Ridiculous Amps!
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DesertRose
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I like the JCM800 ... but I wanna have the Mesa boogie mark III
I like the JCM800 ... but I wanna have the Mesa boogie mark III
Gearjoneser
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I got a call today from my friend Todd @ revolutionguitar, who's a Fargen dealer.
He was like "Joe, DUDE, I want you to imagine the best amp you've ever heard, and then imagine it being better" ......the new Fargen VOS
He's a big gearhead, and has a nice collection of killer amps, so I tend to trust his opinion. Also, I met Ben Fargen and heard him playing through the VOS at the LA Amp show and knew it was in the top 3 of the best amps I'd heard that day. They aren't cheap at $2300, but they're about as serious as you can get, when it comes to stellar tone machines. I might go to his studio/Ebay warehouse in the next few weeks and plug into that very cool amp. www.fargenamps.com
I got a call today from my friend Todd @ revolutionguitar, who's a Fargen dealer.
He was like "Joe, DUDE, I want you to imagine the best amp you've ever heard, and then imagine it being better" ......the new Fargen VOS
He's a big gearhead, and has a nice collection of killer amps, so I tend to trust his opinion. Also, I met Ben Fargen and heard him playing through the VOS at the LA Amp show and knew it was in the top 3 of the best amps I'd heard that day. They aren't cheap at $2300, but they're about as serious as you can get, when it comes to stellar tone machines. I might go to his studio/Ebay warehouse in the next few weeks and plug into that very cool amp. www.fargenamps.com
That90'sGuy
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And I'm having the VOS upgrade down as we speak on my Epic 30 DC :burnout:
Ben is the freakin' man! He's one of the few guys in the business I can trust with my money and know it's being spent well every time. My amp will now have one side vintage Vox AC-30 and one side VOS... I'm ready to have the good times roll :headbang:
I think this clip pretty much sums up what the VOS is all about: http://www.fargenamps.com/vostrack1.mp3
Ever since I got the Epic 30 DC in Nov/Dec '04, I haven't felt the need to get a different amp. For once I was really happy with my guitar tone and now, I think I've reached the very end of my tone search (I can't imagine it getting any better than this
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Gearjoneser said:
And I'm having the VOS upgrade down as we speak on my Epic 30 DC :burnout:
Ben is the freakin' man! He's one of the few guys in the business I can trust with my money and know it's being spent well every time. My amp will now have one side vintage Vox AC-30 and one side VOS... I'm ready to have the good times roll :headbang:
I think this clip pretty much sums up what the VOS is all about: http://www.fargenamps.com/vostrack1.mp3
Ever since I got the Epic 30 DC in Nov/Dec '04, I haven't felt the need to get a different amp. For once I was really happy with my guitar tone and now, I think I've reached the very end of my tone search (I can't imagine it getting any better than this
)
fretburner
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Are Cornfords any good? Richie Kotzen uses them.
Everyone seems to be raving "Bogner!". I wonder how Vai would defend on "abandoning" Bogner and VHT for the Carvin Legacy.
Are Cornfords any good? Richie Kotzen uses them.
Everyone seems to be raving "Bogner!". I wonder how Vai would defend on "abandoning" Bogner and VHT for the Carvin Legacy.
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That90'sGuy
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Now if I only had "Epic" guitar playing skillz
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PUCKBOY99 said:
Now if I only had "Epic" guitar playing skillz
:laugh2:
Gearjoneser
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Chris, your amp is probably going to be more impressive than a stock VOS, because those are just single channel amps. I'm curious to know how it'll sound, because your amp is EL-84 and I think the VOS is EL-34. If I were you, I'd buy a headbox for your amp, so you'll always have the option of using it that way.
Chris, your amp is probably going to be more impressive than a stock VOS, because those are just single channel amps. I'm curious to know how it'll sound, because your amp is EL-84 and I think the VOS is EL-34. If I were you, I'd buy a headbox for your amp, so you'll always have the option of using it that way.
Hot _Grits
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i've heard clips of Kotzen demoing his cornford, and it sounds great. Apparently the rest of the range is very good.
fretburner said:
i've heard clips of Kotzen demoing his cornford, and it sounds great. Apparently the rest of the range is very good.
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Skarekrough
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Am I missing something with this? To my ears it sounds like the overly compressed 80's prog-new-shred tone that folks tended to get through a handfull of pedals and a Marshall.
I'm not trying to put the amp down or insult anyone....but I'm trying to figure out the appeal of it is.
the_Chris said:
Am I missing something with this? To my ears it sounds like the overly compressed 80's prog-new-shred tone that folks tended to get through a handfull of pedals and a Marshall.
