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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: braintheory on December 11, 2015, 10:16:11 AM

Title: Brunetti Custom Works question
Post by: braintheory on December 11, 2015, 10:16:11 AM

I was wondering if any of you guys have tried the custom works Brunetti amps like the Mercury, Mark, or Wizard and can tell me what they're like?  I asked about them on other forums too but didn't really get any answers probably since you never really see them in America, so I was hoping maybe some of you guys might know.  I'm curious how they'd compare (specifically the Mercury) to amps like my Friedman Phil X or Wizard Modern Classic or other Marshally type amps like that.

Title: Re: Brunetti Custom Works question
Post by: Telerocker on December 13, 2015, 12:09:24 AM

The tone of the Mercury is more fluid than the Friedman. I have tested one and I was quite happy with the OD-channel, the clean channel is ok, just nothing to rave about. I eventually bought a Rockerverb. I have the Mercury Box 2 pedal, which resembles the drivechannel of the Mercury head quite a bit.

The Wizard and the Mark are more Fender-based.

Some Mercury-vids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCia-8GelSc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCia-8GelSc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWi6UBTuXOw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWi6UBTuXOw)

Title: Re: Brunetti Custom Works question
Post by: braintheory on December 13, 2015, 02:02:12 AM

Based on those videos it seems less fluid than the Friedman can get on the HBE channel.  The HBE has probably my second favorite lead tone behind the Cameron CCV, which had by far the best and most fluid lead tone I've ever heard.  I've owned mark IIc+'s, SLO, Engls, and a Bogner Ecstasy, and other amps that are known for great fluid leads and the CCV's lead tone was head and shoulders above any of those, but there are other amps I'd prefer for everything other than leads.

It also seems to have way less gain than the Wizards and Friedmans.  The main thing though I noticed was it didn't really have a throaty growl on powerchords, which is the most important thing for me.  The Cameron CCV and Wizard don't have it either unfortunately, but the Gowers and a good Mark IIC+ does.  It also seems to sound brighter and not as thick as Friedmans.

So I'm not crazy about the overall voicing based on the clips, but it seems like it could have really good clarity, punch, and uncompressed, but I'd have to play it person to know that for sure.

Title: Re: Brunetti Custom Works question
Post by: braintheory on December 13, 2015, 02:15:51 AM

I actually prefer the Mark model based on the clips.  Seems more gainy and aggressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6uAIUDQb0

Title: Re: Brunetti Custom Works question
Post by: marantz1300 on December 16, 2015, 07:15:58 PM

I have a MC2.
Very well made ,versatile and great tone.

(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii98/marantz1300/f4f8f294-c8c6-4f86-a4f9-42a1c475878a_zps86022ff0.jpg)