Electra*dyne stuff...

[dodger916]

Anybody have any info on this one???

 

[wilerty]

Anyone heard it? (6L6)

 

[dmcguitar]

No one is paying any mind to it cause it is being over shadowed by the Mark 5, ahahahhaaha It may be awesome, and i'd like to hear it, but it's unlikely that many people are feaning over this than the Mark 5... I'm sure we'll get some good news in the next few weeks though.

 

[phyrexia]

ch1: "think lsc/mark I/bf fender"

me: "From the description it sounds like you guys are going for JMPy on the lo gain and 800/orangey on the high gain."

rep: "that sounds about right"

 

[Charlie]

If I didn't own a Stiletto already... I'd be VERY interested in checking this thing out. I really like that they have reverb on this head... something I wish the Stiletto had.

It's weird though... with this thing and the Stiletto it just seems like they are treading on their own territory at this point.

 

[nomad100hd]

well it's also a simple amp for those who complain that mesa amps are to complicated.

 

[wilerty]

well it's also a simple amp for those who complain that mesa amps are to complicated.

Bingo. Also less stuff to go wrong.

 

[Duece2]

Theres a huge market for EL34 amps now just look at all the botique amp builders trying to lets face duplicate "Eddie Van halens" original Marshall. I'm hoping this amp can get that early VH sound but won't cost an arm and a leg compared to the botique builders $2500-2700. Has anybody heard what this new amp is gonna retail for?

 

[lerxst88]

essentially marshall ain't got jack sh!t in terms of variety, nothing. never has never will? no recto tubes, no simul-class, no preamp modules, nothing...

i just came from a marshall dsl 401 and no matter what i did to it (simply turning the knobs doesnt do much) it always sounded the same. its like marshall *coughkorgcough* is saying "hey its black and gold and has cursive on the front and we even put some fancy lightbulbs in the back so pay us $1100 for this thing."

marshall loves going backwards into the future by making reissues, the "new" vintage modern series and using their name as their main selling point.

ok end marshall rant

 

[SBG200]

well it's also a simple amp for those who complain that mesa amps are to complicated.

Exactly. I went from a Mark IV (more tweaking than playing) to a Stiletto Ace (simpler, but still too much tweaking), and now there's Electra-dyne. The simple single row of controls is VERY appealing.

 

[siggy14]

Honestly if the stiletto was to much tweaking the electra is not going to be any different, actually you might find yourself tweaking it more since there is only one set of controls and trying to find a common ground with those controls between clean and dirty might drive you crazy.

Honestly the stiletto is one of the easiest amps to tweak, put amp on diode and 100 watt, pick your mode on each channel and adjust the controls to liking, very easy actually.

well it's also a simple amp for those who complain that mesa amps are to complicated.

Exactly. I went from a Mark IV (more tweaking than playing) to a Stiletto Ace (simpler, but still too much tweaking), and now there's Electra-dyne. The simple single row of controls is VERY appealing.

 

[LnTh]

Honestly if the stiletto was to much tweaking the electra is not going to be any different, actually you might find yourself tweaking it more since there is only one set of controls and trying to find a common ground with those controls between clean and dirty might drive you crazy.

Honestly the stiletto is one of the easiest amps to tweak, put amp on diode and 100 watt, pick your mode on each channel and adjust the controls to liking, very easy actually

You'd be suprised at what you can do with the guitar's volume & tone knobs :wink: :mrgreen:

I've moved to one channel amps and never looked back. I'm not interested in Mark V one bit but I'd love to hear Electra dyne

 

[siggy14]

I know, i own many amps that have shared controls, XTC channel 2 and 3, I have two JCM800 Vert inputs single channels. My point being if he gets fustraited trying to EQ with two seperate sets of controls he will go even crazier with one set. Obvious he is not that kind of person that can set and go.

Honestly if the stiletto was to much tweaking the electra is not going to be any different, actually you might find yourself tweaking it more since there is only one set of controls and trying to find a common ground with those controls between clean and dirty might drive you crazy.

Honestly the stiletto is one of the easiest amps to tweak, put amp on diode and 100 watt, pick your mode on each channel and adjust the controls to liking, very easy actually

You'd be suprised at what you can do with the guitar's volume & tone knobs :wink: :mrgreen:

I've moved to one channel amps and never looked back. I'm not interested in Mark V one bit but I'd love to hear Electra dyne

 

[SBG200]

Honestly if the stiletto was to much tweaking the electra is not going to be any different, actually you might find yourself tweaking it more since there is only one set of controls and trying to find a common ground with those controls between clean and dirty might drive you crazy.

