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Live the rest of my life with only one amp?
Your Desert Island Amp
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Stratzrus
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I love my Knucklehead Reverb, the amp the K-Tre is based on. This is my original stack before I replaced the Rivera with a Fryette Deliverance 120. Note the LosLowbottom Sub 2 at the center bottom.
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Have you played both? I have a trade offer for a KR100 and I'm considering it but the guy's evaluation seems high to me based on how (not) popular they are. I had a K-Tre Reverb years ago and loved that amp, though. I'm afraid the KR100 is going to be too "rock" and not enough "metal" for me.I love my Knucklehead Reverb, the amp the K-Tre is based on. This is my original stack before I replaced the Rivera with a Fryette Deliverance 120. Note the LosLowbottom Sub 2 at the center bottom.
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I love my Knucklehead Reverb, the amp the K-Tre is based on. This is my original stack before I replaced the Rivera with a Fryette Deliverance 120. Note the LosLowbottom Sub 2 at the center bottom.
The Tre is actually an evolution of the K-100, and subsequently the K-II.
Knucklehead 100 -> Knucklehead II -> Knucklehead Tre
These are all two channel architecture.
The three channel amps would be the Bonehead, Knucklehead Reverb 55 & 100, and the KR-7. The KR-55, KR-100, and KR-7 all have the same layout, but the Bonehead is slightly different, so I'm not sure how similar they are.
I also had a KR-55 at one point, and ended up selling it. It was a great amp, but I don't like the Headmaster footswitch. I would have preferred a footswitch like the one that came with the Bonehead. it's a 7 button footswitch with 3 buttons to select the channel, 3 buttons to select the boost for each channel, and one to turn the loop on and off.
I do prefer the two channel models because they (at least the K-II and the K-Tre) have a lot more low end. The K-II with the bass boost pulled (on) is completely absurd. They dropped the bass boost function for the Tre, but it still has a very thick, solid bottom end.
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The gain is there. The KR-100 will definitely do metal, but the Tre is definitely more modern metal. I haven't had an opportunity to play a KR-7, which is based on the KR-100, but I suspect that would also be more modern sounding.
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The K-Tre is definitely more modern metal than the KR100.
Bottom end wasn't an issue for me since I had the Sub 2.
My one concern with the KR100 was the shared tone controls for Channels 2&3. I couldn't find a setting that worked really well for both so I had to dial it in for one channel or the other.
Still, it's one of my favorite amps. I'm head over heels in love with the Clean channel and always thought it would make a great amp on it's own. Paul Rivera may have felt the same way because to me that's what the Suprema Jazz Recording is. I picked one up to have the Clean channel tones in a 1x12 combo.
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It already lives in my living room.
* Especially if I can keep my TK Royalist preamp pedal on the island. *
* Especially if I can keep my TK Royalist preamp pedal on the island. *
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Any idea what they're worth? I have a trade offer for one but it's valuing it at about $2k which seems high to me, but the only sample on Reverb is one that sold for $2k 4 months ago...
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Oh yeah have that amp too. That would be a great desert island amp. Waaay more versatile than people think.
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Night Stalker
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Very difficult to say. Riveras seem to fly under the radar a bit, so can often be had for relatively cheap prices, but you don't see many KR-100s for sale. Keep in mind that these things are also made as good or better than other boutique amp brands. The chassis is secured to the headshell with 8 bolts instead of 4. The transformers have reinforced mounting legs so you don't get that dreaded transformer tilt if the amp takes a bump. Even the back panel is held on with t-nuts and bolts instead of wood screws. Another nice feature is that all Rivera amps have an auto-standby feature so that if there's no speaker cable plugged into the primary speaker out, the amp stays in standby and is protected from transformer damage.
So, assuming you like how it sounds, I think it's worth $2000, but I think if you're patient, you could get one for cheaper. I'd be looking to pay $1200-1500, and make sure it comes with the midi footswitch.
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5150 III Stealth, hands down.
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I've got other amps and love them all. But here on Boomer Desert Island?
It's unquestionably the Mark VII with the Split-Back, Vertical Cab w/ Celestion Alnico Cream 90s.
"But you're just a past-it, has-been, Boomer."
"Yeah. And I still get hired to do music for TV ads. I guess you never outgrow this stuff until you're dead; or undead, as the case may be. When you get to be my age, let me know how the professional music thing goes (you'll need to use a Ouija Board to reach me of course!)."
It's unquestionably the Mark VII with the Split-Back, Vertical Cab w/ Celestion Alnico Cream 90s.
"But you're just a past-it, has-been, Boomer."
"Yeah. And I still get hired to do music for TV ads. I guess you never outgrow this stuff until you're dead; or undead, as the case may be. When you get to be my age, let me know how the professional music thing goes (you'll need to use a Ouija Board to reach me of course!)."
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And I have no clue if I am a boomer, doomer or what. I am 53 and feeling old AF.
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