What's the SDUGF consensus on Egnater amps?

[Echoes14]

Re: What's the SDUGF consensus on Egnater amps?

Yeah, no argument.

I'm familiar with the power of 15-watters. I have a first-gen Blues Jr. and a Princeton Recording Amp, and a five-watt Marshall Class 5, which gets me in plenty of trouble volume-wise. I even have a 100-watt Class D amp (Fender Mustang III, vI)

The only problems I have with the suggestions you mentioned are the 10-inch speakers and/or the EL84 tubes. Right now, I am pretty much done with EL84s. I want 6V6 openness and sweetness. They're more dynamic, most of the time, and they just work. (And I did see your mention of the 1X12 cab.)

Another amp I'm kind of eyeing: The Marshall DSL 15C. (Yeah, a Vietnamese-made Marshall. But I've heard good things about it, even over at The Gear Page, which can be notoriously anti-(modern) Marshall.)

There's a head version of all those. I understand the urge to move away from EL84's. The amp I REALLY wanted was the Egnater Rebel 20. You might give one of those a shot. Variable wattage, ability to go between EL84 and 6V6 tubes, and a loop.

 

[Stratman]

Re: What's the SDUGF consensus on Egnater amps?

I own the combo and head/cab Tweaker 15’s. (see the photos)

I like them a lot and have fun playing stereo out the amps, especially when I use the send/returns of the two amps for mixing different tone mixtures.

It is fun to watch heresayer’s comment about pro’s and con’s. But I keep laughing at them, since how many of them actually play gigs in bars and clubs every week.

 

[Inkstained]

Re: What's the SDUGF consensus on Egnater amps?

Cool. So that's a thumps up from you.

Is that a Strymon pedal I spy?

 

[Echoes14]

Re: What's the SDUGF consensus on Egnater amps?

It is fun to watch heresayer’s comment about pro’s and con’s. But I keep laughing at them, since how many of them actually play gigs in bars and clubs every week.

We play paying gigs once a month. We're all older (well, except for our singer), with kids, and I work weekends, so we limit ourselves to one gig a month. We play HUGE venues like Scab's Place in Prescott, WI, and Pauly's in New Prague, MN.

 

[Wattage]

Re: What's the SDUGF consensus on Egnater amps?

They run very hot, stock tubes can't handle the plate voltage real well. I have an NOS set of greyplate RCA 6v6 that have held up well but it's not worth the investment in killer tubes, not a big difference in sound from the stockers, just find some real strong tubes. As much as I like all the options it's just OK sounding IMO. I leave it at the guitar shop for customers to test guitars, it never really found a place in my heart.

Not a bad amp if you can get a good price but not one you can't live without IMO.

 

[B2D]

Re: What's the SDUGF consensus on Egnater amps?

I came close to getting a Tourmaster at one point but I didn't.

Egnaters strike me as being really good ideas with lackluster execution. Every time I play one I get the feeling that it would be better if they'd refined and improved the circuit just a bit more in a certain direction.

They're OK. Not great, just OK.