Honestly the stiletto is one of the easiest amps to tweak, put amp on diode and 100 watt, pick your mode on each channel and adjust the controls to liking, very easy actually.

The problem has been dialing in Ch 2. I've actually been finding that lately for dirt I like the sound of my BD-2 into a slightly-hairy Ch 1 (fat clean) better than anything I can dial in with Ch 2 (too compressed and turns to mush). I either a) need some new tubes, b) need to keep working on the drive/master mix (master might be too high), or c) just keep melting face with the BD-2 :twisted: But for option c, I might as well just have a 1-channel amp. That's why the Electra-dyne appeals to me--I'd likely find a great setting and drive it with a dirt pedal rather than get into the channel switching/level setting deal.

Sorry for the Stiletto tangent...

 

[LnTh]

Yeah I should say that I'm not that anal about pristine cleans. I don't like fendery chimey super clean cleans anyway. I like the whole concept of having one tone and being able to play your whole music by just changing your guitar volume/tone, playing dynamics and how hard you hit the strings. I feel like that adds soul to what you're playing..

But I understand it's not for everybody's style and taste. Some people just have to have 45 different sounds and just get there with a hit of a footswitch. There was a time when I did that but I just grew away from it really fast. I felt like it was taking away from the feel of the whole guitar playing. No offense to anyone.. It's all my opinion..

That's why no more switchers for me. Ever.

 

[lerxst88]

to play devils advocate i kinda like having a high gain channel and a super clean channel. i totally understand what you guys mean by having a nice middle kinda sound that you can adjust with playing technique and the guitar controls but i love that sound of either massive walls of that boogie gain or slighty gritty fender clean

 

[Newysurfer]

Yeah I should say that I'm not that anal about pristine cleans. I don't like fendery chimey super clean cleans anyway. I like the whole concept of having one tone and being able to play your whole music by just changing your guitar volume/tone, playing dynamics and how hard you hit the strings. I feel like that adds soul to what you're playing..

But I understand it's not for everybody's style and taste. Some people just have to have 45 different sounds and just get there with a hit of a footswitch. There was a time when I did that but I just grew away from it really fast. I felt like it was taking away from the feel of the whole guitar playing. No offense to anyone.. It's all my opinion..

That's why no more switchers for me. Ever.

I hear ya bud - the down side though is that for the punters at gigs, having pretty much the same tone all the way thru can get very samey and .....yes.. boring for some. That doesn't mean you need 67 different varieties. But a few different flavours adds variety IMHO. Also depends on what kind of music you're playin.

 

[Old BF Shred]

"I hear ya bud - the down side though is that for the punters at gigs, having pretty much the same tone all the way thru can get very samey and .....yes.. boring for some. That doesn't mean you need 67 different varieties. But a few different flavours adds variety IMHO. Also depends on what kind of music you're playin."

I agree. I play in a cover band and need many different tones. I use a homemade distortion pedal to drive the Fat Clean mode on my Ace. Sort of gives me a "medium gain 3rd channel" to get a middle of the road overdrive that some songs require (blues for example). 8)

 

[fishyfishfish]

I am really interested in this amp cause I do play in a cover band and an original band , and having a simple amp that works good with pedals at the same time has a good "Un-Pedaled" tone is appealing. I like matching the tones off records but for what its worth, some times it can be a pain if something goes down.

 

[LnTh]

Yeah I should say that I'm not that anal about pristine cleans. I don't like fendery chimey super clean cleans anyway. I like the whole concept of having one tone and being able to play your whole music by just changing your guitar volume/tone, playing dynamics and how hard you hit the strings. I feel like that adds soul to what you're playing..

But I understand it's not for everybody's style and taste. Some people just have to have 45 different sounds and just get there with a hit of a footswitch. There was a time when I did that but I just grew away from it really fast. I felt like it was taking away from the feel of the whole guitar playing. No offense to anyone.. It's all my opinion..

That's why no more switchers for me. Ever.

I hear ya bud - the down side though is that for the punters at gigs, having pretty much the same tone all the way thru can get very samey and .....yes.. boring for some. That doesn't mean you need 67 different varieties. But a few different flavours adds variety IMHO. Also depends on what kind of music you're playin.

I do like sounding the same throughout all my songs Remember that 99% of the time it's "boring" just for you. Crowd doesn't know about crap about tone. You could go up with a Gorilla amp and they won't think "bad tone" as long as they can hear clearly what you're playing, trust me. What they do and should care about is the content and delivery.

I'm not trying to argue by the way. I respect your point. If you can't have fun, there's no point doing it. And if you can't have fun having a single tone, by all means, have many different sounds.