Fast, Tight, Dry Amps, What You Got?
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Same! I need to know if it can bring teh chugz.
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This got delivered yesterday, so I intend to spend all afternoon playing with it:
Initial impression: It's awesome.
I owned one of these when they came out and I thought it was a cool amp, but I really needed a clean channel. I don't need a clean channel now. I still don't like Ch1 for cleans, but it's great if you want a little hair on them. Also has a cool Marshally bark to it that I'm curious to shoot out against my 101b. Ch2 is awesome. It's tight as hell and requires no boost at all, unlike the Rev Blues I've had. I don't know why this version of the Uber doesn't get more love. I haven't tried the Ultra yet, but I've owned the Blue, Green and this one and the TJ is definitely my favorite
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It came Friday. Just spent my first 30 minutes with it.
It's Fryette, so yes, it does the thing.
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Same! I need to know if it can bring teh chugz.
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This got delivered yesterday, so I intend to spend all afternoon playing with it:
Initial impression: It's awesome.
I owned one of these when they came out and I thought it was a cool amp, but I really needed a clean channel. I don't need a clean channel now. I still don't like Ch1 for cleans, but it's great if you want a little hair on them. Also has a cool Marshally bark to it that I'm curious to shoot out against my 101b. Ch2 is awesome. It's tight as hell and requires no boost at all, unlike the Rev Blues I've had. I don't know why this version of the Uber doesn't get more love. I haven't tried the Ultra yet, but I've owned the Blue, Green and this one and the TJ is definitely my favorite
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Same! I need to know if it can bring teh chugz.
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This got delivered yesterday, so I intend to spend all afternoon playing with it:
Initial impression: It's awesome.
I owned one of these when they came out and I thought it was a cool amp, but I really needed a clean channel. I don't need a clean channel now. I still don't like Ch1 for cleans, but it's great if you want a little hair on them. Also has a cool Marshally bark to it that I'm curious to shoot out against my 101b. Ch2 is awesome. It's tight as hell and requires no boost at all, unlike the Rev Blues I've had. I don't know why this version of the Uber doesn't get more love. I haven't tried the Ultra yet, but I've owned the Blue, Green and this one and the TJ is definitely my favorite
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Wow... can run this into the FX Return of another amp and essentially add
another channel/preamp. It has an FX Loop so you can add in Delay and 'Verb
to the GPDI/IR. I am also going to try to integrate it with my Fractal and
use it in a similar way to how I ended up using the Engl E530 Preamp.
Fun little box.
another channel/preamp. It has an FX Loop so you can add in Delay and 'Verb
to the GPDI/IR. I am also going to try to integrate it with my Fractal and
use it in a similar way to how I ended up using the Engl E530 Preamp.
Fun little box.
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It's staying. 
Got it piped into the Fractal. Not as tight as the Engl, but still great.
Not a bad tone in this gem of a box.
Gonna chill and watch the Tigers play tonight while I run it into a Cab
on the 1Watt mode.
Big, Dumb Amp GAS averted. For now.
Got it piped into the Fractal. Not as tight as the Engl, but still great.
Not a bad tone in this gem of a box.
Gonna chill and watch the Tigers play tonight while I run it into a Cab
on the 1Watt mode.
Big, Dumb Amp GAS averted. For now.
Chocol8
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Big, Dumb Amp GAS averted. For now.
It would sound really good feeding into one of these for BIG, Fast, Tight, Dry and Dumb! 
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Welp, the 1 Watt Amp into Cab scenario was a one and done kind of thing.
Not a lot of body or oomph.... which is understandable. Kind of pre-ampy.
Again, understandable.
Probably going to enjoy it more in a DI setting for recording and playing
into and through a DAW. Much like the Engl E530. Just a different flavour.
Not a lot of body or oomph.... which is understandable. Kind of pre-ampy.
Again, understandable.
Probably going to enjoy it more in a DI setting for recording and playing
into and through a DAW. Much like the Engl E530. Just a different flavour.
MatrixClaw
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Dang, that's disappointing. Was hoping I could use it as my main practice rig but if it sounds that sad, I'll just plug into one of my big amps.Welp, the 1 Watt Amp into Cab scenario was a one and done kind of thing.
Not a lot of body or oomph.... which is understandable. Kind of pre-ampy.
Again, understandable.
Chocol8
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OK, if 1 watt did not work out, how about one of these?
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I am not slagging on it. I just don't think it is where it shines.
It'll do in a pinch.Also, my LR Amp has been a Mesa Trem-O-Verb... and that thing sounds amazing.
It is a hard one to knock off the LR Throne.
But yeah, the 1 Watt direct into a Cab mode is very preampy. To my ears.
OrganicZed
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1 W is never going to hit the way that big iron can for high gain. Try playing it into the effects return of your Trem-O-Verb.Welp, the 1 Watt Amp into Cab scenario was a one and done kind of thing.
Not a lot of body or oomph.... which is understandable. Kind of pre-ampy.
Again, understandable.
Probably going to enjoy it more in a DI setting for recording and playing
into and through a DAW. Much like the Engl E530. Just a different flavour.
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So..... after a week or so of playing I am not sure I would put the Fryette in the "tight/dry/fast"
amp category. I had a Deliverance 60 Head that was not as immediate as my JCM800 at the
time----even if it was bigger/wider in terms of its footprint.
Now, comparing the Engl E530 and the Fryette GPDI/IR the immediacy is VERY stark. The Engl
is just so much more forward and immediate on the pick attack. The Fryette is great, but it is
looser with more of a Vintage feel in attack than the Engl. I am not sure you can get more
"Modern" than the Engl.
Just thoughts/perspectives.
amp category. I had a Deliverance 60 Head that was not as immediate as my JCM800 at the
time----even if it was bigger/wider in terms of its footprint.
Now, comparing the Engl E530 and the Fryette GPDI/IR the immediacy is VERY stark. The Engl
is just so much more forward and immediate on the pick attack. The Fryette is great, but it is
looser with more of a Vintage feel in attack than the Engl. I am not sure you can get more
"Modern" than the Engl.
Just thoughts/perspectives.
Mikael Dez
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