Arrived! NAD: Friedman Pink Taco V2

[Whizzinby]

Ignore messy crap in background.

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I was expecting

I saw

 

[hemmelight]

WIRES ARE CLUTTER, OKAY

 

[la szum]

WIRES ARE CLUTTER, OKAY

This is NOT the Boss GM-800 and GK-5 thread.

 

[JT]

AN ARTISIAN CACTUS AND A LARGE PALM FRONNE IN THE SAME PICTURE?!?!?!??!

 

[hemmelight]

I would have included the Fabergé egg, but it's been temporarily relocated to the foyer by the maid.

 

[Achilles]

@hemmelight
Gut shot in case you haven't opened yours.
NICE! I don't see any SMT stuff. The PCB looks two sided with plated thru holes.

 

[hemmelight]

That photo was actually one of the motivations to buy, as it looks decently well-made for sure.

 

[Achilles]

Good article on SMT/One sided plating VS. plated through holes.

KNOW YOUR HOLES!

 

[FuzzyAce]

@hemmelight
Gut shot in case you haven't opened yours.
NICE! I don't see any SMT stuff. The PCB looks two sided with plated through holes.

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That actually looks better than I was expecting. Good to see.
I've been eye-balling the JEL-20 watt. I need to stop looking at gear though.

 

[Achilles]

I've been eye-balling the JEL-20 watt. I need to stop looking at gear though.

Friedman JEL-20 Jake E. Lee Signature 2-Channel 20-Watt Guitar Amp Head 2023 - Present - Red | Reverb

Comes with everything it came with originally.Footswitch and cable, power cord, paperwork and original box and packing materials.Works perfect.Sounds amazing.

reverb.com

 

[la szum]

That actually looks better than I was expecting. Good to see.
I've been eye-balling the JEL-20 watt. I need to stop looking at gear though.

I was looking at that amp today, too. And I have ZERO interest in a 20 watter.

 

[la szum]

Note to amp makers: Lunchboxes are for lunch!!

 

[FuzzyAce]

I was looking at that amp today, too. And I have ZERO interest in a 20 watter.

It's like being in a candy store these days, I want to try everything.

 

[la szum]

In theory the JEL should be right up my alley. No real clean channel. Plexi and modded 800. That's my wheelhouse.

I wish there was a 50watter (EL84s and Plexi/800 just seems off to me?!) with 2 x EL34s.

 

[FuzzyAce]

In theory the JEL should be right up my alley. No real clean channel. Plexi and modded 800. That's my wheelhouse.

I wish there was a 50watter (EL84s and Plexi/800 just seems off to me?!) with 2 x EL34s.

Find a used JEL-100, pull a couple tubes = 50 watts-ish.

 

[Achilles]

In theory the JEL should be right up my alley. No real clean channel. Plexi and modded 800. That's my wheelhouse.

I wish there was a 50watter (EL84s and Plexi/800 just seems off to me?!) with 2 x EL34s.

Have you actually tried one of Friedman's 20 watters into a bitching 2x12 or 4x12? Think you may be eating some crow dude.

 

[JT]

The JEL symbol on the amp looks cheap af.

 

[FuzzyAce]

The JEL symbol on the amp looks cheap af.

Happy face sticker..

 

[FuzzyAce]

Have you actually tried one of Friedman's 20 watters into a bitching 2x12 or 4x12? Think you may be eating some crow dude.

Most of that tone would be coming from the preamp anyways. EL84s can sound full and fat, depends on the design really.

 

[Achilles]

Never really looked at it but ya.
Maybe seeing it done large on a print or painting - but shrunk down like this it just looks like a bad silkscreen job.