Michael Jackson wrote:gardenofsound wrote:Tried and almost bought an Ecstacy but ended up buying a Sig:X instead. Tried them both within the same month and thought the Siggy did everything the Ecstasy could do and then some.
I had a Mark IV and then got VHT UL and later a CL with EQ and had the same experience. The VHT or Fryette was a better amp. I was at a NAMM show and in the VHT booth as a spectator. Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) came up to me and told how great my amps were. I honestly never played a Sig X but Fryette is an amazing amp builder. My best friend growing up works for Suhr and John has great stuff too. Oh I could talk gear all day. I am definitely a VHT and Bogner fanboy though.
Awesome!
My amp stable right now is a Sig:X, CLX with EQ, and a Diezel D-Moll. Also have a Fryette GP/DI (was a Kickstarter backer) and the Power Station for a more compact rig at home.
I've done the Marshall thing... 4210, 2203, 1987XL, JCM-900 HGDR, etc. Done the Mesa Recto thing (Roadster and a Trem O Verb).
Honestly the only two amps I ever feel I miss are the Trem-O-Verb and the Peavey VTM-60 I had for several years. I sold that off when I got a VHT D60. The Deliverance amps are wonderful but the Sig:X gets close enough, but then provides so much more versatility that I don't really pine for it much. Plus the GP/DI gets close as well.
The Trem-O-Verb with EL34's in it is a phenomenal amp. Not your standard Recto. Then the VTM-60 is also everything I wanted out of a JCM-800. Boost it with a SD-1 and you can do anything.
I've always wanted to try out a Fish, Triple Giant, CAE 3+ or Demeter TGP through a 2150. Between Jerry Cantrell, Dave Mustaine, and Dean Deleo using variations on those rigs, the 2150 just seems like it's the power amp to end all power amps. Still, too expensive and heavy for me.
I had a Mako Mak4 running into a Fryette 2/90/2 for a brief while but that was by far the heaviest rig I've ever had, and... never again. That Mak4 sounded good but was extremely noisy also, so I never really got everything I would have wanted out of it.
Yeah, I can talk gear for days.