Boutique Amps?
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pureoldsound
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Voodoo amps
Komet
Tone king
Top Hat
Judybox
Mayfly
Cornford
Bruno
Omega amps
Allan
Voodoo amps
Komet
Tone king
Top Hat
Judybox
Mayfly
Cornford
Bruno
Omega amps
Allan
Marinblues
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this is pretty boutique:
this is pretty boutique:
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Okay, I have been bitten by the amp bug and I have gotten to play a lot of booteek stuff as of late. I was sort of in a Vox state of mind and the very best Voxy amp I could find was the Trem Cat Bad Cat. Great amp, but it was only a single channel and I slowly developed a need for a channel switcher. Also, the entire time I kept gravitating back to my 6L6 amps. I guess I wasn't into the Vox thing as much as I thought. Probably should have bought a Valvetronix head and been done with it.
I've played through Bruno's, Dr. Z's, Carr's, Two Rocks, Bad Cats', Tone King's, you name it. Settled on the Two Rock Custom Reverb as my main amp. I've only had it a few days, but so far, it's blowing me away. Classic Fender blackface and tweed tones on the clean channel but with its own twist and a sweet Dumble Overdrive on the lead channel. Hopefully it'll be a keeper.
Corksniffin' booteek stuff is pretty cool, but ya gotta try as many as possible to find the perfect one. Most of these guys will help you get the tone your after with a few tweaks. Customer service is normally first rate as well. You definitely get what you pay for. The trannies are all upgraded, top of the line stuff. the other components are as well. If you can afford it, it's a great way to go.
One step down might be some of the point to point stuff that Fender and Marshall are offering, step down in that they are mass produced, but handwired. Vox has that handwired AC30 that is pretty cool as well, but at 2500-3000 you can find better tones IMHO.
Okay, I have been bitten by the amp bug and I have gotten to play a lot of booteek stuff as of late. I was sort of in a Vox state of mind and the very best Voxy amp I could find was the Trem Cat Bad Cat. Great amp, but it was only a single channel and I slowly developed a need for a channel switcher. Also, the entire time I kept gravitating back to my 6L6 amps. I guess I wasn't into the Vox thing as much as I thought. Probably should have bought a Valvetronix head and been done with it.
I've played through Bruno's, Dr. Z's, Carr's, Two Rocks, Bad Cats', Tone King's, you name it. Settled on the Two Rock Custom Reverb as my main amp. I've only had it a few days, but so far, it's blowing me away. Classic Fender blackface and tweed tones on the clean channel but with its own twist and a sweet Dumble Overdrive on the lead channel. Hopefully it'll be a keeper.
Corksniffin' booteek stuff is pretty cool, but ya gotta try as many as possible to find the perfect one. Most of these guys will help you get the tone your after with a few tweaks. Customer service is normally first rate as well. You definitely get what you pay for. The trannies are all upgraded, top of the line stuff. the other components are as well. If you can afford it, it's a great way to go.
One step down might be some of the point to point stuff that Fender and Marshall are offering, step down in that they are mass produced, but handwired. Vox has that handwired AC30 that is pretty cool as well, but at 2500-3000 you can find better tones IMHO.
Archer_of_Fish
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I'd take any model Koch over any model of Bogner. I have one of the old multitones and the thing is going to be with me for life.
Neeradj said:
I'd take any model Koch over any model of Bogner. I have one of the old multitones and the thing is going to be with me for life.
gordon_39422
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aleclee
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Curiously enough, the guy who bought my Multitone (and loves it) sold me the Rivera that prompted its sale.
I hope to get a Fuchs this spring and might end up selling the Soldano to make room for the new Peters Dual Channel amp.
"Hi, my name is Alec and I'm a cork sniffer".
Wish i could say the same. My Multitone was my first nice tube amp but I greatly preferred my Rivera and Soldano so I sold the Koch. I really liked the ultra-gain channel but didn't get so excited about the other two channels, especially the middle one (not enough crunch for my taste).Archer_of_Fish said:
Curiously enough, the guy who bought my Multitone (and loves it) sold me the Rivera that prompted its sale.
I hope to get a Fuchs this spring and might end up selling the Soldano to make room for the new Peters Dual Channel amp.
"Hi, my name is Alec and I'm a cork sniffer".
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Alvin Lee Fan
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FOr the very essence of what boutique amps are all about, refer to this thread,
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=23970
FOr the very essence of what boutique amps are all about, refer to this thread,
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=23970
rhmcfarland
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Bogner Metropolis... some of the best Vox-meets-Marshall tones ever
Soldano SLO-100... awesome Marshall-esque tone
I also like:
Bogner Shiva
Bogner Ecstasy
Bad Cat Cub II
Matchless Lightning 210 combo
Bogner Metropolis... some of the best Vox-meets-Marshall tones ever
Soldano SLO-100... awesome Marshall-esque tone
I also like:
Bogner Shiva
Bogner Ecstasy
Bad Cat Cub II
Matchless Lightning 210 combo
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