Ampero 2 is being bought

DankStar

DankStar

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By me rn. It was a hostile takeover of my impulses.

Price finally dropped on Amazon nearly $100 from typical. Just in time for my birthday :fest7:

I’ll report back.

Almost went with a headrush mx5 (also great price at the moment) but I know I’ll like the high gain amps in Ampero more, despite headrush having a seemingly easier rig builder and expression pedal. I’d actually rather have the unit off the floor and use a detachable expression pedal.
 
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First of all, congrats on your birthday!

I'm a MX5 user myself, but before I took the plunge, the Ampero 2 was in my final three roster... you'll have fun with it for sure!

Enjoy!
 
Synapsys said:
First of all, congrats on your birthday!

I'm a MX5 user myself, but before I took the plunge, the Ampero 2 was in my final three roster... you'll have fun with it for sure!

Enjoy!
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very cool, and thanks. I think I’d be happy with the headrush too, and the current price for the silver at MF seems like a steal.
 
Happy Birthday Dank! I have a regular Ampero & it's pretty sweet. Did'nt even know they had a MkII out. Need check YT & have a listen. Enjoy!
 
Phantasmagoria said:
Happy Birthday Dank! I have a regular Ampero & it's pretty sweet. Did'nt even know they had a MkII out. Need check YT & have a listen. Enjoy!
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thanks! I’ve been following it since it came out but always talked myself out of it. I had the chance to play through an OG at guitar center once and there was one preset where I could tell it had the magic. One thing I wish the newer one has is XLR outs.
 
Of all the things to just drop in a bag for shipment :argh:

I’ve had toilet paper shipped with better packaging. Speaking of which, don’t people know how anal we are about protecting our gear??

The unit appears to be ok but I keep my boxes. Now dems corners all goofy.

Aaaaand the price is down $50 from 2 freaking days ago. Good lord

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returning this one, getting lower priced one. Weird world we live in these days, they wouldn’t float me the difference
 
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Got the second unit at the adjusted cost and it’s noisy as all get out. I can’t hang with it. My digitech gsp is so much quieter. The amps sound good but there’s a noise that’s present even with the gate and without the gate it’s ridiculous.
 
I say hoe-tone but on the box it looked like Hot One to me.

might as well add this here:
while waiting for the guy to find a power cord for the headrush I plugged into a Katana mk2 combo, and it blew me away. I could see me owning the head version, the amp sounded sick and I barely scratched the surface with it.
 
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Wow, that sucks. I have'nt really noticed any noise issues with mine (original Ampero) but then I use it in the loop of my amps with the amp sim disengaged (pretty much going into a high gain preset with the amp sim switched off) for a bit of delay/reverb and whatever else that's going on there about 95% of the time..
 
Phantasmagoria said:
Wow, that sucks. I have'nt really noticed any noise issues with mine (original Ampero) but then I use it in the loop of my amps with the amp sim disengaged (pretty much going into a high gain preset with the amp sim switched off) for a bit of delay/reverb and whatever else that's going on there about 95% of the time..
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Seemed like the perfect device for me - small, tons of amps from vintage to modern, fair price, etc. Oh well, I’m glad I at least tried it finally.
 
Amazon really sucks. F’ Bezos and his peen shaped rocket. Hope it crashes into the sun. I can’t believe they wouldn’t just pay you back the difference when it’s quicker, easier and cheaper than what they did. If it’s too noisy it’s probably defective.
 
DankStar said:
Got the second unit at the adjusted cost and it’s noisy as all get out. I can’t hang with it. My digitech gsp is so much quieter. The amps sound good but there’s a noise that’s present even with the gate and without the gate it’s ridiculous.
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Grounding.

You tested it with earphones only or through an amp that has a grounded wall plug?

A way to ground it while using phones would be to connect the usb cable to a pc or laptop(wall powered).

The GSP comes with a three pin wall plug cable if I remember right.
 
Hank- said:
Grounding.

You tested it with earphones only or through an amp that has a grounded wall plug?

A way to ground it while using phones would be to connect the usb cable to a pc or laptop(wall powered).

The GSP comes with a three pin wall plug cable if I remember right.
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It has a 3-prong power supply. I tested at home with two guitars through headphones and at my brother’s place with another axe with headphones, then going into the effects return of a little EVH head & 1x12” cab. The GSP has a typical amp style 3-prong cord.

I think some of the Ampero noise was power or ground related but there’s also the digital amp noise thing going on. All I know is new gear that requires me to diagnose a problem immediately is a big enough turn off for a return.
 
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Beer$ said:
Amazon really sucks. F’ Bezos and his peen shaped rocket. Hope it crashes into the sun. I can’t believe they wouldn’t just pay you back the difference when it’s quicker, easier and cheaper than what they did. If it’s too noisy it’s probably defective.
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there are so many sellers on there, it gets confusing who you’re dealing with - Amazon or one of them
 
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