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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: JDC on January 25, 2013, 02:28:12 AM
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I was offended to see a lack of a NAMM post so I thought I would start one, so far I really want:
ENGL Ironball (20 watt take on a Fireball/Powerball in mini-recto/toaster style housing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPbAVYvM3M8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPbAVYvM3M8)
Jackson 7 string flying V (even if it is a Trivium signature model of which I have heavy dislike for Trivium)
(http://www.jacksonguitars.com/themes/news/new2013/images/beaulieu.png)
also seen an Ibanez 9 string for which I really don't see the point.
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Getting my Bad Cat Unleash attenuator/reamp device, and thinking about the Marshall SL-5.
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(http://www.prsguitars.com/content_images/paulsguitar_2013.jpg)
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I was wondering who'd start a NAMM thread!
Looking at the news on the Music Radar site last night, I haven't seen much to get excited about (yet), but I am pleased to see the PRS Custom 22 making a comeback. Never understood why they discontinued it in the first place (even though it was fairly obvious it would return eventually)
(Another potential investment there Dave? :wink: )
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I was wondering who'd start a NAMM thread!
Looking at the news on the Music Radar site last night, I haven't seen much to get excited about (yet)...
I think it's safe to say that when the big NAMM news on the Music Radar website is that Orange have announced a valve tester that it's a pretty slow news month. I had a quick look at the usual sources and so far there's been nothing to even tempt me to part with cash.
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Looking at the news on the Music Radar site last night, I haven't seen much to get excited about (yet), but I am pleased to see the PRS Custom 22 making a comeback. Never understood why they discontinued it in the first place (even though it was fairly obvious it would return eventually)
Stupid blade switch though!
(Another potential investment there Dave? :wink: )
It's a production guitar @ £3549. Not sure it's different enough from my existing stuff to be worth picking one up.
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that Engl seems pretty good. any idea what it's going to cost?
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Looking at the news on the Music Radar site last night, I haven't seen much to get excited about (yet), but I am pleased to see the PRS Custom 22 making a comeback. Never understood why they discontinued it in the first place (even though it was fairly obvious it would return eventually)
Stupid blade switch though!
I'm in two minds about the blade switch - it's a nice straightforward way to get some extra tones, much less fiddly than rotaries or mini-switches or push-pulls.
On the other hand, I don't really like a blade switch without a scratchplate - you can imagine paint's going to be chipping and flaking away over time. I know that's only cosmetic, but still..... :?
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that Engl seems pretty good. any idea what it's going to cost?
To me its sounds very nasal, maybe this amp catch a cold :?
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^ it might be running through v30s
it sounded pretty good to me (only got as far as the cleans so far though). assuming it is all-tube, i dunno why they didn't do this one instead of the gigmaster (which is hybrid, as far as i'm aware).
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Ye it is most likely v30s, no price yet, I just hope it keeps the low end when it's not mic'd up
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^ yeah that's the other thing, i was sorta wondering why two el84s. a higher wattage lunchbox-type amp (assuming that's possible in such a small box) would be a better idea. Plus the price needs to be low(ish).
you hear that, engl? we need a 100 watt, 4 channel, versatile all-tube amp head in a small box that weighs 4 grams and which costs £50. :lol:
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^ yeah that's the other thing, i was sorta wondering why two el84s. a higher wattage lunchbox-type amp (assuming that's possible in such a small box) would be a better idea. Plus the price needs to be low(ish).
you hear that, engl? we need a 100 watt, 4 channel, versatile all-tube amp head in a small box that weighs 4 grams and which costs £50. :lol:
Wouldn't 1 EL34 already be a higher wattage than 2 EL84s?
Although I quite like the look of this amp.
I've also recently heard about the rack version of the Laney Ironheart, which is also 20 watts and looks incredibly cool - dunno whether it's something new or if it's been out for a while and I haven't realised it though.
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I don't mind the wattage, as long as a 50 or 100 watt tubeamp sounds good on low volume too. The point is with those lunchbox-sized amps is how much headroom you need. In most cases the clean channel crunches quite fast with humbucker. Personally, I need headroom.
