Pignose Amp

[The Vault]

I grabbed on elast week and it has some real cool tones for such a small amp. Anyone else own one?

Just curious.

Tv.

[The Vault]

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BTW, it's definetely worth the money!

[the guy who invented fire]

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I used to have one, they are great...lots of fun. I'll tell ya whats bad ass...I saw a local band here in Atlanta once...he was running somekind of Marshall head into a 4x12 for his cleans then running a Pignose into a different 4x12 for crunch (with a mic of course) but he had a pretty bad ass live tone!

[Scott_F]

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Hmm,I'm the lone dissenter. I had one and thought it blew chunks. Sent it back. you'd be better off grabbing a used Reverend instead.

[the guy who invented fire]

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there are several different Pignose amps...I have only tried the original, old school Pignose...like the one from Crossroads.

[The Vault]

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Scott, you are always the lone dissenter

I've got a new model and am assuming that it sounds like the one used in Crossroads. Either way, I plug my Tele and get some cool tones. Naturally, with the volume turned up full the OD isn't the best by any stretch of the imagination. Instead, I turn the up the volume to get some good dirt and use a TS9 to boost the channel.

I am taking it with me to do some shows in England. I'll mic it and it should sound vintage!

Tv.

[Quencho092]

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I'm with Scott. I have one and it also blows chunks. I cant get it to clean up the least bit, even with my guitar volume rolled down.

[Pandemonium]

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What Quench said. I can get some halfway decent dirty lap steel tones but that's about it.

[krankguitarist]

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Its a fun little amp, not really somthing i'd consider using as a pratice/gig amp, but more of a "special applications" deal.

I'll say one thing though, it sounds a hell of a lot better than a lot of other portable amps i've tried.

[schecterplayer]

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The thing about the standard battery powered pignose is that it really only has one tone, overdriven, speaker distorted crunch. It does do this tone very well though and its a lot of fun but I wouldn't get it if you like versitility or cleans. I havn't tried thier new 10 inch speaker tube amp though, might be nice.

[The Vault]

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i think the purpose of such a small amp is to allow a player access to electric guitar sounds while in remote places such as camping, at a park, or even at a friend's place. For such a tiny amp, it definetely gets the job done. Anyone expecting to recieve the holy grail of guitar tones from this amp might have their expectations raised a little high, but for the size, price and look of this amp there are few that are as appealing.

Tv.

[sooperunkn]

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i think the purpose of such a small amp is to allow a player access to electric guitar sounds while in remote places such as camping, at a park, or even at a friend's place. For such a tiny amp, it definetely gets the job done. Anyone expecting to recieve the holy grail of guitar tones from this amp might have their expectations raised a little high, but for the size, price and look of this amp there are few that are as appealing.

Tv.

I agree. I've had my pignose for about 10 years now and I like it. No cleans, so don't even try. Here's a cool trick if you can do with the pignose.... you need someone to help you though. Start jammin' out and have a friend unbuckle the latch and open & close the case at variable rates... it sound like a wah!! Pretty fun, but the friend usually gets bored fast.... I'm still trying to teach my dog how to do it!