Friedman VOX Proto NAMM 26

[Boudoir Guitar]

I wouldn’t own it because it uses el84’s and sounds small.

Honestly, the Dirty Shirley is arguably the worse name.

 

[Frodebro]

Honestly, the Dirty Shirley is arguably the worse name.

Fagen & Becker are still the GOAT for dirty names…

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Fagen & Becker are still the GOAT for dirty names…

And boring ass music no matter how "sophisticated" the chord changes

 

[ejecta]

Honestly, the Dirty Shirley is arguably the worse name.

It’s definitely not a good name at all. But like what has been said, he seems to be getting away from those names. That’s a good move on his part because they aren’t good and imho not because of the innuendos…. they are just stupid.

 

[Chocol8]

and "boring woke snowflakes that can't take a joke".

There are those people, religious/conservative people, women/girls, people who chuckled the first few times but then roll their eyes etc.

If the Pink Taco was the he best solution to my needs, I would buy one and live with it. OTOH, if I could buy the same thing with a different name, like Fender vs EVH branding of the same products, I would choose the one with a less immature name. I guarantee there are a LOT Better f potential buyers who would be more turned off than me, from all over the political spectrum.

 

[Chocol8]

I wouldn’t own it because it uses el84’s and sounds small.

I have nothing against EL84's necessarily, except I have never liked an amp that used them. I do own a Vox but I mostly use it to keep the dust of a shelf.

 

[Frodebro]

And boring ass music no matter how "sophisticated" the chord changes

My band does Do It Again, which is a lot of fun to play. But overall, I have always looked at Steely Dan as music for people who were in the chess club in school and didn’t get laid until they were 37.

 

[Chocol8]

and didn’t get laid until they were 37.

and had the cash to pay for it.

 

[Frodebro]

and had the cash to pay for it.

Wouldn’t have happened otherwise…

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Back on topic -- has he got any special cab to go along with this? I feel like Vox and Dumble-style amps are the most sensitive to cab choice. Would be curious to see what he had in mind to blast this thing through.

 

[Frodebro]

Back on topic -- has he got any special cab to go along with this? I feel like Vox and Dumble-style amps are the most sensitive to cab choice. Would be curious to see what he had in mind to blast this thing through.

It’s Friedman-he’ll probably run V30s like he often does!

 

[ejecta]

Back on topic -- has he got any special cab to go along with this? I feel like Vox and Dumble-style amps are the most sensitive to cab choice. Would be curious to see what he had in mind to blast this thing through.

He said there’s a matching 2x12 with Celestion Blues or GB’s if you want a cheaper option.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

He said there’s a matching 2x12 with Celestion Blues or GB’s if you want a cheaper option.

Huh. Unexpected.

 

[ChordInversion]

And to be clear, while his newer products don't bear those names -- he's still selling an amp called the Pink Taco V2. I there's plenty of non-overlapping Venn diagram region of "people that aren't gonna buy an amp called a Pink Taco" and "boring woke snowflakes that can't take a joke".

True. That said, I'll admit that don't tend to like joke names on stuff I buy, especially if those things cost a considerable amount of money and I might want to resell them. Doesn't matter what the joke is.

 

[ChordInversion]

My band does Do It Again, which is a lot of fun to play. But overall, I have always looked at Steely Dan as music for people who were in the chess club in school and didn’t get laid until they were 37.

Definitely the latter, but there were some rockers and some pretty girls in chess club when I was a kid.

 

[Chocol8]

Back on topic -- has he got any special cab to go along with this? I feel like Vox and Dumble-style amps are the most sensitive to cab choice. Would be curious to see what he had in mind to blast this thing through.

He has a cab with Celestion Blues (pricy Alnico) and he said there with be a version with greenbacks which will be cheaper.

Edit: Ejecta beat me to it. (I am sure there are all sorts of Friedman style jokes you could pull out of that phrase!)