Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experience)

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Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

I've used my 95 white chassis (loaded) 101B since 2001.
I think it was the 32nd one made.
I'm also familiar with other Bogners and Friedmans.
To me, most Friedmans have a crunchier JCM 800 base tone but do a lot more. Bogners have more of a plexi base tone, but can be molded in every direction.

The Ecstasy is the most versatile channel switching amp out there. 5 different players of different genres would all set it up differently because it's hard to get a bad sound out of any channel.

If I was married to one brutal highgain Marshall tone like Lynch, Cantrell, or Hetfield, I'd probably go for a Friedman.

My style is more varied like John 5, Gilmour, or Pete Thorn, so I spend more time on all the clean to midgain sounds, and reserve the red channel for a fat singing lead tone.

It takes pedals nicely, and has a great fully mixable FX loop. My loaded model has Class A and cab assigning, so I can even send the clean channel to an open back Jensen loaded cab, which really makes the cleans really sound Fender-like.

You should plug into a BE50 Deluxe Joe. It's the best clean channel on any channel-switcher that I've ever heard. And I've had nearly everything that is well-known in boutique switchers. It's amazing.

 

[Ayrton]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

The BE50 is the only amp that is on my radar (not that I would pass on a sweet deal for a SLO100 or 101b)

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

Yeah, the BE50 Deluxe and Metropoulos Metro-Plex are two amps I'd love to own. Also, the Reeves Space Cowboy blows my mind.

 

[Red_Label]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

Yeah, the BE50 Deluxe and Metropoulos Metro-Plex are two amps I'd love to own. Also, the Reeves Space Cowboy blows my mind.

Yes, I've been curious about the Metro stuff for a while. Also, the Wizard stuff. That's about all that's left that I'm interested in trying. But I've finally gotten to the point that I realize that everything (that I would be interested in owning) is just different flavors of the same thing. So unless one of those amps happens to fall into my lap (very unlikely)... I probably won't go out and find one to try.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

Besides the fact I can't be spending money these days, the thing that keeps me from buying a Friedman is that I've got some good sounding Marshalls that sound basically the same, especially when OD's are thrown into the mix.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

Thanks for all the info guys, I appreciate it!

Was the white chassis the only one with assignable speaker outs? That’s a killer feature on my Mesa, open back American speakers for clean and closed back British speakers for gain is really cool.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

I believe Bogner stripped away a few features on the Ecstasy around 98-99, such as Class A, cab assigning, and attenuator loop. One of the best features is the fully mixable FX loop. It makes any type of effect sound perfect, and it's footswitchable.

 

[Ayrton]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

What year should one be looking for if say they were "in the market" for such an amp?

 

[Nightburst]

Re: Gearjonser, tell me about your Bogner.... (and anyone else with Ecstasy experienc

You can buy my white chassis 101B if you like. Got the same one as Gearjoneser.