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I have a Quilter Aviator 2x10 and use it for everything. Lightweight, very nice pricing and extremely versatile.
They have a variety of amp configurations to choose from and probably the best prices on the market. Check out their website for video clips of all the different models. Well worth a look.
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01-28-2016 09:44 AM
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I see alot of warnings to avoid the third generation, but can't find any opinions on I vs II.
Originally Posted by wzpgsr
I see these were available in 112, 212, 210, and 115.
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Series ii may be preferable because in addition to bass, treble, and mid controls, it also has a parametric EQ, allowing you to modify the bandwidth, frequency, and level.
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In the past year I've had a Lab Series L5, Pearce G2r, a Yamaha g50-112ii, and a Yamaha g100-112ii. Of these, I've found the g50 to be the easiest to *quickly* get a great sound at practice and small gig levels. The Lab Series sounded best when pushed much harder than I had a use for.
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Oops! Yep...the Bud is A/B, which is why it sounds like a Henriksen amp...good!
Henriksen was designed to be an update on the Polytone formula. It succeeded.
AI and some of the other Class-D amps are different designs, but I think that they achieve great results, too--especially with guitars like the Johnny Smith that have a floating pickup. They are more neutral sounding.
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Be careful with the solemate and the topanga. Both add a top end sheen that is in the general range of a bright switch. I'm not talking about the reverb tone. I'm talking about the clean guitar tone. Neither unit gives you control of the clean side of the signal. I found that going through an acoustic image, i liked the bright and clean sound of the topanga but through a fender amp I was less pleased with it. Originally Posted by jorgemg1984
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Thanks Jack, it's just curiosity really - not going back to pedals
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i actually love the sound of the topanga going into a dark amp that has no working treble control like the henriksen or acoustic image. It gives back some of the fendery top end. However, for using with a dumble style overdrive or a TS9, it yields a buzzy top end. Interestingly enough, the mambo uses the same chipset for its reverb. I have spoken to Jon about it and I'm hoping he'll tweak the reverb program on the mambo to be a bit more fender-like. The brightness is not inherent to the chipset, it's a characteristic of the buffer circuit that the topanga uses. Originally Posted by jorgemg1984
Thanks Jack, it's just curiosity really - not going back to pedals
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Series i g 50s sound great, the controls are effective and it is easy to dial in a warm clean sound. The series ii parametric can be handy but you could get the same thing by adding a pedal. I picked up a 210 for practice for less than $100 and actually prefer it to the 112. I did a side by side and think the 210s are less prone to feedback than the twelve with a hollow guitar and are a bit snappier. They also have a master volume labeled as a preset volume feature that lets you get nice tone at really quiet levels or use with a footswitch for your rhythm level and switch off for a solo boost. The 112 doesn't have this feature but is more compact. They are all loud, a 410 is also available.
They aren't feather weights being around 40 pounds but can play clean all the way up the dial, a lot of amp for the money. As for durability a friend has a g50 112 we've kicked around since the early 80s in all kinds of styles from high school jazz bands to all out rock. I hadn't thought about it in years but pulled it out to try with a archtop and was pleasantly surprised so picked one up. They work well for acoustic amps having 4 band eq and lots of headroom and can produce a natural, uncolored tone.
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Can't help myself: Award Session's BluesBaby amp! Now available in 45 watts, as chassis only or ready made combo in tweed, black tolex or 'distressed' varnished wood. I have the 22 watts version, love it a lot. 45 watts should deliver even more clean headroom. Since the 22 is easily as loud as a 2x6v6 amp à la Deluxe reverb, the 45 would be comparable to a 2x6L6GC amp.
http://www.award-session.com/bluesba...html#bb22specs
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Yeah, it's not the chip.. a lot of the reverbs out there use that chip because you can program it and avoid the stock programs. What the Mambo uses is the stock programs, which are quite nice. I've been talking with Jon for a while now about he reprogramming the reverb too - he even bought an Accutronics chip (used in the Rockett Boing) to serve as an inspiration. It would make the amp even more perfect! Originally Posted by jzucker
It's too bad Catalinbread designed the analog circuit that way, seems like an easy fix... maybe they'll do it one day!
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I believe the chipset that beltron sells (rocket boing) does not require DSP programming (or is pre-loaded with better programs) so it should be easier to configure. All catalinbread pedals seem to have the same issue much. Same deal with strymon though their treble boost is not as prominent. Originally Posted by jorgemg1984
I suspect most folks on this forum wouldn't care since it seems that most are only playing clean tones.
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True, the accutronics chip is already programmed, you only need to design the analog circuit around it. Jon prefers to develop his own reverb with the FV-1 I believe and I bet it will sound great. Originally Posted by jzucker
I had an El Capistan and it did changed the sound a little bit, I found that weird for such a praised pedal.
Hmm I don't now, most people here like a dark sound... I have to get down to a store here which has the Topanga and hear it!
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