I have the Telos head which I play through an oversized Bogner 2x12 with ASW Crossroads (old Greenback copies). It has a boost mode which is good but I understand the JB45 has perfected. But it does that ONE thing, a Bognerized version of the Dirty Shirley perfectly.
The XTC 50w really is an...
I dunno 🤷🏻♂️ it is a lovely Marshall without too much filtering or negative feedback and a little extra gain. It is that zingy pillowy goodness that somehow still preserves a bit of the players dynamic. Especially the 100b and 20th anniversary.
If you want super tight chugging, look elsewhere...
I’ve had 7 XTC’s, currently have a 100b and a 50w.
Get rid of the tube loop, use the one from the 50w. Give me the GREEN, PLEXI and the RED from the 20th and the BLUE from the 100b. That’s all I ask.
I use the DelVerb, but I have a Collider, a Bel Epoch and an El Capistan. They are all good.
I use the tape setting, and the plate reverb.
I’m set to 2 repeats (like 1 & a half) and I tap the temp to Panama.
The mix is just enough to give a bounce. I like a little age and warble on the tape...
You know, when you’re getting an amp like this…you are choosing to participate in the history of Bogner. I am such a fan of what those guys do I have owned so many Bogners and to be able to have one of the very first ones that is special like this is worth the premium to me. Is it strictly a...
First impressions of the 100B are this:
- this amplifier wants volume, it doesn’t sound good at all until it is at a pretty loud conversation volume, and doesn’t sound like itself until it is louder still. This is not a bedroom amp. It is a lot like the SLO 100 that way (and the Dumbles I have...
I do still have the 50w. Honestly, I love the 50 W more than ever. When I first got it being so small and having the salt and pepper front instead of the metal grill it was just offputting to me somehow. But it sounds fantastic. It doesn’t do the 101B post 2004 red channel apocalypse, but the...
Can't believe I missed this way back, Blake. Super review. I live in the "Girl Gone Bad" range of gain, which is pretty low, so I think the 100b I am about to pick up today should work quite well.
I'm also going to get my sunburst '57 strat and play "Steppin' Out" (but minus the pirate shirt)...
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I have a mint Friedman SS100v2 in a custom Friedman smaller headshell available this morning only for $3,500 shipped. Pictured below boxed up (original headshell pictured, available at additional cost).
Trades:
20th Anniversary XTC (a)
100b with cash coming your way
Metropoulos...