Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: sgmypod on September 04, 2014, 09:48:54 PM
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Anyone used one....what they like?
(obviously well built)
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I have a Wolftone W20 which is very similar - was based on a similar design and built by one of he ex Trace guys who did the Goldstar
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The MJW one? Martamp (I forgot to specify that)
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I've got a pair of 5W Goldstars (actually a 1x10 combo and slave 1x10 power amp combo) and a friend has a 10W. The 5W is an brilliant amp for home use. Tiny, can crank it without it taking your head off. The neighbours can still just about hear it full up, but it's by no means loud in amp terms. Sounds really bloody good and works well with pedals. Same goes for the 10W except it's quite a lot louder and tighter.
Ours are the old single channel versions. Mine has a loop in it which is excellent. I don't have the boost switch and power scaling is fairly redundant on a small amp.
HOWEVER...
If you are planning on a Goldstar, Martin still has an offer on using my old Goldstar head case (mint, never left the house) and a set of Roadstar transformers he has spare. I believe he's offering a Roadstar 18W for £545 with power scaling. The Roadstar with scaling is one of the nicest sounding amps I've heard and it'll certainly do lower vols. Indeed if I didn't already have enough amps, I'd have been on that like a shot. He's posted about it before on The Fretboard, but give him a call if he's got the bits I'd jump on that over the Goldstar.
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forgot yours was the goldstar Jon, this is a s/hand gstar twin 10w with the powerscaling. Have had a roadstar was a great amp
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forgot yours was the goldstar Jon, this is a s/hand gstar twin 10w with the powerscaling. Have had a roadstar was a great amp
Did we run Cleggy's when you were around? That's a 10W Goldstar.
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was a head I think
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Sorry - before you amended the title to say MJW/Martamp I assumed you meant Gibson Goldtone
I have a couple of MJWsbut they are both power amps
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Have had a few not this one....Have had the roadstar, v6-20, Still have a modified SAI power amp he converted and an Orion
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Hi Marc,
The vids on my YouTube channel are of that actual amp.
It's a belter, buy it! :grin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4v6O7nJdWY&list=PLmvT2nSGF8THk0eKrh6zgEo5SSer0TjEF&index=6 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4v6O7nJdWY&list=PLmvT2nSGF8THk0eKrh6zgEo5SSer0TjEF&index=6)
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I use an MJW Bantam with matching cab. It's great, perfect for bedroom use with the power scaling. I think my one might even be the one on Martin's webpage.
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I have the MJW Roadstar Sport 36 (the green one in the videos). It is so good that my Godson ordered one after playing mine. He gigs a lot more than me and has it in his studio, and the amp is great and very reliable. I've also played through JS's Goldstars and can thoroughly recommend Martin's amps. Both have the power scaling and you can really take the level down without losing the tone.
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That Roadster sounds great! Great bluesamp.