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Slight tangent here, but did you guys hear about Chappers and co being told that they came across the pond for nowt? They were supposed to be playing, they set up and everything, got on stage, and then were told "Actually, no, you can't play. Volume levels problem."
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What the hell?
Video evidence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izSKYsfz6KI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izSKYsfz6KI)
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Blessing in disguise for those at NAMM. Dorje suck balls.
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I see Gibson have announced a Joe Perry '59 Les Paul in Aged/Signed, Aged and VOS editions.
Maybe I'm less clued up about Aerosmith than I thought I was, but I've never really associated Perry with any particular guitar, never mind any one particular Les Paul. It's hardly as iconic as Pearly Gates, or the Peter Green/Gary Moore LP, or even Clapton's Beano LP. I'm sure it's a nice guitar, but will there really be a demand for it?
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Whilst it's really not cool they travelled all the way there to not be able to play, I think it's better they didn't. Reason being, i've been to guitar shows before, and when you've got people just wailing away on a guitar, you can't hear a thing, and you certainly can't have a conversation with someone nearby. With a full band, it's only going to be even louder, and if you're trying to listen to the tone of an acoustic or a reverb pedal within 20m, you won't be able to. Now i'm not saying that these events have to be silent-- that would just be daft, but a full band on a stand is a bit much, I think.
Slight tangent here, but did you guys hear about Chappers and co being told that they came across the pond for nowt? They were supposed to be playing, they set up and everything, got on stage, and then were told "Actually, no, you can't play. Volume levels problem."
0_o
???
What the hell?
Video evidence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izSKYsfz6KI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izSKYsfz6KI)
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Whilst it's really not cool they travelled all the way there to not be able to play, I think it's better they didn't. Reason being, i've been to guitar shows before, and when you've got people just wailing away on a guitar, you can't hear a thing, and you certainly can't have a conversation with someone nearby. With a full band, it's only going to be even louder, and if you're trying to listen to the tone of an acoustic or a reverb pedal within 20m, you won't be able to. Now i'm not saying that these events have to be silent-- that would just be daft, but a full band on a stand is a bit much, I think.
Agreed. I used to go to the guitar shows at Wembley years ago, and I'd find that after an hour or so the constant racket of people demoing and trying gear on all sides would drive me absolutely crazy. Always left in a hurry, in a bad mood and more often than not with a headache!
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That, and you can't buy anything at those events anymore!
Whilst it's really not cool they travelled all the way there to not be able to play, I think it's better they didn't. Reason being, i've been to guitar shows before, and when you've got people just wailing away on a guitar, you can't hear a thing, and you certainly can't have a conversation with someone nearby. With a full band, it's only going to be even louder, and if you're trying to listen to the tone of an acoustic or a reverb pedal within 20m, you won't be able to. Now i'm not saying that these events have to be silent-- that would just be daft, but a full band on a stand is a bit much, I think.
Agreed. I used to go to the guitar shows at Wembley years ago, and I'd find that after an hour or so the constant racket of people demoing and trying gear on all sides would drive me absolutely crazy. Always left in a hurry, in a bad mood and more often than not with a headache!
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Blessing in disguise for those at NAMM. Dorje suck balls.
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You beat me to it! One of the worst live performances I've ever seen.
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one day I'll be able to afford to go to NAMM...when I'm NINETY at this rate, my GAS is taking over my life
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I see Gibson have announced a Joe Perry '59 Les Paul in Aged/Signed, Aged and VOS editions.
Maybe I'm less clued up about Aerosmith than I thought I was, but I've never really associated Perry with any particular guitar, never mind any one particular Les Paul. It's hardly as iconic as Pearly Gates, or the Peter Green/Gary Moore LP, or even Clapton's Beano LP. I'm sure it's a nice guitar, but will there really be a demand for it?
While you're right that you can't pigeon-hole Joe to one guitar, the first one I think of is this one. It's also technically a part Slash signature LP as well. This was one of Joe's main guitars until sometime in the 80's when he sold it. Slash acquired it either from Joe or from whoever Joe sold it to, and used it alot. It's the guitar he's using in the November Rain music video. Slash gave it back to Joe for his 50th birthday.
