, was very happy with it; until I decided to pull one of the bigger amps again
One of my old simple 4010 Marshall would eat it alive; but both together was actually a very very cool dual amp setup I then used for a portable wet/dry based rig.

 

[joesatch]

Pink Taco 50. They went with Pink Taco was intended to be Pete Thorn but the deal fell thru and he went with suhr

 

[CarlF]

Can this new Friedman get me these style tones?

 

[BABMusic]

I just realized this might actually be stocked at my local GC store. If it is, I'm going to go play it for sure. I will say though, I've never liked an EL84 amp in the past more so than an EL34 cousin. I played a DSL mini a few months back -- decent, but not great. I played a Mark V mini 25 -- not anything really like my Mark IV.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I don't at all get the appeal of 20 watt high gain amps. It is weird as shit.

That said, I wish Friedman the best and I know these will sell like hotcakes. So many people are trying to convince themselves that 20 watts = 100

 

[napalmdeath]

I'm curious if he could have used just one EL34...
Owning a EL84 Amp myself and using it through a 4-12, it really doesn't push air like a 34 based Amp does..
(Just my opinion.... Please don't skin me alive).

Yeah, and you need an EQ in the loop for any real thump. Fortunately, his loops are excellent, and easily doable.. I made the PT-20 V2 sound massive. This amp seems to have that grind and aggression. In my opinion, the PT-20 is simplified, cheap used, and would be the way to go. It has those Jose tones, just dumbed down.