10th August 2006
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  | obscure boutique amp companies - lets hear 'em
2 events that rocked my world in the past year . . . One: stumbling onto Mercenaryaudio.com and discovering an entire world of boutique audio equipment that I never knew exsisted, which led me to gearslutz (I felt like the "bee girl" in the No Rain video) and two: playing a used Cornford Harlequin at my local guitar center. This got me into boutique amps. I was pissed I'd never heard of Cornford before, this amp was KILLER!! I bought one right away. and in my endless night time web surfing I've come across some REALLY cool amps I'd like to get someday . . . the sheer number of amp makers is crazy so DO SHARE the ones you know . . .
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10th August 2006
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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Framus!
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10th August 2006
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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Fuchs
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10th August 2006
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#4 | | Lives for gear
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Engl
Budda
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10th August 2006
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#5 | | 500 series nutjob
Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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10th August 2006
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by pan60  | this sure looks cool!
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10th August 2006
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#7 | | Moderator
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the carr mercury may fall into this category!
STUNNING http://www.carramps.com/mercury.html
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10th August 2006
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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Savage Audio. http://www.savageamps.com/
Very nice high quality amps and comparatively reasonably priced considering.
Quasi boutique -- if for no reason other than not a lot of people know about them -- is the Fender II series from the early 1980s. Designed by Paul Rivera -- now of Rivera amps. Overdrive/channel switching, all vale, PTP wiring, robust construction. Champ II, Super Champ, Princeton II, Deluxe II, Concert II and Twin II.
Some love them and others hate them. I've owned a Twin II and recently bought a Super Champ for $500. Here's some info on the Princeton II. http://www.geocities.com/princerev2/faq.html
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15th August 2006
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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15th August 2006
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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electrosonic amps!!!!
and go to harmony central to spend an evening to check out ALL the listed amp makers. http://www.electrosonicamplifiers.com/
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18th August 2006
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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One of the best sounding rigs I head was a combination of some boutique pedals (blackstone appliances?) into a Thundertweak Buzzbomb 1x12 (awful name, great sound) and a Victoria tweed reissue (can't remember what amp it was copying). He was playing a 60's tele with a humbucker in the bridge. SM5 was on the vic, 121 on the buzz. It also happened to be in the hands of one of the best guitarists I've worked with. http://www.sonicdeli.com/ThunderTweakWeb/ http://www.mindspring.com/~j.blackstone/ http://www.victoriaamp.com/ | |
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18th August 2006
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#12 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Cedarhurst, NY USA
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Fargen
Iron City
Emery Sounds
Zvex (hee hee)
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21st August 2006
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#13 | | Gear maniac
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Gotta add Bruno to this list, just INSANE!!!
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22nd August 2006
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by cramseur Zvex (hee hee) | that new power amp looks VERY cool!! I suddenly want an overpriced system for my ipod!!  | |
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22nd August 2006
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#15 | | Lives for gear
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22nd August 2006
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#16 | | 500 series nutjob
Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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the Dailey amplifier's look cool!
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22nd August 2006
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#17 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2002 Location: A big Canadian island in the Pacific, but my citizenship is otherworldly...
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| Kingsley Amps - definitely on my wish list!
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22nd August 2006
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#18 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by pan60 the Dailey amplifier's look cool! | Dennis Dailey was like the local Yngwie here in Kansas City in the 80's, kind of dissappeard for a while and now he's building these. They look kick ass, I have heard samples online but havent got to crank one up in person.
Last edited by everybody's x; 22nd August 2006 at 08:48 PM..
Reason: oops spelled his name wrong
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22nd August 2006
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#19 | | Gear Guru
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Yeah. I was going to say Carr. Great amps.
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22nd August 2006
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#20 | | Lives for gear
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Guytron
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29th August 2006
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#21 | | Gear addict
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Penn Instrument Company. Killer. I love mine. and Billy is really cool www.pennalizer.com
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Schreyer Audio. A friend just got one...WOW. Mark Ford likes 'em. Great guy as well. www.schreyeraudio.com
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7th September 2006
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#22 | | Gear Head
Joined: Aug 2005
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Bad Cat
Maven Peal
Clark
Reeves
Splawn
65 Amps
Swart......
Just a few.
I own a Maven Peal RG88 and a Bad Bat Black Cat.....I love them.
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7th September 2006
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#23 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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Dr Z, must have !!!!!!
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7th September 2006
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#24 | | Lives for gear
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Dumble (or Fuch's- pretty much a dumble knock off)
Z Vex Nano Head
ENGL
Mojave
Divided by 13
Splawn
Speedster
CAE/Suhr
Deizel
Naylor
Trainwreck
Celtic
Top Hat
Dr. Z
Tone Tubby
Matchless
Bad Cat
Genz Benz
Germino
Two Rock
Zinky
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7th September 2006
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#25 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx
Posts: 8,802
| http://www.65amps.com/
as mentioned above. These look interesting as hell.
But if you're interested boutique stuff, gotta look at Matamp http://www.matamp.co.uk/ | |
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8th September 2006
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#26 | | Hi. I'm Nick.
Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Hatfield, PA
Posts: 261
| http://valvetechamps.com/
Valvetech Hayseed
Get a handbuilt '63 AC30 clone for $1500. I want one.. BAD.
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8th September 2006
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#27 | | Gear addict
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 304
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Originally Posted by i51423 | no kidding. those look rad.
just what I need...another amp.
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8th September 2006
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#28 | | Lives for gear
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Gerhart
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9th September 2006
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#29 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2004 Location: California....??
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hmmm...What about VHT??? NO..??
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9th September 2006
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#30 | | Gear addict
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