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I see Gibson have announced a Joe Perry '59 Les Paul in Aged/Signed, Aged and VOS editions.
Maybe I'm less clued up about Aerosmith than I thought I was, but I've never really associated Perry with any particular guitar, never mind any one particular Les Paul. It's hardly as iconic as Pearly Gates, or the Peter Green/Gary Moore LP, or even Clapton's Beano LP. I'm sure it's a nice guitar, but will there really be a demand for it?
While you're right that you can't pigeon-hole Joe to one guitar, the first one I think of is this one. It's also technically a part Slash signature LP as well. This was one of Joe's main guitars until sometime in the 80's when he sold it. Slash acquired it either from Joe or from whoever Joe sold it to, and used it alot. It's the guitar he's using in the November Rain music video. Slash gave it back to Joe for his 50th birthday.
Actually Joe's wife sold it without permission for some reason... Bitches'll bitch, huh?
But I've always related Joe to his black Les Paul, the one used in Living On The Edge i think, could be Janies Got a Gun.
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What do you guys think of the EVH Striped Series? That white model looks incredible, giving me serious GAS.
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I see Gibson have announced a Joe Perry '59 Les Paul in Aged/Signed, Aged and VOS editions.
Maybe I'm less clued up about Aerosmith than I thought I was, but I've never really associated Perry with any particular guitar, never mind any one particular Les Paul. It's hardly as iconic as Pearly Gates, or the Peter Green/Gary Moore LP, or even Clapton's Beano LP. I'm sure it's a nice guitar, but will there really be a demand for it?
While you're right that you can't pigeon-hole Joe to one guitar, the first one I think of is this one. It's also technically a part Slash signature LP as well. This was one of Joe's main guitars until sometime in the 80's when he sold it. Slash acquired it either from Joe or from whoever Joe sold it to, and used it alot. It's the guitar he's using in the November Rain music video. Slash gave it back to Joe for his 50th birthday.
Actually Joe's wife sold it without permission for some reason... Bitches'll bitch, huh?
But I've always related Joe to his black Les Paul, the one used in Living On The Edge i think, could be Janies Got a Gun.
I associate him with so many different guitars over the years - BC Rich Biches, Travis Beans, Dan Armstrongs, that upside-down left-handed Strat with a Tele neck, various LPs and in recent years some wacky custom models. I know he has hundreds! I didn't know the stories about this '59 LP.
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What do you guys think of the EVH Striped Series? That white model looks incredible, giving me serious GAS.
I think they look pretty neat. I'm GASing for the VHII one.
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What do you guys think of the EVH Striped Series? That white model looks incredible, giving me serious GAS.
I think they look pretty neat. I'm GASing for the VHII one.
I do like the look of the white version. Interesting that they have some "modern" EVH features like the D-Tuna and the Wolfgang-style truss rod adjustment.
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What are those EVH guitar going for?
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Whilst it's really not cool they travelled all the way there to not be able to play, I think it's better they didn't. Reason being, i've been to guitar shows before, and when you've got people just wailing away on a guitar, you can't hear a thing, and you certainly can't have a conversation with someone nearby. With a full band, it's only going to be even louder, and if you're trying to listen to the tone of an acoustic or a reverb pedal within 20m, you won't be able to. Now i'm not saying that these events have to be silent-- that would just be daft, but a full band on a stand is a bit much, I think.
Agreed. I used to go to the guitar shows at Wembley years ago, and I'd find that after an hour or so the constant racket of people demoing and trying gear on all sides would drive me absolutely crazy. Always left in a hurry, in a bad mood and more often than not with a headache!
I've left guitar shows with a headache and the arseache cos of noise before. A full on band isn't practical in a music show unless its in a dedicated room. More fool them for not researching this first as there have been noise restrictions at shows for years now.
I want to play around with one of these. For days.
