Where to buy a new Triaxis

[dragonaxe]

I'm looking to buy a new Triaxis. I don't want to go to Guitar Center. :evil: Any recommendations on a good Boogie dealer and why do you recommend them. I am in the Kansas City area, and don't want to go to either of the Boogie dealers here. I would like to have one that is new and in the box, not a floor model.
Thanks

 

[leadfootdriver]

As far as I know, boogie stuff has always been the same price everywhere. I'd just pick the closest place that has 1 in stock.

 

[disassembled]

What difference does it make that you order new from GC or somewhere else? New is new right? The thing about guitar center is they will throw in freebies since they can't discount the preamp at all.


I just wanted to let you know that my impression of the current version of LD1Red on the Triaxis absolutely blows and I would strongly suggest looking into an older phat mod or non phat Triaxis. I bet you could save $1k on a used item.


Greg

 

[vette1992]

Its far away, but when i was replacing my old triaxis, I ordered from Rudys music in New York City, the only reason i would reccommend them to you is they were the only place that actually had one in stock, i recently spoke with them about a few amps and they had a triaxis there within the past month or so, so they could ship it to you, and probably have it within a few days, most places i called took a few months to order direct...

Hope this helps...

 

[masque]

here's what i did years ago when i got my TA....i went online and got a list of dealers and started calling each one of them beginning with the nearest first and I called until I found one in stock and bought it over the phone and had it shipped to me.

 

[CudBucket]

Just go to GC and have them order one for you. It'll be yours and noone else will play it but you. Didn't you know you could do that? The price will be the same no matter which dealer you get it from.

 

[CudBucket]

Its far away, but when i was replacing my old triaxis, I ordered from Rudys music in New York City...

I bought my Road King II from them but I work only a few blocks away. Keep in mind that they have a NO RETURN policy regarding amps. If you walk out with it and there is a problem, you must go through Mesa to get it fixed. They won't take it back.

 

[eagle]

It's not 1990 so get somthing better .Egnater M4 ,CAA3+SE ,Engl570 all wipe the floor with Triaxis unless you have to use 99 sounds ,The M4 has 8 midi (more than enough) and sounds more real than Triaxis.
At least try these others to be sure .

 

[masque]

It's not 1990 so get somthing better .Egnater M4 ,CAA3+SE ,Engl570 all wipe the floor with Triaxis unless you have to use 99 sounds ,The M4 has 8 midi (more than enough) and sounds more real than Triaxis.
At least try these others to be sure .

yeh while your at it try one of those Pods I hear they wipe the floor with the Triaxis too! :wink:

 

[eagle]

It's not 1990 so get something better .Egnater M4 ,CAA3+SE ,Engl570 all wipe the floor with Triaxis unless you have to use 99 sounds ,The M4 has 8 midi (more than enough) and sounds more real than Triaxis.
At least try these others to be sure .

yeh while your at it try one of those Pods I hear they wipe the floor with the Triaxis too! :wink:

Surely you are not so stupid as to think that those pre's don't give the Triaxis at least a run ,as for your pod comment :roll: .
These are all tube all analogue no op-amps ,which is more than can be said for the Triaxis .Triaxis is good but these are better ,If someone is going to spend a couple of grand on a preamp you'd have to be mad not to check out the competition.

 

[disassembled]

It's not 1990 so get something better .Egnater M4 ,CAA3+SE ,Engl570 all wipe the floor with Triaxis unless you have to use 99 sounds ,The M4 has 8 midi (more than enough) and sounds more real than Triaxis.
At least try these others to be sure .

yeh while your at it try one of those Pods I hear they wipe the floor with the Triaxis too! :wink:

Surely you are not so stupid as to think that those pre's don't give the Triaxis at least a run ,as for your pod comment :roll: .
These are all tube all analogue no op-amps ,which is more than can be said for the Triaxis .Triaxis is good but these are better ,If someone is going to spend a couple of grand on a preamp you'd have to be mad not to check out the competition.

*Rant start*

Great but those preamps are mostly based on a marshall tone and not a mark series tone and don't even offer a simulation of a 5 band GEQ (even as limited as it is on the TA).

I don't understand your point about opampless preamps are better than this or that. Do you use any effects or any analog/digital pedals? Does your guitar have a preamp built in? If you answer yes then you are running through opamps, diodes, AD/DA converters, and a lot of other stuff that is seemingly toxic to purists.

I am not knocking any other brands but your reasoning seems a little whacked.

This isn't a debate of what you know as a good preamp it's what the OP wants (it seems as though he wants something along the lines of a Mark series amp). Would you discount all of Mesa's amps since there are transistors inside? There are also IC chips in some of their amps too for instance: the models without tube reverb use an opamp to drive the verb. Does that mean we should all boycot mesa and look to any brand dedicated to designing their amps without ICs, transistors, or diodes? well, maybe for you but as long as it works and sounds good I'm happy.