I'm not trying to put the amp down or insult anyone....but I'm trying to figure out the appeal of it is.
RevolutionMan
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Yeah I think that the clips don't do the amp justice, seems like clips never do. In person the amp is pretty unbelievable, and I'll say this, it's a rare beast in that it sounds great no matter what amount of gain you use.
Yeah I think that the clips don't do the amp justice, seems like clips never do. In person the amp is pretty unbelievable, and I'll say this, it's a rare beast in that it sounds great no matter what amount of gain you use.
DesertRose
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one thing about cornford amps is that they don't mass produce.
2ndly is that their heads cost more than a historic Gibson
one thing about cornford amps is that they don't mass produce.
2ndly is that their heads cost more than a historic Gibson
Jeroen
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I would go for either a H&K Triamp Mk II or a Koch Multitone. Right now I'm using a H&K Triamp Mk I 2x12 combo (they made those for a short while in 1995, there are approximately 500 made) and really love the amp, an updated version would be awesome. I would want to have it with 6L6 powertubes instead of the stock EL34 though. Back in the day my combo was made, H&K offered the factory option for 6L6 powertubes, mine is one that came out of the factory with 6L6's (recommended tube types are actually engraved on the chassis).
Koch is a great ampbuilder too though. I have a Koch Pedaltone (it's basically the preamp of the Multitone, placed in a four pedal floorunit, with an added 12AU7 working as a 0,5 watt poweramp to give you poweramp saturation when you're plugging directly into PA or a recording device (really nice feature, together with the pretty good analog speakersimulator), presettable solo and rhythm volume levels and a footswitchable enhancer for the high frequencies (instead of the dual inputs of the Multitone, they just made it switchable on the Pedaltone).
Although it's not as versatile as the Triamp, it offers incredibly transparent and dynamic tone and really lets the natural character of your guitar shine through. The lead channel has a lot of presence that some people may experience as fizzyness, but it actually provides a lot of cutting through the mix when playing with a band. By the way, you may also like the 120 watt Powertone II, that's everything the Multitone is, but with more power and more gain, and more balls (thicker tone). Incredible amps, made right here in the Netherlands (I've actually met Dolf Koch once when I was there for service to my Pedaltone, very friendly guy).
By the way, did anyone know Koch builds the Eden WT300 all tube bass heads and those new Sadowsky 200 watt heads? Eden and Sadowsky don't produce those themselves!
I would go for either a H&K Triamp Mk II or a Koch Multitone. Right now I'm using a H&K Triamp Mk I 2x12 combo (they made those for a short while in 1995, there are approximately 500 made) and really love the amp, an updated version would be awesome. I would want to have it with 6L6 powertubes instead of the stock EL34 though. Back in the day my combo was made, H&K offered the factory option for 6L6 powertubes, mine is one that came out of the factory with 6L6's (recommended tube types are actually engraved on the chassis).
Koch is a great ampbuilder too though. I have a Koch Pedaltone (it's basically the preamp of the Multitone, placed in a four pedal floorunit, with an added 12AU7 working as a 0,5 watt poweramp to give you poweramp saturation when you're plugging directly into PA or a recording device (really nice feature, together with the pretty good analog speakersimulator), presettable solo and rhythm volume levels and a footswitchable enhancer for the high frequencies (instead of the dual inputs of the Multitone, they just made it switchable on the Pedaltone).
Although it's not as versatile as the Triamp, it offers incredibly transparent and dynamic tone and really lets the natural character of your guitar shine through. The lead channel has a lot of presence that some people may experience as fizzyness, but it actually provides a lot of cutting through the mix when playing with a band. By the way, you may also like the 120 watt Powertone II, that's everything the Multitone is, but with more power and more gain, and more balls (thicker tone). Incredible amps, made right here in the Netherlands (I've actually met Dolf Koch once when I was there for service to my Pedaltone, very friendly guy).
By the way, did anyone know Koch builds the Eden WT300 all tube bass heads and those new Sadowsky 200 watt heads? Eden and Sadowsky don't produce those themselves!
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Bogner Shiva.
Or the best advice...play a bunch of them, can't get nothing but confusion out of this!!
Find something that suits you.
Bogner Shiva.
Or the best advice...play a bunch of them, can't get nothing but confusion out of this!!
Find something that suits you.
DesertRose
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sounds good.
I would like to try that one out also
sounds good.
I would like to try that one out also
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