Kemper powered profiler in a rack
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/namm-2013-video-kemper-amps-demo-the-kemper-profiler-rack-569669?ns_service=mail&ns_robot=partner-Adestra&ns_campaign=4338&ns_source=Adestra&ns_mchannel=email-n&ns_linkname=Video%3A%20Kemper%20Profiler%20Rack&ns_fee=0&ns_recipient=jmac58%40hotmail.com&ns_mail_uid=82&ns_mail_job=5395 (http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/namm-2013-video-kemper-amps-demo-the-kemper-profiler-rack-569669?ns_service=mail&ns_robot=partner-Adestra&ns_campaign=4338&ns_source=Adestra&ns_mchannel=email-n&ns_linkname=Video%3A%20Kemper%20Profiler%20Rack&ns_fee=0&ns_recipient=jmac58%40hotmail.com&ns_mail_uid=82&ns_mail_job=5395)
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Wouldn't 1 EL34 already be a higher wattage than 2 EL84s?
depends on how the amp is designed, i guess, but probably not. it'd also be single-ended which doesn't really sound the same as push-pull (though whether one single ended el34 would sound closer to EL34s in push-pull than EL84s in PP would, I dunno :lol: ).
I don't mind the wattage, as long as a 50 or 100 watt tubeamp sounds good on low volume too. The point is with those lunchbox-sized amps is how much headroom you need. In most cases the clean channel crunches quite fast with humbucker. Personally, I need headroom.
yeah that was sorta my point about the higher wattage thing, for those high gainers you normally want at least some headroom. :)
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Randall Thrasher looks nice, not heard any clips but I believe it's based on the Satan designed by Mike Forton
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Sounds like a winner to me :lol:
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What do you guys think of the EVH Striped Series? That white model looks incredible, giving me serious GAS.
I think they look pretty neat. I'm GASing for the VHII one.
I do like the look of the white version. Interesting that they have some "modern" EVH features like the D-Tuna and the Wolfgang-style truss rod adjustment.
The Charvel EVH I used to own had the D-Tuna, though the usual truss rod adjustment. That was a great guitar, just not right for me. If these new ones are as good they will be very very decent weapons of mass distraction indeed.
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Yeah the Thrasher sounds cool- supposedly its the Fortin NATAS, then the SATAN is the tweaked version of that, plus different transformers and choke
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(http://assets.fender.com/frl/60a385ecddf7569c5b5637dfdb302e73/generated/86ceb3c861ac3d7b0737b2ccde488ca3.png)
Fender have released the Super Sonic as a pawnshop guitar.
I think they look great! But I can resist the GAS.
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Fender have released the Super Sonic as a pawnshop guitar.
I think they look great! But I can resist the GAS.
They look great! The Sunfire Orange Flake is übercool!
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Fender have released the Super Sonic as a pawnshop guitar.
I think they look great! But I can resist the GAS.
I had the Squier version in blue sparkle. It was extremely well made, but sounded absolutely cr@p due to the terrible pickups/electronics and dull-sounding basswood(?) body.
It is basically a really cool design though. :D
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(http://assets.fender.com/frl/60a385ecddf7569c5b5637dfdb302e73/generated/86ceb3c861ac3d7b0737b2ccde488ca3.png)
Fender have released the Super Sonic as a pawnshop guitar.
I think they look great! But I can resist the GAS.
Pretty funky guitar there.
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There are 3 news that got my interest:
1. Eventide H5 - Stomp Box that has all the Algorithms from TimeFactor, ModFactor, Space - and can be controlled via bluetooth with iPhone/iPad
2. Friedman SS100 - SteveStevens Sig Amp
3. Marshall SL-5 - great price on this one, too and a very good sounding clean channel, finally.
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This looks interesting too. The Matchless Hotbox III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOpUqMmfI4w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOpUqMmfI4w)
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There are 3 news that got my interest:
1. Eventide H5 - Stomp Box that has all the Algorithms from TimeFactor, ModFactor, Space - and can be controlled via bluetooth with iPhone/iPad
2. Friedman SS100 - SteveStevens Sig Amp
3. Marshall SL-5 - great price on this one, too and a very good sounding clean channel, finally.
Which Marshall was Slash's model based off? Guessing it's was either a modded JTM or a JCM800
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You can't just turn up and gain entry to NAMM and you can't buy anything there anyway.
You have to be a NAMM member , and that means that you have to be within the industry and also pay a lot of money for the privilege too.
That will get you a limited number of passes.
