Genz Benz El Diablo

[jwoods986]

I saw this on the bay and was curious if anyone here has played one? It seems like a pretty versatile amp for a decent price (it would be $1159 new).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

[zeegler]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

I tried one at a music store, and try as I might, I could not get a decent sound out of it. It sounded loose and sloppy, had no definition at all, and was just generally a piece of overpriced crap.

[Tetsuo]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

I think Shawn owned one for a short while track him down...

[Venomboy]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

I tried one. It sounded very harsh and annoying.

[Shawn]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

Yeah, sure did. Very short time. I could get mine at dealer cost, and still didnt want to keep it. REALLY nice cleans, like Fender, but really buzzy, muffled distortion, and definitely not metal. More Muttle..


Shawn

[rps14a]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

my friend has the half stack and it sounds real.....gritty for lack of a better word, no definition or articulation. my other friends 5150 took the cake when we had the "amp-off", but im still getting my rack system together... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Lordofgain]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

I also demoed one aqnd got the same gritty solid state feel out of the head and wasn't impressed.

[2Loud2Old]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

I have the 100W Head.

Me, I think it's great.

I'm however in a minority here it seems.

Softer than a 5150, Harder than a Marshal . more mids than a Duel Rec and less saturation than the TripleX

It took me about a month or so to give up on "trying" to make it sound like something else.

The more I tried to get an "insert amp brand" tone, the more frustrated I became, as the typical "dime the knobs" approach doesn't work at all.

It has it's own sound, thats for sure.. not totaly unfamiliar, but different.

I will say that how you set "Tube Contour" can mean a large difference between great sound and sonic crap.

[sevser]

Re: Genz Benz El Diablo

I liked the 60 watt head much better than the 100 watt head if that helps. In other words, don't assume that every Diablo amp sounds like the 100 watt head.