54stratlover
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I went to Seattle on a look and see mission. had a chance to play a few amps today. First was the Roccaforte Custom 80 head. http://www.roccaforteamps.com/index.htm
I used a 62 fender strat, 56 LP reissue, 59 L.P. reissue, Custom guitar with lollar p-90's. Between all of these guitars. This amp was a great reproduction of the older plexi amps, single channel, but with a twist, a master volume. Very dynamic, with good overtones. Able to pull off ac/dc with minimal effort. i tried it by cranking the master and adjusting the drive to an acceptable level. the amp really shined when used this way. Huge overtones, Very hendrix. Then I tried the converse of cranking the drive and adjusting master to earspliting levels. Very ballsy. I believe the cabinet was loaded with celestion 75's (marshall 800 cabinet). I wasn't super happy about this but, oh well. I kind of blame that on my #1 complaint. The amp seemed high pitched. I found myself reaching for the treble knob first, then the presence when using the les pauls to cut out some of the highs. The amp and the 62 strat loved each other. Great overtones. the amp is very solid and loud. Price tag was a tad high. the amp was used and only 200 under the new price.
Next were two amps by the same maker, and the maker was Budda. http://www.budda.com/web/superdrive_frameset.html
i believe they were both of the superdrive II family, the superdrive 80 head, and the superdrive 30 1x12 combo. The amps were the basic (globaltone controls) 2 channel no reverb amp. these amps were loaded with 6l6s. when I first plugged in i thought it probably had el34's in it, because the gain was very marshallesque. Not plexi mind you, maybe like a tricked out 800. This amp excells in the bottom end. i played a prs single cut with a trem, and one with a fixed bridge (I am not familiar with prs model #'s). The head was 80watts and Loud as hell. I like to "open" an amp up. The amp was great, but I was in a situation were i couldn't really open the amp up (it wasn't in a sound room, and the store was busy). So I went to the sound room and tried the 1x12 combo of the same superdrive family. I opened up this anp and it did clean, blues, and classic rock without breading a sweat. Working the power amp on this amp really pays off with sweet tone. ballsy on the bottom end with sweet mids. I used the two prs guitars, and then an early 80's les paul '59 reissue. Another amp maker I would recomend Highly.
Next ws a THD Bi-valve. Great unique bluesy tone. http://www.thdelectronics.com/products.htm
Wonderful amp. This amp had a variety of tones. Cleans were great, maybe a little fendery, maybe champish. dirty sound was all its own. I only played it for about 10m. It had a high gain and low gain input. those are the two channels. this amp had tons of bells and whistles. the most useful was a built in attenuator. i liked this amp, and would recommend any style player give it a try. Great base tone in you know what I mean.
I used a 62 fender strat, 56 LP reissue, 59 L.P. reissue, Custom guitar with lollar p-90's. Between all of these guitars. This amp was a great reproduction of the older plexi amps, single channel, but with a twist, a master volume. Very dynamic, with good overtones. Able to pull off ac/dc with minimal effort. i tried it by cranking the master and adjusting the drive to an acceptable level. the amp really shined when used this way. Huge overtones, Very hendrix. Then I tried the converse of cranking the drive and adjusting master to earspliting levels. Very ballsy. I believe the cabinet was loaded with celestion 75's (marshall 800 cabinet). I wasn't super happy about this but, oh well. I kind of blame that on my #1 complaint. The amp seemed high pitched. I found myself reaching for the treble knob first, then the presence when using the les pauls to cut out some of the highs. The amp and the 62 strat loved each other. Great overtones. the amp is very solid and loud. Price tag was a tad high. the amp was used and only 200 under the new price.
Next were two amps by the same maker, and the maker was Budda. http://www.budda.com/web/superdrive_frameset.html
i believe they were both of the superdrive II family, the superdrive 80 head, and the superdrive 30 1x12 combo. The amps were the basic (globaltone controls) 2 channel no reverb amp. these amps were loaded with 6l6s. when I first plugged in i thought it probably had el34's in it, because the gain was very marshallesque. Not plexi mind you, maybe like a tricked out 800. This amp excells in the bottom end. i played a prs single cut with a trem, and one with a fixed bridge (I am not familiar with prs model #'s). The head was 80watts and Loud as hell. I like to "open" an amp up. The amp was great, but I was in a situation were i couldn't really open the amp up (it wasn't in a sound room, and the store was busy). So I went to the sound room and tried the 1x12 combo of the same superdrive family. I opened up this anp and it did clean, blues, and classic rock without breading a sweat. Working the power amp on this amp really pays off with sweet tone. ballsy on the bottom end with sweet mids. I used the two prs guitars, and then an early 80's les paul '59 reissue. Another amp maker I would recomend Highly.
Next ws a THD Bi-valve. Great unique bluesy tone. http://www.thdelectronics.com/products.htm
Wonderful amp. This amp had a variety of tones. Cleans were great, maybe a little fendery, maybe champish. dirty sound was all its own. I only played it for about 10m. It had a high gain and low gain input. those are the two channels. this amp had tons of bells and whistles. the most useful was a built in attenuator. i liked this amp, and would recommend any style player give it a try. Great base tone in you know what I mean.
