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Amp Contest Winner!

Jesse Salmons

Stairway to Heaven Tab Studier
Nov 11, 2019
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Damn im seriously looking forward to this, and i never buy ANY gear without first looking at a ton of demos! Thats due to a lack of music stores near me badass Syn! I cant wait! This is why youre one of the great ones!
 
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Eric Kane

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    This is why I love this guy! Straight up truth and honesty. I think the Hellwin will always be my favorite amp ever. But you know I'm buying one of these new amps if only to support you, and have some fun doing it!
     
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    Alicia Willis

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    Ooooh.... so I don’t know much about much (that’s what the husband is for) but I’m very intrigued about the amp now ! I never use the distortion channel on my current amp, I always use a few pedals via my clean channel and it’s my go to sound so this sounds exactly like something mama needs !
     

    Rapture

    Music Theory Bragger
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    This is definitely a killer idea.

    Honestly, I was wondering what could be better than your actual Hellwin or FX3.

    So I'm happy to say thats a great solution that you present to us with this clever one channel amp !

    My dream tone would be the one on City of Evil album, the rythms and leads are just perfect.. I saw on forums and videos that you played through a Bogner Uberschall rev blue head, and I couldn't get my hands on this amp at this day.
    Im currently running an Amptweaker tight metal st through the clean channel of my ENGL Ironball, through a 1x12 cab with celestion k100. With my Schecter COE limited edition the tone is almost perfect !
    But Im sure I would get better results through your amp, especially if it's designed as a pedal platform !

    So for 2021 I have got some choices:
    - the SGS with the all-new amptweaker's line pedals;
    - the 5150 stealth (I saw you are using 5150 tones preamp for your FX3)
    - get my hands on a Uberschall rev blue;
    - or embrace the digital world with the new Fractal fm3 with your cabs profiles..

    2021 is going to be definitely interesting
     

    Ed Seith

    Supreme Galactic Overlord
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    I did pick up a Two Notes Captor X attenuator so I can push this and the MT-15 without making the neighbors' heads explode with rage. As we get closer to a ship date, I'm gonna have to score some distortion boxes. Horizon's Precision Drive is at the top of the list for metal stuff, and I probably need to look at something for a bluesier gain, as well (@Ids, any recommendations that are NOT a $5,000US Klon?).

    @Syn Gates am I right in assuming this will be a Schecter branded product, or are you working with someone else? How does your custom speaker compare against a V30?
     

    Cooper Brady

    Free Bird Player
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    For a really similar sound to the Klon, I'd go with a Wampler Tumnus. Some of my other favorite distortion pedals are the classic Rat, Kirk Hammett's "KHDK Dark Blood", and anything from Revv.
     
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    Ed Seith

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    For a really similar sound to the Klon, I'd go with a Wampler Tumnus. Some of my other favorite distortion pedals are the classic Rat, Kirk Hammett's "KHDK Dark Blood", and anything from Revv.
    I actually had a ProCo TurboRat in the 80s. Great lead tones; not so much on the rhythm. I'll check out the others, thanks!
     
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    idssdi

    Sold-out Crowd Surfer
    Nov 11, 2019
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    Tc electronic mojo mojo overdrive is pretty good, mad professor twimble, tubescreamer there are quite a view.

    There's also the nordvang gravity pedal which is basically a tubescreamer and klon in one(like two separate buttons to press).

    I personally have been getting into those dual pedals lately so out of these my pick would probably be the mad professor twimble And the nordvang gravity pedal simply because it gives you more options within just one pedal. If you really just looking for the one pedal you can't go wrong with a tubescreamer and the mojo mojo overdrive is a really good budget option. To get the tone I like with the mojo mojo overdrive I do however put a vertex steel string or the pre-drive section of the mad professor Twimble in front of it(sometimes both) so it's really up to you and the budget you have available.
     
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    Michael Kokoszka

    New Student
    Nov 11, 2019
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    How do you like the captor X?

    I finally decided to not buy a captor x. Sold my mesa mark V 25, and my fractal FM3 should arrive next week!
     

    Ed Seith

    Supreme Galactic Overlord
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    How do you like the captor X?

    I finally decided to not buy a captor x. Sold my mesa mark V 25, and my fractal FM3 should arrive next week!

    I like it. It does a nice job, and the app is good for tweaking. I still have a lot of work to do to find the cabinet and settings I want, and I won't use it very often. The physical amps are the backup - the AxeFX IIXL+ is my main tone generator. You're gonna love the FM3.
     

    Cooper Brady

    Free Bird Player
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    For distortion I was thinking about coupling this with a Revv G4, the reviewers on thomann seem to like it a lot, and I want some brootal sounds out of Ampy. But the Horizon Precision Drive looks great as well, might have to check out both.
    I have a G3, the thing is a monster. Huge, crushing tones. Revv killed it with the whole "G" series.
     
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    Ed Seith

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    When the amp contest was running, Syn believed the first promo photos would hit at the end of 2020 with the first shipments late in Q1 (February or March). Since we've not seen any promo photos yet, it's likely delayed a little bit.

    COVID would be the usual culprit, but he's working like hell on getting it done.