I preferred the 101B over the PandoraIt’s another slow day at the office, so here’s another question
What is your favorite revision of a certain amp (or multiple revisions/amps) and why?
For instance, I’ve always been curious about which bogner xtc people preferred
Pandora
20th anniversary
101a vs 101b
Etc
I didn’t get enough time with a 101b to compare against the Pandora I used to own, but especially for the price, I’d be shocked if there was anything a 101b with a boost couldn’t do that a Pandora could. I’ve heard the mercury magnetics 101b in particular is really good, and would love to try them. For now, my 25th anniversary poundcake does exactly what I wanted from an xtc, but I would like to shoot it out against oneI preferred the 101B over the Pandora
The Rev Green uber to the blue and ultra
Rev F recto over a G dual
The peavey 3120 over the triple xxx
I think that's the extent of my experience with different amp revisions
After I spent enough time with the Pandora I realized I just liked the voicing of the 101B better. It sounded much sweeter to my ears. I heard the same about the MM 101b's, and the white chassis 101B's to be the best of them.I didn’t get enough time with a 101b to compare against the Pandora I used to own, but especially for the price, I’d be shocked if there was anything a 101b with a boost couldn’t do that a Pandora could. I’ve heard the mercury magnetics 101b in particular is really good, and would love to try them. For now, my 25th anniversary poundcake does exactly what I wanted from an xtc, but I would like to shoot it out against one
Now someone correct me if I'm wrong, as I haven't personally tested this, but I heard from Dave Friedman on ToneTalk that changing an amp's stock power transformer has almost zero effect on the overall sound (as long as both PTs are to spec and operating properly). The output transformer can color the sound however, because the entire audio signal has to pass through it to reach the speaker.Never used Mercury output transformers, there some amp’s with power transformers and chokes by them but never the output. What we used where ECM from a company in Texas, the maker passed away a long time ago and no one took the company over. Sorry don’t have a serial number range but they had all silver caps, a real silver color like on a car or guitar, not zinc or chrome type plated.
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J o r g
I absolutely love my rev1 uber! Such a thick sound and tons of clarity too! I haven’t played a rev green, but I’ve heard the Rev 1 is a little big biggerI have a rev1/green uberschall that is probably my favorite amp to date. It’s an absolutely monster for rock and non-djenty metal. Surprisingly versatile when you keep the gain below 1000 and ride the volume knob too. Also the bogner trick of diming the volume and using the gain knob for volume makes the clean channel definitely usable.
At least some amps are easy to find early versions of! Even though the cost is high, mark iic+ amps are for sale all the time! Now stuff like a rev c recto or a good condition60s Marshall or something- those can be tougherI’ll predict that the majority of most favoured models will be those now out of production or subject to very limited availability.There’s a good chance that the second best model might be the one currently in production however…. That’s not knocking anyone’s choices, it just seems to be the way things go.
Very true - even in the UK there’s a IIC+ SRGX up for sale right now and our used gear market (especially for the stuff I like) is tiny compared to the US/Canada. That said, I guess the asking price of some of these limits availability for a lot of folks. Not to say you can’t find a good deal though - they’re out there if you’re fast and lucky!At least some amps are easy to find early versions of! Even though the cost is high, mark iic+ amps are for sale all the time! Now stuff like a rev c recto or a good condition60s Marshall or something- those can be tougher