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the funny thing is the 40 watts u bring em to church. LOL
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meh... unimpressed. kudos on the starcaster.
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robert(original) wrote:meh... unimpressed. kudos on the starcaster.
Was my thought when this came up on my YT feed. Pretty uninteresting amps.
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I would buy a Mustang or Excelsior amp before I would buy that.
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the excelsior is a great amp, i got to mess around with one for a while a few months back and i feel like its a great investment, and it sounds HUGE~! rob wouldn't have one if it wasnt badass
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Excelsior IS BADASS!!! It has gotten my no1 guitaramp for use at home, jams and bandpractice.
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Post by George »

yeah with mustangs on the market i don't see the point in this one bit

at least the Champ XD range has a certain different flavour: tube preamp> digital modelling > tube power section

i don't get why people would want a stinky little solid state like the dark ages now
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Post by AaronGuitarDude »

In third world countries, mostly gigs/concerts are using solid state amps.
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If my guess that these are mostly aimed at beginners is true, I'm a bit baffled that they didn't play any kind of music that would appeal to younger crowds in the demo.
Everything sounded like eighties wank-rock!
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Post by George »

from 30 seconds in there is a smorgasbord of legit terrible tones

literally dog shit. what are they selling here
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Wow, shit tone for dayz. That finger picking part is total and utter dog shit.
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George wrote:from 30 seconds in there is a smorgasbord of legit terrible tones

literally dog shit. what are they selling here
'We need to demonstrate this tremolo sound; let's have Mr AntsInPants play a totally erratic bit of fingerstyle using this time-based effect, set tooooooo...the deepest depth setting known to man.

Good work, everybody"
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Post by kypdurron »

George wrote:i don't get why people would want a stinky little solid state like the dark ages now
1) it's cheaper (or should be) than a modeling amp
2) maybe some people prefer an analog sound, though I guess it doesn't matter for the typical entry level buyer

that's basically the revamped Frontman range isn't it. Those big, cheap solid state amps were not that bad. If you are a kid that wants something loud and clean.
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Post by George »

kypdurron wrote:
George wrote:i don't get why people would want a stinky little solid state like the dark ages now
1) it's cheaper (or should be) than a modeling amp
2) maybe some people prefer an analog sound, though I guess it doesn't matter for the typical entry level buyer

that's basically the revamped Frontman range isn't it. Those big, cheap solid state amps were not that bad. If you are a kid that wants something loud and clean.
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40 Watt Fender Mustang II - £164

Both have a 12" speaker. There's just so much more for your money with the Mustang. Loud and clean is just as achievable also. And the tones in that video are demonstrably crap.
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Post by robert(original) »

i had a dream last night, that i smashed one of these amps.
that is all
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laterallateral wrote:If my guess that these are mostly aimed at beginners is true, I'm a bit baffled that they didn't play any kind of music that would appeal to younger crowds in the demo.
Everything sounded like eighties wank-rock!
Not only, there's a lot of Hendrixy stuff and 70s hard rock. What did you expect, dubstep metalcore? Mars Bruno?
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Post by George »

it needs to be a staccato high register picked arpeggi-riff on a telecaster with lots of delay like Foals to appeal to the kids of today

or grindcore that is heavy on the mids

or just good in any way, which this wasn't
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Fakir Mustache wrote:What did you expect, dubstep metalcore? Mars Bruno?
Something like that, yeah.
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trap ghost-hop

industrial power punk
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Turbo Top Blues IDM

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