*Rant over*

Greg

 

[eagle]

yeh while your at it try one of those Pods I hear they wipe the floor with the Triaxis too! :wink:

Surely you are not so stupid as to think that those pre's don't give the Triaxis at least a run ,as for your pod comment :roll: .
These are all tube all analogue no op-amps ,which is more than can be said for the Triaxis .Triaxis is good but these are better ,If someone is going to spend a couple of grand on a preamp you'd have to be mad not to check out the competition.

*Rant start*

Great but those preamps are mostly based on a marshall tone and not a mark series tone and don't even offer a simulation of a 5 band GEQ (even as limited as it is on the TA).

I don't understand your point about opampless preamps are better than this or that. Do you use any effects or any analog/digital pedals? Does your guitar have a preamp built in? If you answer yes then you are running through opamps, diodes, AD/DA converters, and a lot of other stuff that is seemingly toxic to purists.

I am not knocking any other brands but your reasoning seems a little whacked.

This isn't a debate of what you know as a good preamp it's what the OP wants (it seems as though he wants something along the lines of a Mark series amp). Would you discount all of Mesa's amps since there are transistors inside? There are also IC chips in some of their amps too for instance: the models without tube reverb use an opamp to drive the verb. Does that mean we should all boycot mesa and look to any brand dedicated to designing their amps without ICs, transistors, or diodes? well, maybe for you but as long as it works and sounds good I'm happy.

*Rant over*

Greg

I only use FX W/D/W or in an analogue PARALLEL FX loop,
and M4 has the COD module (mark series tone )and the E'rect(well guess what that is) .
No five band but the 570 has active tone voice buttons and the 3+ has an active post pre three band EQ (more than enough to match the rather numb dynamic voice control .
Now I would be very happy to see Triaxis 2 but for the time others are better(I still love my RK head but my rack now has a 570).

 

[masque]

It's not 1990 so get something better .Egnater M4 ,CAA3+SE ,Engl570 all wipe the floor with Triaxis unless you have to use 99 sounds ,The M4 has 8 midi (more than enough) and sounds more real than Triaxis.
At least try these others to be sure .

yeh while your at it try one of those Pods I hear they wipe the floor with the Triaxis too! :wink:

Surely you are not so stupid as to think that those pre's don't give the Triaxis at least a run ,as for your pod comment :roll: .
These are all tube all analogue no op-amps ,which is more than can be said for the Triaxis .Triaxis is good but these are better ,If someone is going to spend a couple of grand on a preamp you'd have to be mad not to check out the competition.

no actually i am not stupid at all, I dont know what my current IQ is I'll take a test and get back with you on that....i never said they couldnt give the triaxis a run for their money i am sure they can...you were the one that was so bold to say that those other pres could wipe the floor with a triaxis and that is something i consider to be stupid....my comment about the pod was a joke.....for a long time i got a kick out of folks that own a particular amp that diss the triaxis on a regular basis...everyone wants to justify their high dollar purchase.....so if they paid $1500 plus for a mark 4 there is no way they ever want to accept that the triaxis may actually do a really good job of sounding like a mark 4 plus several other amps for about the same money....so the natural reaction is to attack the triaxis. i have played and owned many amps and preamps over the years...some better than others but to me there is no denying that the triaxis is a great sounding pre...its not perfect but to me no amp is "perfect" they all have positives and negatives just like the other pres you mentioned so I think your point of advising him to research other pres is valid but to say those other pres wipe the floor with the triaxis is just silly and sounds like an uneducated comment about gear.

 

[Lopp]

It's not 1990 so get somthing better .

****. Now every piece of gear on the vintage market is worthless.

"Sorry buddy, it's not the 60's. There are better amps than that Fender... Sorry buddy, it's not the 80's. There are better amps than that Marshall... Yeah, well... I don't care what tone you are looking for. These other amps are newer, so they must be better. I don't care if you like the tone of that particular amp. Also, I'll cite you specs all day long. The specs are more important than what you like to hear."

Heh. Just having fun, eagle. Wait... Put down that ice pick...

Back to the subject of getting the TriAxis. I personally like Guitar Center. They treat me well. Usually, when buying something, all you have to do is ask "how much will you sell it to me for?" and they will usually give you around a 10% discount... Except for Mesa. When buying Mesa, they can't discount, but they will throw in extras. E.g., when I got a Rect-o-verb, they tossed in a Roland Cube, some strings, and a Guizmo.

