Amps On The Radar Screen?

[GGJJGG]

I have a Matchless HC-15 and I keep wondering whether I should have splurged on the HC-30

I emailed Phil at Matchless and ordered the 30. Such a nice guy. Looks like a bit of a wait but will be worth it

 

[Eseffinga]

You’ll dig it. And you’ll have the half power switch if you wanna drop it down.

The main thing you give up is the 30 has bigger trannies, so more weight. Just remember when you lig it around… the tones!

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

I emailed Phil at Matchless and ordered the 30. Such a nice guy. Looks like a bit of a wait but will be worth it

He shoots, he SCORES!

 

[GGJJGG]

I will probably be putting the HC-15 up for sale soon.

 

[GGJJGG]

I have been informed the amp has shipped. Happy day coming next week.

 

[bodia]

I have been informed the amp has shipped. Happy day coming next week.

Sweet!

 

[GGJJGG]

It arrived. Only got to play it for a few minutes (my six year old needed Dr Seuss time before bed), but this thing is really great. I didn’t realize you can turn off the master volume. I can’t wait to open it up this weekend when the ladies go to the mall.

I can see why it is so revered.

 

[RedGuitars]

Dr Z Z28 MKII (in my avatar) pretty much ended my amp gas. I bought a head, put it in a Dr Z smaller studio cab with a Neo Creamback. 36lbs, light, super versatile but super easy to dial in. I do have an older Maz 8 at Dr Z now in the same cabinet getting MKII upgrade and same speaker. Already in the same cab.

 

[KentuckyBoiledChiccan]

I may have a new amp arriving tomorrow. Impulse buy

 

[bodia]

I may have a new amp arriving tomorrow. Impulse buy

I approve!

 

[GGJJGG]

I approve!

Me too!

 

[KentuckyBoiledChiccan]

I approve!

Me too!

It's not a PRS amp, guys. Although I was strongly considering DGT15. Instead, I got something at opposite spectrum. lol

 

[Maertl513]

Though owning a vintage tube head I used to use over 'decades' Line 6 modelers. POD, POD 2.0 + Floorboard, POD XTLive, HD500, HD500X, HELIX Floor. At 2014th Musik-Messe at Frankfurt/Main, Germany - where I made Paul himself on an escalator, and he surprised me with a present of modifying my 513 to the state of the art electrical circuit - I noticed in the corner of my eyes the guitarist Thomas Blug, who was long term sound designer of Hughes & Kettner. He launched his own company BluGuitar to that time. I was attracted by his small size 100 Watt four channel amps, which are light (1,2 kg) and very versatile. Blug himself is raised by Marshall sounds, but he offers aswell the opportunity of American voicings. I bought his revision 1 (the Mercury Edition) and a more metal inspired version (Irdium Edition). I kept the Iridium Edition, because I like the characters its overdrive channels more - even in low overdrive setting.
The provided headroom of these amps convinced me to play less with my HELIX. I never recognized headroom in the presets.

Since a few year Blug is delevoping his masterpiece, the Amp X. It combines in one housing analogue effects, analogue amp voicings. Blug states that Amp X will be available in 2024. I'm going to buy it, because of the benefit of having everything within a box. Currently I use the Amp 1 Iridium Edition, switching the channels with a foot controller, internal effects are boost and reverb, as an external effect I have a delay pedal in the FX loop.
Quite puristic.

BluGuitar - AMP X | THE FUTURE OF GUITAR AMPLIFICATION

amp-x.bluguitar.com

 

[GGJJGG]

It's not a PRS amp, guys. Although I was strongly considering DGT15. Instead, I got something at opposite spectrum. lol

So? What is it?

Most of my amps are not PRS and I just Matchless bragged. And I survived to tell the tale.

And I am looking at a Little Walter too.

 

[KentuckyBoiledChiccan]

So? What is it?

Most of my amps are not PRS and I just Matchless bragged. And I survived to tell the tale.

And I am looking at a Little Walter too.

Marshall JVM head, 4 channels, 3 styles/a channel, MIDI, two FX loops, 100w, 100 knobs. Cannot be more different than the DGT15 lol

Have a thread here https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/mommy-mommy-it-followed-me-home-nad.59032/

 

[Bogner]

Though owning a vintage tube head I used to use over 'decades' Line 6 modelers. POD, POD 2.0 + Floorboard, POD XTLive, HD500, HD500X, HELIX Floor. At 2014th Musik-Messe at Frankfurt/Main, Germany - where I made Paul himself on an escalator, and he surprised me with a present of modifying my 513 to the state of the art electrical circuit - I noticed in the corner of my eyes the guitarist Thomas Blug, who was long term sound designer of Hughes & Kettner. He launched his own company BluGuitar to that time. I was attracted by his small size 100 Watt four channel amps, which are light (1,2 kg) and very versatile. Blug himself is raised by Marshall sounds, but he offers aswell the opportunity of American voicings. I bought his revision 1 (the Mercury Edition) and a more metal inspired version (Irdium Edition). I kept the Iridium Edition, because I like the characters its overdrive channels more - even in low overdrive setting.
The provided headroom of these amps convinced me to play less with my HELIX. I never recognized headroom in the presets.

Since a few year Blug is delevoping his masterpiece, the Amp X. It combines in one housing analogue effects, analogue amp voicings. Blug states that Amp X will be available in 2024. I'm going to buy it, because of the benefit of having everything within a box. Currently I use the Amp 1 Iridium Edition, switching the channels with a foot controller, internal effects are boost and reverb, as an external effect I have a delay pedal in the FX loop.
Quite puristic.

BluGuitar - AMP X | THE FUTURE OF GUITAR AMPLIFICATION

amp-x.bluguitar.com

Thomas Blug Îs A Sweetheart Of A Guy And A Genius.

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

Dr Z Z28 MKII (in my avatar) pretty much ended my amp gas. I bought a head, put it in a Dr Z smaller studio cab with a Neo Creamback. 36lbs, light, super versatile but super easy to dial in. I do have an older Maz 8 at Dr Z now in the same cabinet getting MKII upgrade and same speaker. Already in the same cab.

I've always been interested in that Maz 8 for a small combo, but they got caught up in the Covid Price Frenzy and are priced out of my interest range now.

 

[RedGuitars]

I've always been interested in that Maz 8 for a small combo, but they got caught up in the Covid Price Frenzy and are priced out of my interest range now.

I thought mine was very reasonable. PM me for details

 

[GeorgeB]

Tube amps tend to weigh too much for my aging back. Does anyone think wheels would adversely affect the sound? I never see amp with wheels.

 

[László]

Tube amps tend to weigh too much for my aging back. Does anyone think wheels would adversely affect the sound? I never see amp with wheels.

Lots of Mesas come with wheels, and so did my Bogner cab.

You'll get a tiny bit more bass if you take the wheels off, due to the acoustical coupling with the floor. However, I often keep the wheels on my Mesa Lone Star because too much bass in the mix from the guitar can interfere with the kick drum and bass guitar.

So it all depends on how you define 'adversely affect'.

One nice thing about an amp with wheels is that if you get the removable wheels you can take them off when you get to the gig, and put 'em back on to go home, if you prefer the tone with the amp on the floor.

The Mesa trac-loc removable caster system can be bought at their store and installed on pretty much any amp:

Track-Loc Caster Set with Mounting Hardware

The official Mesa Boogie online store for factory replacement parts, custom parts, hardware, shirts, hats and accessories.

store.mesaboogie.com

Manufacturers of furniture hardware also make removable casters and sockets, and you might be able to find something at Stew-Mac.