Matamp Little Rock - love it - ordered it!

[TwilightOdyssey]

I played one L O U D L Y at Matamp's factory last week ... that little demon is GREAT!!

How does it cope with more metally stuff?

It doesn't, imo.

[horsehead]

I've played one.  I take it you've seen the used one on eBay?  I was pondering over that too but decided to stick with my Klipps for now.  It's a good price too.

The King Street is what I would describe as the son of a Marshall JMP Master Volume and a Bognor Shiva.

Ohhhhh yesy-yes, yes! It looked beautiful & everyone says they sound lovely soooo...

[Tarzan]

You guys have made me want a new amp, not in place of my Mesa Bogie, but as well as, the Mesa's tone is great, but along with having just played through my guitar teacher's JMP, and this thread, i'm thinking that i need that classic 'British amp' sound as well... i really need money before i can get anything though, and i also want more BKPs, anyway, for futer reference, would i be able to plug an amp head into my Mesa combo and bypass the Mesa amp and go straight to the speaker?

[Davey]

I played one L O U D L Y at Matamp's factory last week ... that little demon is GREAT!!

How does it cope with more metally stuff?

It doesn't, imo.

through a 1x12, it does for recording imo. very saturated sound.

through a 4x12, you are pushing all it has to oblivion (and that is with the amp completely dimed) so imo, it wouldnt fare that well at metal gigs

[Twinfan]

just be sure, that you dont order with some specs, that the amp was not intended to do (like doubling the output wattage)

dave (head assembly and amp guru) will NOT be happy about it hehehe

Can't be done.  Little Rock is one spec only - NO options whatsoever.  Standard panel, chassis, spec, tolex etc.  One size fits all.

:)

[dave_mc]

It's amazing how quickly a situation can change under the influence of GAS.    :lol:

:lol:

if the pharmaceutical companies came up with a pill for it, they'd be rolling in it... unless said pill cost more than the guitars... though new guitars/amps don't really cure GAS, just put it off for a few weeks...

[March]

slightly off topic, but still on, has anyone got a kingstreet head, & if so how good are they?

I've got one with a slanted 2x12 Matamp cab. It's a phenominal little amp, that deliveres a wide variety of great tones. To my ears, it sounds similiar to old Marshalls (JTM 45, 1959 early Master Volumes), although it has a faster attack than any Marshall I have experienced (including my early 70's Marshall 1959 head).

As with all Matamp's, the wattage/volume equation is deceptive as the wattage quoted is at the point the amp starts to break up. At 7 watts it's loud, but at 15 watts I have had no problems at being heard over a band.  8)

Again, it works well with pedals (that statement has already been made!), I've coaxed some great rock tones out of it using a Fulltone Fulldrive II and my TC effects rack.

Here's mine (click on the pic link). As far as I am aware, this is the first production King Street (I tried it as a prototype, it was then called the Flexi). I hope this gives you GAS!  :twisted:  :)

[matteo]

im getting one as soon as i can find a decent cab! i seen a 1x12 on ebay its home made but sounds pretty solid? has anyone seen it?

i played one at lgs and id sounded sweeeeeeeeet! it was between this and the tiny t but i prefered th rock!!

[Skybone]

I don't own a King St, but I do own a Matamp and I can only totally agree with what March was saying about them having a fast attack and Matamp's conservative output figures (which are based on CLEAN output, and not total output like all the other amp manufacturer's).

A Matamp at 15w is bloody loud!

[horsehead]

that's it...I'm selling my body now!

[Davey]

just be sure, that you dont order with some specs, that the amp was not intended to do (like doubling the output wattage)

dave (head assembly and amp guru) will NOT be happy about it hehehe

Can't be done.  Little Rock is one spec only - NO options whatsoever.  Standard panel, chassis, spec, tolex etc.  One size fits all.

:)

bla bla bla. i see your mouth moving, but i cant hear anything.  :roll:
i know the deal. and i know why it's like that.

about the wattage... matamp spec it at clean volume. not full output power ;)

that's it...I'm selling my body now!

man.. you're better off robbing a bank ;)

[Twinfan]

bla bla bla. i see your mouth moving, but i cant hear anything.  :roll:
i know the deal. and i know why it's like that.

They why mention speccing it "wrongly" then you numpty?

[sgmypod]

yup body sell for a matamp..damn them

[Davey]

bla bla bla. i see your mouth moving, but i cant hear anything.  :roll:
i know the deal. and i know why it's like that.

They why mention speccing it "wrongly" then you numpty?

sorry.. insider joke :P you'd have to be @ matamp when we were, to fully get it


i was there when dave was trying to wire a king street, so it would have double the output power. a lot of curse words were used and a lot of cigaretes were smoked.. in the end he came to the conclusion that he'll have to put in another valve... for which the KS had no room for ... was rather funny.

[Twinfan]

Gotcha  ;)

I can imagine the swearing now!!!