The Sound of 1950's Jazz Guitar

**starjasmine** · 11-23-2018, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop

Hi Harri!

I've played that model SeQuel amp. It's local to me in Seattle. it's the finest sounding tube amp I've heard yet. And it sounds identical to the youtube video.

http://stores.soundislandmusic.com/sequel-amplifiers/

The same site has an amp called the Skoter - is this a typo or am I supremely ignorant of some highly-prized characteristic that makes this particular amp 400x the price of its siblings? I love this quote from the description:

Another objective was to allow working musicians the opportunity to enjoy some the SeQuel experience at a price-point they could more comfortably afford

Maybe someone should send them the AFM working musician salary survey....

Another amusing quote from the same page:

...without the need to visit a tech to re-bias the power tubes like those pesky Fender® amps

Aren't most of those pesky Fender amps fixed-bias, unless you've asked your friendly tech to install a bias pot for you?

Now, I love a good snark as much as I hate overblown hype so, please forgive my inability to avoid posting this, and understand that it's meant to induce a chuckle not a flame... The vaguely Scandinavian-sounding names had me thinking these guys were across the pond, but I meant the big one, not the one next to SEATAC

SJ

**DRS** · 11-23-2018, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by starjasmine

The same site has an amp called the Skoter - is this a typo or am I supremely ignorant of some highly-prized characteristic that makes this particular amp 400x the price of its siblings? I love this quote from the description:

Another objective was to allow working musicians the opportunity to enjoy some the SeQuel experience at a price-point they could more comfortably afford

Maybe someone should send them the AFM working musician salary survey....

Another amusing quote from the same page:

...without the need to visit a tech to re-bias the power tubes like those pesky Fender® amps

Aren't most of those pesky Fender amps fixed-bias, unless you've asked your friendly tech to install a bias pot for you?

Now, I love a good snark as much as I hate overblown hype so, please forgive my inability to avoid posting this, and understand that it's meant to induce a chuckle not a flame... The vaguely Scandinavian-sounding names had me thinking these guys were across the pond, but I meant the big one, not the one next to SEATAC

SJ

cool zombie thread resurrection, dude