Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
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Boogie Bill
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Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
Boy, that is a short list of amps! I don't think the ENGL is in the ball park, and I have had a very bad experience with Bogner. The Diezel is $$$$$, and I admit to no having heard the Krank yet.
Personally, I think Mesa's Dual and Triple Rectifiers have changed the world of guitar amplification; and I think the Stiletto is really going to push Marshall, hard.
Speaking of Marshall, don't they build a pretty decent amp in the TSL 100 or DSL 100???
(And no Soldano? No Rivera Knucklehead? No VHT????)
Well, your poll--but put me in the "OTHER" category--I vote Rectifier.
Boy, that is a short list of amps! I don't think the ENGL is in the ball park, and I have had a very bad experience with Bogner. The Diezel is $$$$$, and I admit to no having heard the Krank yet.
Personally, I think Mesa's Dual and Triple Rectifiers have changed the world of guitar amplification; and I think the Stiletto is really going to push Marshall, hard.
Speaking of Marshall, don't they build a pretty decent amp in the TSL 100 or DSL 100???
(And no Soldano? No Rivera Knucklehead? No VHT????)
Well, your poll--but put me in the "OTHER" category--I vote Rectifier.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
well...I tried a Bogner Uberschall once and I have to admit I was blown away...killer amp. As for the Diezel VH4 I've tried one twice now and I liked it a lot better the 2nd time but it costs some major cheese and to be honest there are things about it I didn't care for. I have never tried an Engl Powerball so I won't coment on that at all. I have tried a Krankenstein and was very unimpressed I also tried a chadwick and was also unimpressed with it. All that said, If I were gonna go buy a high amp today I would get a VHT Pitbull Ultra Lead...I really do like those amps a lot!
well...I tried a Bogner Uberschall once and I have to admit I was blown away...killer amp. As for the Diezel VH4 I've tried one twice now and I liked it a lot better the 2nd time but it costs some major cheese and to be honest there are things about it I didn't care for. I have never tried an Engl Powerball so I won't coment on that at all. I have tried a Krankenstein and was very unimpressed I also tried a chadwick and was also unimpressed with it. All that said, If I were gonna go buy a high amp today I would get a VHT Pitbull Ultra Lead...I really do like those amps a lot!
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
if I had to choose an amp you have in the poll it would be a tought call between the Bogner and the Deizel...but at the end I think I might go for the Bogner.
if I had to choose an amp you have in the poll it would be a tought call between the Bogner and the Deizel...but at the end I think I might go for the Bogner.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
I know a guy who makes killer amps for those applications...no need to pay for a big name thing
I know a guy who makes killer amps for those applications...no need to pay for a big name thing
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
do tell...
Rid said:I know a guy who makes killer amps for those applications...no need to pay for a big name thing
do tell...
Gearjoneser
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Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
You already know what I'm gonna say. Forget the Uberschall, get the Ecstasy.
It'll do glassy EL-34 clean all the way to brutal and toneful metal meltdown, plus every single shade of Marshall in between. It's like EL-34 modeling clay, and it's Reinhold Bogner's brainchild......his claim to fame. The Uber is just a dumb downed version made specifically for metal. The Ecstasy is whatever you want it to be. It would be appropriate for anyone from a Duane Allman fan all the way to a Nu Metal fan.......only the settings would be different.
You already know what I'm gonna say. Forget the Uberschall, get the Ecstasy.
It'll do glassy EL-34 clean all the way to brutal and toneful metal meltdown, plus every single shade of Marshall in between. It's like EL-34 modeling clay, and it's Reinhold Bogner's brainchild......his claim to fame. The Uber is just a dumb downed version made specifically for metal. The Ecstasy is whatever you want it to be. It would be appropriate for anyone from a Duane Allman fan all the way to a Nu Metal fan.......only the settings would be different.
RGN
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Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
I think most people have no idea how much gain you get get out of an Ecstasy GJ! You need to post some red-channel clips. I don't think Krank belongs on this list in any way, shape or form. I don't think there is a single part on a Krank that Reinhold Bogner or Peter Diezel would use in a temporary loaner amp. If you were playing straight metal I'd probably go with a Herbert over the VH4. Save $150 and get three channels over four.
Gearjoneser said:
I think most people have no idea how much gain you get get out of an Ecstasy GJ! You need to post some red-channel clips. I don't think Krank belongs on this list in any way, shape or form. I don't think there is a single part on a Krank that Reinhold Bogner or Peter Diezel would use in a temporary loaner amp. If you were playing straight metal I'd probably go with a Herbert over the VH4. Save $150 and get three channels over four.
Gearjoneser
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Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
RGN, you're one of those few lucky guys that have both the Ecstasy and Diezel VH4. I remember your short review of both, but it's gotta be a fun day to stand in front of those two and hear the best EL-34 and 6L6 channel switching amps!!
RGN, you're one of those few lucky guys that have both the Ecstasy and Diezel VH4. I remember your short review of both, but it's gotta be a fun day to stand in front of those two and hear the best EL-34 and 6L6 channel switching amps!!
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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
Hmmm...
Bogner Uberschall - No doubt a killer amp, but I really think you can do better, especially for the price.
Diezel VH4 - Overrated, IMO. I don't dig how these are voiced at all.
ENGL Powerball - Pretty killer amp, great for Meshuggah type stuff. Chug and grind, for sure. I don't like it as much for fast riffing, I find the voicing is much too overly saturated for that.
Krankenstein - Meh... Revolution 1's sound better, IMO, and are great when mixed with an amp that can fill out the low end and low mids - like a Mesa on Nevermore's This Godless Endeavour.
Hmmm...
Bogner Uberschall - No doubt a killer amp, but I really think you can do better, especially for the price.
Diezel VH4 - Overrated, IMO. I don't dig how these are voiced at all.
ENGL Powerball - Pretty killer amp, great for Meshuggah type stuff. Chug and grind, for sure. I don't like it as much for fast riffing, I find the voicing is much too overly saturated for that.
Krankenstein - Meh... Revolution 1's sound better, IMO, and are great when mixed with an amp that can fill out the low end and low mids - like a Mesa on Nevermore's This Godless Endeavour
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tiekstudio
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Re: Best Modern Amp for Metal and Rock?
hughes & kettner attax...the origional...not this new crap
hughes & kettner attax...the origional...not this new crap
Nite_Maresz_25
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Out of thoes, I'd take the Krank. I'd rather have a Dual/Triple Recto and/or mesa F 50/100
Out of thoes, I'd take the Krank. I'd rather have a Dual/Triple Recto and/or mesa F 50/100
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