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Guys, 2 years ago Doc Dryer and myself had a nice long chat with the folks who make the B-52 junk for Guitar Center.
They seemed dead-set on improving their image and took notes as we spoke and made suggestions.
At the time, they were preimiering the Stealth model all tube amp head which was a crappy Marshall wannabe at best.
After firing her up for about 20 minutes or so, the B52 rep asked me for an honest assessment and he got one!
I summed it up in one question to him:
"Why are you trying to emulate a Marshall when everyone is playing A Boogie?"
The gentleman kindly took notes asked me for my opinions on what to improve upon and we went on our merry way..
2 years later: B52 announces the AV100 Rectifier head which FINALLY,someone figured out to actually use a rectifier tube
if you're trying to stay competitive in todays' Mesa dominant market.
Folks, I got a chance to fire one of these up at Garbage Center and was BLOWN AWAY! It is the best of both worlds boys.. It can do a Plexi or a Rectifer! for $700!!!
But wait! THere's more! The clean is almost piezo-ish... I never heard anything like it.. And the layout is totally idiot-proof(Unlike those Boogies where you need to take a semester at M.I.T. to figure out how to properly set it up)
I'm telling you there is no better head on the planet in that price range.. All tube and extremely versatile.. Daddy will be proud powner as soon as a I sell off my Boogie Studio 22 and Crate GFX.. You gotta try one out.
I'd like to beleive that Doc and myself had a small hand in this amp's conception and I'm impressed that a virtual unknown manufacturer would actually listen to it's customer base and put up the cash to gamble on a concept..Very Cool... [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
They seemed dead-set on improving their image and took notes as we spoke and made suggestions.
At the time, they were preimiering the Stealth model all tube amp head which was a crappy Marshall wannabe at best.
After firing her up for about 20 minutes or so, the B52 rep asked me for an honest assessment and he got one!
I summed it up in one question to him:
"Why are you trying to emulate a Marshall when everyone is playing A Boogie?"
The gentleman kindly took notes asked me for my opinions on what to improve upon and we went on our merry way..
2 years later: B52 announces the AV100 Rectifier head which FINALLY,someone figured out to actually use a rectifier tube
if you're trying to stay competitive in todays' Mesa dominant market.
Folks, I got a chance to fire one of these up at Garbage Center and was BLOWN AWAY! It is the best of both worlds boys.. It can do a Plexi or a Rectifer! for $700!!!
But wait! THere's more! The clean is almost piezo-ish... I never heard anything like it.. And the layout is totally idiot-proof(Unlike those Boogies where you need to take a semester at M.I.T. to figure out how to properly set it up)
I'm telling you there is no better head on the planet in that price range.. All tube and extremely versatile.. Daddy will be proud powner as soon as a I sell off my Boogie Studio 22 and Crate GFX.. You gotta try one out.
I'd like to beleive that Doc and myself had a small hand in this amp's conception and I'm impressed that a virtual unknown manufacturer would actually listen to it's customer base and put up the cash to gamble on a concept..Very Cool... [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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