Fast, Tight, Dry Amps, What You Got?
- Thread starter la szum
- Start date
Ed DeGenaro
Shredder
- Messages
- 1,677
Good point. And it's forerunner, heads loaded down with a big ass resistor functioning as pre-amps.
Ed DeGenaro
Shredder
- Messages
- 1,677
Funnily enough I used to prefer the SP77 to the X88 or SLO then.
Ed DeGenaro
Shredder
- Messages
- 1,677
As for finding them that was easy once I moved to LA in 87 lol
- Messages
- 17,929
Ed DeGenaro
Shredder
- Messages
- 1,677
Correct. But it wasn't intented to be like what folks moped about the earlier amps.Why ask why?
I didn't say it is was wrong, Ed. Just that it was different.
But more importantly how's the pitbull treating you
Ed DeGenaro
Shredder
- Messages
- 1,677
Yeah I wished I still had off all Fryette I had the Memphis.Haha! I wasn't one of the mopers.... so I am going to claim immunity.
I prefer the GPDI/IR to the Pitbull, Ed.
I know there were/are a lot of iterations of the Pitbull, so maybe this is not
the one for me.
But the GPDI-IR has become my go to
OrganicZed
Roadie
- Messages
- 862
The 50/12 is a lower gain amp that seems to come up on the used market a lot more frequently than most of the Fryette models. The Ultra Lead is the one most known for being fast and dry, but the CLX, CL100, and CL50 are also known for having that character. As per the video I posted earlier in this thread, the GP/DI Pitbull mode was made to sound like the CL50.
If you want the GP/DI to be as immediate and tight as it is capable of sounding then try turning the dynamics control completely counterclockwise, set the power amp mode to tight, run the master volume low, set the gain 1 below noon, engage the more switch, and set it to Pitbull mode. Adjust the EQ and gain 2 to your desired settings.
If you want the GP/DI to be as immediate and tight as it is capable of sounding then try turning the dynamics control completely counterclockwise, set the power amp mode to tight, run the master volume low, set the gain 1 below noon, engage the more switch, and set it to Pitbull mode. Adjust the EQ and gain 2 to your desired settings.
Ed DeGenaro
Shredder
- Messages
- 1,677
Trying that. Thanks
Night Stalker
Groupie
- Messages
- 40
I was just listening to Danzig III: How The Gods Kill, and it struck me how unbelievably dry but aggressive John Christ's tone is. I always heard he played VHT amps at the time. Not sure which model, but I love that tone.
- Messages
- 17,929
I sent mine back. It was kind of redundant. I use the Fractal more, an Engl Preamp
more, and my Amps.
Just feel like those all give me more of what I enjoy than the GPDI/IR.
I may revisit it again in the future.
Ed DeGenaro
Shredder
- Messages
- 1,677
I’m still stoked with mine especially as add-on to the MkV:25I sent mine back. It was kind of redundant. I use the Fractal more, an Engl Preamp
more, and my Amps.
Just feel like those all give me more of what I enjoy than the GPDI/IR.
I may revisit it again in the future.
TSJMajesty
Rock Star
- Messages
- 7,325
I played through a Mesa MK III when I bought a 4x12 cab, and I'd say that amp qualifies for the thread title. It was brutally raw! I wanted to reach for a chorus pedal so badly! 
or 
or
- Messages
- 17,929
- Messages
- 17,929
I really feel like Engl is central hub of the fast, tight, and dry tonal wheelhouse. For me.
Since starting this thread, and trying a few VHT/Fryette offerings (beyond what I have
already owned in the past), it has left me with the belief that VHT/Fryette may be dry, but
they are not all that tight. Definitely looser than the Engls.
Yngwie uses Superleads/Plexis.... and the 80's Shredders were using JCMs.... and those
both had a fast enough response for them.
Still like to try a Sig X or Pitbull CLX at some point, but no rush there. Still love Steven
and what he does. Just not quite what I am chasing at this point in time.
Since starting this thread, and trying a few VHT/Fryette offerings (beyond what I have
already owned in the past), it has left me with the belief that VHT/Fryette may be dry, but
they are not all that tight. Definitely looser than the Engls.
Yngwie uses Superleads/Plexis.... and the 80's Shredders were using JCMs.... and those
both had a fast enough response for them.
Still like to try a Sig X or Pitbull CLX at some point, but no rush there. Still love Steven
and what he does. Just not quite what I am chasing at this point in time.
TSJMajesty
Rock Star
- Messages
- 7,325
MatrixClaw
Roadie
- Messages
- 172
I don't even find most Fryette amps to be that dry. Really, it was only the Ultralead for me that had this quality and I found it so dry that it lacked any character to meI really feel like Engl is central hub of the fast, tight, and dry tonal wheelhouse. For me.
Since starting this thread, and trying a few VHT/Fryette offerings (beyond what I have
already owned in the past), it has left me with the belief that VHT/Fryette may be dry, but
they are not all that tight. Definitely looser than the Engls.
Yngwie uses Superleads/Plexis.... and the 80's Shredders were using JCMs.... and those
both had a fast enough response for them.
Still like to try a Sig X or Pitbull CLX at some point, but no rush there. Still love Steven
and what he does. Just not quite what I am chasing at this point in time.
That said, I have only played my Savage and people say it's super tight and I don't really find that to be very true. It's tight, but not as tight as many others I've played... And I appreciate that, because if it was as tight as people said, it'd be way too one-dimensional for me.
- Messages
- 17,929
I don't even find most Fryette amps to be that dry. Really, it was only the Ultralead for me that had this quality and I found it so dry that it lacked any character to me
That mythology is all over the Internet, though, and has led me astray!