Agreed on noise levels at shows - especially with a full band. It is hard to deal with it all if you are trying to have important sales conversations which is what it is all about if you are exhibiting.
It costs many thousands or tens of thousands of pounds to exhibit and if you can't do any business because of the deafening volume it is all a waste of time and money.
The noise police have a tough job to do , but they do it for a reason
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I have major gas for the EVH red/white and black/yellow. At £484 I'm deffo going to be getting one of them. I'm also liking the look of the 50w 2x12 5150III combo. It has an attenuator that takes it as low as 1w built in. I think that's exactly what I might be looking for (not hat I NEED one lol).
http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electric_guitars_detail.asp?stock=13010316400188 (http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electric_guitars_detail.asp?stock=13010316400188)
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Which Marshall was Slash's model based off? Guessing it's was either a modded JTM or a JCM800
It's based on the AFD tone, which is modified Plexi with an extra gain stage. Basically it's a fatter sounding JCM800.
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Shame the SL-5 doesn't come in a head version (it would take up less space than the combo!)
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I'd snag a head if they made one too...
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Shame the SL-5 doesn't come in a head version (it would take up less space than the combo!)
i agree, a head version would be good. maybe one will come along. it is good that they've given it a decent speaker to begin with. the unfortunate things are that it has a particle board cabinet, and the fact that, on current exchange rates, it costs £150 more than in America!
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Shame the SL-5 doesn't come in a head version (it would take up less space than the combo!)
i agree, a head version would be good. maybe one will come along. it is good that they've given it a decent speaker to begin with. the unfortunate things are that it has a particle board cabinet, and the fact that, on current exchange rates, it costs £150 more than in America!
I was thinking "oh well, that's par for the course", then I realised! Why the hell is a Marshall more in the UK than the US?
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Maybe because there will be no sales tax added to the advertised price? (Still less than VAT :( )
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I was thinking "oh well, that's par for the course", then I realised! Why the hell is a Marshall more in the UK than the US?
It's made in China isn't it? Shipping from there to here plus I'm guessing the US will take many more units, plus US sales tax and it probably, about, evens out.
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I was thinking "oh well, that's par for the course", then I realised! Why the hell is a Marshall more in the UK than the US?
It's made in China isn't it? Shipping from there to here plus I'm guessing the US will take many more units, plus US sales tax and it probably, about, evens out.
Yeah, that makes sense. I weas thinking it would be made in the UK like the limted edition 1w amps, but that's probably not the case.
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Nope, the SL-5 is a full production model, and is pretty much the replacement for the discontinued Class 5.
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it is replacing the Class 5, and while it has more features, the Class 5 was made in England. since it's made in China, i would have expected less, if any, hike over the Class 5's price. that being said, the main thing that bothers me is the particle board construction. it does sound pretty good in clips though.
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I'd snag a head if they made one too...
They really should have made a head, throw a TS infront and it would probably do some really nice 80s thrash tones without disturbing the neighbours too much
As a combo I thought the v30 might not be the most optimal speaker for the volume level it'll be most used at
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I think it's a V30 in my Orange 1x12, so an SL-5 head would give me the equivalent of the SL-5 combo. But I could be wrong.
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it is replacing the Class 5, and while it has more features, the Class 5 was made in England. since it's made in China, i would have expected less, if any, hike over the Class 5's price. that being said, the main thing that bothers me is the particle board construction. it does sound pretty good in clips though.
If it sounds as good as the JMP1c its going to be the thing to fill my Marshall GAS. I do want the 5150III combo first though.
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No head version of the SL-5? That's too bad... not really interested in a combo now that I have several cabs already taking up space. They made a head version of the Class 5!
I have to say though that ENGL Ironball looks more interesting at teh moment anyway, I always loved the ENGL Fireball.
BTW, Reussenzehn makes a singlended EL34 amp which is called - suprise - "EL34".
http://www.reussenzehn.de/de/musiker/el34.php (http://www.reussenzehn.de/de/musiker/el34.php)
It got rave reviews in German Gitarre&Bass, but I am totally underwhelmed by any demo.
More interestingly, it doesn't seem to be more powerful than two EL84.