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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: herbychimp on November 24, 2012, 07:35:13 PM

Title: Egnater tweaker
Post by: herbychimp on November 24, 2012, 07:35:13 PM: Anyone have any experience of these? A gentleman has one for sale on ebay and having seen the youtube demos i have quite fancied one for a while. I am looking for a portable lower wattage valved alternative to my Blackstar 60 and the Tweaker has excellent reviews and seems to have a few tricks up its sleeve. Any thoughts?
Title: Re: Egnater tweaker
Post by: roland_rat on November 24, 2012, 09:12:05 PM: Jonathan at Feline guitars has one I believe.....
Title: Re: Egnater tweaker
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on November 24, 2012, 11:38:15 PM: I don't have a tweaker , although I have enough Egnater stuff to sink a ship - all the modular stuff

I have heard good things about the Tweaker though!
Title: Re: Egnater tweaker
Post by: Mr. Air on November 26, 2012, 11:20:49 AM: There's one guy at the forum who bought one quite some time ago. Can't remember who it was, but he was very pleased with it.

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=24722.0

Here's the thread.

Personally I got an Egnater MOD50 and it's overly great. I have played the Rebel 20 which I found really good, but unfortunately I haven't tried the Tweaker.
Title: Re: Egnater tweaker
Post by: gwEm on November 26, 2012, 12:34:10 PM: mmm, the Tweaker looks good.

Sniffing around a few lower watt amps at the moment, I'd really like to try it.
Title: Re: Egnater tweaker
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on November 26, 2012, 04:24:31 PM: Many felt that the tweaker was better than the Rebel - some great tones in there.

I may well be selling my Egnater Mod 50 as I just don't use it much - I tend to use the similar Egnater modular preamps via a power amp . The Mod 50 is great , but just taking up room at the moment.
Title: Re: Egnater tweaker
Post by: dave_mc on November 26, 2012, 05:33:22 PM: Quote from: gwEm on November 26, 2012, 12:34:10 PM
mmm, the Tweaker looks good.

I'd really like to try it.

+1
Title: Re: Egnater tweaker
Post by: dvorak on November 27, 2012, 09:26:48 AM: I've got one, the 15w head version. I love it to death.

I got it for home use as a practice amp, and I use the clean channel and pedals for high gain stuff. The cleans are really beautiful, and the crunch is good to. It's not a metal monster, but it takes to pedals really well. The EQ switching is really nice, and I tend to use the USA setting the most, although the Bitish voicing is good when you crank it loud and get a nice brown distortion.

I push the preamp with a Suhr Riot and a Suhr Koko boost, and that gets me into the metal territory. Even though I bought this amp as a practice amp, I lug it all the time to the studio for lead work and a different voicing compared to my Mesa Dual Rectifier. The Egnater gives me a creamier mid range (especially with the Koko boost with mid boost engaged) which suits my playing for leads. I find the Egnater more versatile and could gig it any time. I love this amp, but a good distoriton and OD stacked is a must if you want to play modern metal.