What's the difference between the Stilettos?

[exposeenmity]

Just like the title asks, what the hell is the difference between the Stiletto Deuce and the Stiletto Trident? Besides the different number of tubes are there any other differences?

 

[exposeenmity]

Come on guys, I'm serious here. They have the same front panel layout and from what I can tell they have the same rear layout as well. Is it just that the Trident has more power?

 

[musicbox]

besides the extra tubes and extra power, these are the same amp as far as i know. as for a tone difference, i've read on this board that the trident is a little meatier in the 150 watt mode vs. the 100 watts of the deuce. this doesnt surprise me as the 100 watt setting has a little more chug to it then the 50 watt mode. same effects loop and pre-amp though. if you can afford the re-tube, might as well get a trident.

it's the same as comparing a dual and triple rectifier. bigger power section, thats all. maybe bigger transformers as well...

 

[jbird]

Is it just that the Trident has more power?

Uhh, Ya? And that translates to more headroom, more bottom, different powerband, they're different animals! C'mon man!

 

[prs1999]

Amen musicbox,
It's not like you can walk into
a music store and find a sextet of matched EL'34's. But you know when I was trying the Duce against the Trident,
I did notice the lil bit more bottom end ,but it was the headroom that sold me.Plus only being $50 bucks more was a no brainer.

 

[yettoblaster]

So, am I right in assuming the Trident is The-mutha-of-all Marshall to end all Marshall high mid and "THUNK" sounds? :?:

 

[prs1999]

lol.....you should work for Mesa,doing writups in the catalogs. If your looking for that Eddie Marshallized Brown sound, either you put a pedal in front of this amp,or go to Roccaforte,Splawn, Mojave amps.
Dont get me wrong,I like the tone in the Stiletto,but it's not killer,over saturated gain. For that I have a Dual Recto.
To each there own and opinions in here very.
Then again,this is a Boogie forum .

 

[yettoblaster]

lol.....you should work for Mesa,doing writups in the catalogs...

They seem to have their own crew for that.
There's some real Randall brown-nosing going on in the current catalog!