Franklin 15 Review on Harmony Central
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JeffB
Let it B
Re: Franklin 15 Review on Harmony Central
Glad ya got a good review Scott
but I found the review uniformative in the most important way...tone
WHAT does the amp sound like? Is it classA? What tubes? speakers, etc...right at the end he said "matchless" other than that I wouldn't have any idea....and If I'm not mistaken didn't matchless have sev diff "tones" in thier various amps? (some vox copies..some fender-ish etc)..is it Vox-like...Marshall crunch? Fender pristine?, all of 'em, etc
I know you didn't write it, it's just I can't seem to get a "tone report" on one other than "they sound good" and apparently it won't pi$$ off the barmaids... :laugh2:
hopefully the clips to appear soon(?) will help me out...
Glad ya got a good review Scott
but I found the review uniformative in the most important way...toneWHAT does the amp sound like? Is it classA? What tubes? speakers, etc...right at the end he said "matchless" other than that I wouldn't have any idea....and If I'm not mistaken didn't matchless have sev diff "tones" in thier various amps? (some vox copies..some fender-ish etc)..is it Vox-like...Marshall crunch? Fender pristine?, all of 'em, etc
I know you didn't write it, it's just I can't seem to get a "tone report" on one other than "they sound good" and apparently it won't pi$$ off the barmaids... :laugh2:
hopefully the clips to appear soon(?) will help me out...
Re: Franklin 15 Review on Harmony Central
Good points. Maybe Larry can clarify at some point if he feels the need. Some of us write reviews and such better than others. I totally appreciate Stratman taking the time to write the review regardless. Clips coming at some point this weekend perhaps. Gotta finish Arm's JTM45 first though. That's my highest priority.
JeffB said:Glad ya got a good review Scott
WHAT does the amp sound like? Is it classA? What tubes? speakers, etc...right at the end he said "matchless" other than that I wouldn't have any idea....and If I'm not mistaken didn't matchless have sev diff "tones" in thier various amps? (some vox copies..some fender-ish etc)..is it Vox-like...Marshall crunch? Fender pristine?, all of 'em, etc
I know you didn't write it, it's just I can't seem to get a "tone report" on one other than "they sound good" and apparently it won't pi$$ off the barmaids... :laugh2:
hopefully the clips to appear soon(?) will help me out...
Good points. Maybe Larry can clarify at some point if he feels the need. Some of us write reviews and such better than others. I totally appreciate Stratman taking the time to write the review regardless. Clips coming at some point this weekend perhaps. Gotta finish Arm's JTM45 first though. That's my highest priority.
Stratman
Guitaris Maximus
Re: Franklin 15 Review on Harmony Central
Read the entire post!
OK, tone is subjective. I have been in too many guitar stores where other guitar players play an amp and can not get it to sound right, then I get on it and they are asking me "How did you do that?" It is more that the fingering, cables, pickups, guitar wood, tubes, transformers, speackers, etc... It is the combination of all of those attributes. However, there are those times when an amp sound so well that it is a joy to play and does not take too much to get that great tone from it. This is such a case.
The amp can be played clean and in that sense it has a lot of clear sparkle. Think of those clear notes in the lead part of "The Wind Cry's Mary".
The amp can be played middle of the road hard. Think of the beginning part of "La Grange"
And finally, the amp can be driven hard. Think of the lead part of "La Grange"
Other than that - I purposely did not comment on the tubes or speaker since Scott's forum should be the source for that type of information. It does play in the true Class A mode, but to try to class it like a Vox, Fender or Marshall would be wrong. It has that nice Matchless tone of an amp built similar to this one.
Pure leasure to play and will be a hit at any bar or club.
Get the picture?
JeffB said:Glad ya got a good review Scott
WHAT does the amp sound like? Is it classA? What tubes? speakers, etc...right at the end he said "matchless" other than that I wouldn't have any idea....and If I'm not mistaken didn't matchless have sev diff "tones" in thier various amps? (some vox copies..some fender-ish etc)..is it Vox-like...Marshall crunch? Fender pristine?, all of 'em, etc
I know you didn't write it, it's just I can't seem to get a "tone report" on one other than "they sound good" and apparently it won't pi$$ off the barmaids... :laugh2:
hopefully the clips to appear soon(?) will help me out...
Read the entire post!
OK, tone is subjective. I have been in too many guitar stores where other guitar players play an amp and can not get it to sound right, then I get on it and they are asking me "How did you do that?" It is more that the fingering, cables, pickups, guitar wood, tubes, transformers, speackers, etc... It is the combination of all of those attributes. However, there are those times when an amp sound so well that it is a joy to play and does not take too much to get that great tone from it. This is such a case.
The amp can be played clean and in that sense it has a lot of clear sparkle. Think of those clear notes in the lead part of "The Wind Cry's Mary".
The amp can be played middle of the road hard. Think of the beginning part of "La Grange"
And finally, the amp can be driven hard. Think of the lead part of "La Grange"
Other than that - I purposely did not comment on the tubes or speaker since Scott's forum should be the source for that type of information. It does play in the true Class A mode, but to try to class it like a Vox, Fender or Marshall would be wrong. It has that nice Matchless tone of an amp built similar to this one.
Pure leasure to play and will be a hit at any bar or club.
Get the picture?
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Curly
Moe's Bluesman
Re: Franklin 15 Review on Harmony Central
I haven't heard Scott's amp, but there are some pretty cool 2x EL 84 amps - from the vintage Vox AC 15 Twin Twelve that had as good of a tone as any amp I've played, to the newer 65 Amps London that Joneser and I were blown away by at the L A Amp Show.
Locally, Jeff Snyder makes an 18 watt, 1x12 combo that has a lot of interest among players, and sells in 3 versions for $2500- $3000.
Some people think these type amps lack some bottom, but the London proves that doesn't have to be the case. If some of these do lack bottom, they make up for it in harmonics and beautiful crunch.
And of course there was Matchless, who raised the bar for peerless construction, indestructibility, and great tone. The Lightning has got to be a good amp to base a design on.
My point: I'll be waiting for a chance to give a Franklin a test drive. These things should sound glorious with single coils!
I haven't heard Scott's amp, but there are some pretty cool 2x EL 84 amps - from the vintage Vox AC 15 Twin Twelve that had as good of a tone as any amp I've played, to the newer 65 Amps London that Joneser and I were blown away by at the L A Amp Show.
Locally, Jeff Snyder makes an 18 watt, 1x12 combo that has a lot of interest among players, and sells in 3 versions for $2500- $3000.
Some people think these type amps lack some bottom, but the London proves that doesn't have to be the case. If some of these do lack bottom, they make up for it in harmonics and beautiful crunch.
And of course there was Matchless, who raised the bar for peerless construction, indestructibility, and great tone. The Lightning has got to be a good amp to base a design on.
My point: I'll be waiting for a chance to give a Franklin a test drive. These things should sound glorious with single coils!
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: Franklin 15 Review on Harmony Central
May favourite line from the review:
May favourite line from the review:
Didn't know you were polytheistic, Scott!
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