Oh, and if you still don't want to go to GC, try Kenosha Music Center. I have always had good experiences there. Also, you'll get a discount because if you're not in WI, you won't pay taxes, which more than makes up for the shipping.

 

[eagle]

yeh while your at it try one of those Pods I hear they wipe the floor with the Triaxis too! :wink:

Surely you are not so stupid as to think that those pre's don't give the Triaxis at least a run ,as for your pod comment :roll: .
These are all tube all analogue no op-amps ,which is more than can be said for the Triaxis .Triaxis is good but these are better ,If someone is going to spend a couple of grand on a preamp you'd have to be mad not to check out the competition.

no actually i am not stupid at all, I dont know what my current IQ is I'll take a test and get back with you on that....i never said they couldnt give the triaxis a run for their money i am sure they can...you were the one that was so bold to say that those other pres could wipe the floor with a triaxis and that is something i consider to be stupid....my comment about the pod was a joke.....for a long time i got a kick out of folks that own a particular amp that diss the triaxis on a regular basis...everyone wants to justify their high dollar purchase.....so if they paid $1500 plus for a mark 4 there is no way they ever want to accept that the triaxis may actually do a really good job of sounding like a mark 4 plus several other amps for about the same money....so the natural reaction is to attack the triaxis. i have played and owned many amps and preamps over the years...some better than others but to me there is no denying that the triaxis is a great sounding pre...its not perfect but to me no amp is "perfect" they all have positives and negatives just like the other pres you mentioned so I think your point of advising him to research other pres is valid but to say those other pres wipe the floor with the triaxis is just silly and sounds like an uneducated comment about gear.

Fair point I did overstate it a bit but when you find your tone even if it is only a bit different but it works and makes you play better it can seem like a huge improvment.
My main gripe about Triaxis is the FX loop and the interface (these would be better if done now) Tonaly the mark sounds are good but the high gain is fizzy copaired to other mesa gear.I can get a much better high gain tone out of my RK (with a good OD ) than I ever could out of Triaxis.

 

[masque]

Surely you are not so stupid as to think that those pre's don't give the Triaxis at least a run ,as for your pod comment :roll: .
These are all tube all analogue no op-amps ,which is more than can be said for the Triaxis .Triaxis is good but these are better ,If someone is going to spend a couple of grand on a preamp you'd have to be mad not to check out the competition.

no actually i am not stupid at all, I dont know what my current IQ is I'll take a test and get back with you on that....i never said they couldnt give the triaxis a run for their money i am sure they can...you were the one that was so bold to say that those other pres could wipe the floor with a triaxis and that is something i consider to be stupid....my comment about the pod was a joke.....for a long time i got a kick out of folks that own a particular amp that diss the triaxis on a regular basis...everyone wants to justify their high dollar purchase.....so if they paid $1500 plus for a mark 4 there is no way they ever want to accept that the triaxis may actually do a really good job of sounding like a mark 4 plus several other amps for about the same money....so the natural reaction is to attack the triaxis. i have played and owned many amps and preamps over the years...some better than others but to me there is no denying that the triaxis is a great sounding pre...its not perfect but to me no amp is "perfect" they all have positives and negatives just like the other pres you mentioned so I think your point of advising him to research other pres is valid but to say those other pres wipe the floor with the triaxis is just silly and sounds like an uneducated comment about gear.

Fair point I did overstate it a bit but when you find your tone even if it is only a bit different but it works and makes you play better it can seem like a huge improvment.
My main gripe about Triaxis is the FX loop and the interface (these would be better if done now) Tonaly the mark sounds are good but the high gain is fizzy copaired to other mesa gear.I can get a much better high gain tone out of my RK (with a good OD ) than I ever could out of Triaxis.

i understand....i wont deny that the actual amps that the triaxis is based on may do a better job with that particular sound than the triaxis does but the versitility of the what it brings is what i like. I get bored with the same tone after a while so its nice to have mulitple tones at your fingertips. I also understand the gripe with the effects loop....I have witnessed many debates over the years about whether to use the effects loop or to run effects in line instead. the general consensus seems to be to run them inline. but ultimatley your ears have to decide that.....there are tons of great amps out there including the triaxis and the ones you named earlier.....the best thing for our buddy to do is to try to test out as many of them as possible before deciding on what to do.

 

[beelzibub]

dragonaxe: Call Tom at the Music Center in Kenosha, WI...I used to buy everything from them and now that I'm done with school I'm about to start up again. He always gave me unbelievable pricing and service. Plus you don't have to pay taxes, just shipping. I'm actually waiting on a quote for a Triaxis from Tom that I sent today! Now I just have to decide on the TC G-Force or Eventide Eclipse.....decisions, decisions.....