Friedman VOX Proto NAMM 26

[nicolasrivera]

Its showing for the first time this NAMM.

 

[metropolis_4]

It’s not bad enough Friedman ruined Marshall tones now they have to ruin Vox?!

 

[fiftyshadesofslay]

What’s it called, the Throbbing Cockmuncher or something?

 

[Blix]

Sounds good! Just a short demo, but very nice.

 

[Blix]

Too slow @GuitarBilly74

 

[laxu]

What’s it called, the Throbbing Cockmuncher or something?

The Sparkle Spanker!

 

[laxu]

It sounds good in that brief demo, but also nothing exceptional in terms of features. I'd still take the Victory Copper over it.

The PX20 is a lot more interesting.

 

[crispsandwich]

What’s it called, the Throbbing Cockmuncher or something?

This is what puts me off Dave Friedman. That man is clearly channelling his sexual frustration and whilst we benefit tonally, the names of his amps are gross .

 

[paisleywookiee]

What’s it called, the Throbbing Cockmuncher or something?

The Moose Knuckle 30.

 

[ejecta]

It’s not bad enough Friedman ruined Marshall tones now they have to ruin Vox?!

I’ve played and tried a number of Friedman’s and they to my ear and tastes do not sound like what I think a good Marshall is. They are dull and lifeless compared to a great sounding Marshall. I did play one of the Plex amps when I bought my Suhr SL68 and it’s pretty nice and better than his others but yeah… I like some of Dave’s gear he makes but most of his amps don’t sound and feel that good IMHO. He can claim all day long he puts them on an amp switcher with his old 50 watt and it sounds same…. sure well then in that case his 50 watt isn’t that good.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

The Moose Knuckle 30.

I'm not about to type any of the things I thought the acronym A.C.30 might be turned into...

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I'm not about to type any of the things I thought the acronym A.C.30 might be turned into...

Though, to give Dave a small taste of his own medicine, how 'bout Aging Cocksucker 30.

 

[Los-D]

It’s not bad enough Friedman ruined Marshall tones now they have to ruin Vox?!

 

[ejecta]

Though, to give Dave a small taste of his own medicine, how 'bout Aging Cocksucker 30.

Didn’t know Dave has pissed people off this bad. I’m just somewhat annoyed his amps don’t sound that great.

 

[0XI0]

I’ve played and tried a number of Friedman’s and they to my ear and tastes do not sound like proper Marshall. They are dull and lifeless compared to a proper Marshall. I did play one of the Plex amps when I bought my Suhr SL68 and it’s pretty nice and better than his others but yeah… I like some of Dave’s gear he makes but most of his amps don’t sound and feel that good IMHO. He can claim all day long he puts them on an amp switcher with his old 50 watt and it sounds same…. sure well then in that case his 50 watt isn’t that good.

the dirty Shirley is the only one I've ever been inspired by.

the BE et all are a really really refined marshal type sound and a honorable tribute to decades of hotrodded EL34 brutality, but they are obsessively compulsively filtered at so so many many many different points along the signal path to get that canned cream, that ultimately makes for a go cart type experience for me, still fun but a kind of retarded fun lol

TLDR: muted nuance
I need the hair on it

 

[Whizzinby]

Is it just me, or is it weird in a gigantic head? With an AC I’d either want a combo or smaller head shell.

 

[Badonkey Kong]

Is it just me, or is it weird in a gigantic head? With an AC I’d either want a combo or smaller head shell.

Almighty Cranium?

 

[ejecta]

the dirty Shirley is the only one I've ever been inspired by.

the BE et all are a really really refined marshal type sound and a honorable tribute to decades of hotrodded EL34 brutality, but they are obsessively compulsively filtered at so so many many many different points along the signal path to get that canned cream, that ultimately makes for a go cart type experience for me, still fun but a kind of retarded fun lol

TLDR: muted nuance
I need the hair on it

The DS is not a bad amp too. Forgot about that one but yes.... his other amps are so filtered sounding and feeling. To be fair as a Suhr fan I think the PT line is similar in that has more filtering than I prefer but not near as bad as the Friedman stuff.

 

[László]

I think it sounds good, and I usually don't care for Friedman amps. As I understand it, the amp is called the VX30, and someone mentioned in another forum it was worked on by Mark Sampson as well as Friedman.

I don't know whether this is true; if so, I'm not surprised it sounds about right.

 

[nicolasrivera]

Just one demo for now, but I have no doubt that this will be the best reissue of a true vintage sounding VOX with Friedman magic in the past 40 years.