Great 3rd Power Dragon demo (Michael Nielsen)

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I got to say that amp sounds incredible. Seems to capture that fuzzy juiciness of the brown sound. How would you compare it to all of the SLP's and clones you've had over the years?
 
CarlF said:
Michael did a really great overview of all the switches and functions.
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Yeah ... that thing is supercool ...

There's a single channel Citizen Gain at my local GC ..... I keep talking my self out of going in and checking it out .

But I have to return a Mesa Fillmore 50 that is doing nothing for me ... it's the excuse I need maybe .....
 
PurityS.L.G said:
I got to say that amp sounds incredible. Seems to capture that fuzzy juiciness of the brown sound. How would you compare it to all of the SLP's and clones you've had over the years?
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The gain is organic with this amp. I haven’t tried for cleaner Plexi tones yet, I just been enjoying the shit out of cranking the gain.
Michael briefly dialed in some cleaner Plexi tones, so it’s definitely in there.
It’s the kind of amp I really don’t want to boost cause I don’t want to change the tone.
It is not harsh/ raw like the 1959 and 1987 Marshall’s. Thinking about all the Plexi-type amps I owned thru the years and nothing really stood out.
The Suhr SL67 and SL68 are awesome amps, but this Dragon does more. IMO, the more available ways to manipulate your tones, the better.
I hate to say it, cause I just got the amp, but from the moment I turned it on, I thought there was something next-level about it.
I don’t really sell amps anymore due to a few reasons, but I’d shitcan the JVM and JEL20 in a second if I could.
 
griff10672 said:
Yeah ... that thing is supercool ...

There's a single channel Citizen Gain at my local GC ..... I keep talking my self out of going in and checking it out .

But I have to return a Mesa Fillmore 50 that is doing nothing for me ... it's the excuse I need maybe .....
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The last Citizen Gain I tried got real fun when you hit the switch by the mid control (I think). Not sure what it did but it turned the amp from a Chimpanzee into a Gorilla iirc. (Been several years). There was one switch that upped the gain and beef in a great way.
 
griff10672 said:
Yeah ... that thing is supercool ...

There's a single channel Citizen Gain at my local GC ..... I keep talking my self out of going in and checking it out .

But I have to return a Mesa Fillmore 50 that is doing nothing for me ... it's the excuse I need maybe .....
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I stumbled across that one too while trolling their site. SUPER tempting!
 
Great sounding amp Carl, sounds like it covers alot of ground and do it all well with some really useful options for a live player!
 
um .... that NOT a 67 plexi i don't care what Joe is smokin.
Dylana don't wanna >
 
CarlF said:
The gain is organic with this amp. I haven’t tried for cleaner Plexi tones yet, I just been enjoying the shit out of cranking the gain.
Michael briefly dialed in some cleaner Plexi tones, so it’s definitely in there.
It’s the kind of amp I really don’t want to boost cause I don’t want to change the tone.
It is not harsh/ raw like the 1959 and 1987 Marshall’s. Thinking about all the Plexi-type amps I owned thru the years and nothing really stood out.
The Suhr SL67 and SL68 are awesome amps, but this Dragon does more. IMO, the more available ways to manipulate your tones, the better.
I hate to say it, cause I just got the amp, but from the moment I turned it on, I thought there was something next-level about it.
I don’t really sell amps anymore due to a few reasons, but I’d shitcan the JVM and JEL20 in a second if I could.
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This thing sounds pretty good. What kind of speakers are you playing it through?
I guess when you look at what this costs vs the SL67, the Dragon has a lot more features and bang for the buck.

*Edit - I just noticed I'm your other thread that you had the 3rd Power cab too. I dig that you can do W/D/W in one 4x12.
 
CarlF said:
The gain is organic with this amp. I haven’t tried for cleaner Plexi tones yet, I just been enjoying the shit out of cranking the gain.
Michael briefly dialed in some cleaner Plexi tones, so it’s definitely in there.
It’s the kind of amp I really don’t want to boost cause I don’t want to change the tone.
It is not harsh/ raw like the 1959 and 1987 Marshall’s. Thinking about all the Plexi-type amps I owned thru the years and nothing really stood out.
The Suhr SL67 and SL68 are awesome amps, but this Dragon does more. IMO, the more available ways to manipulate your tones, the better.
I hate to say it, cause I just got the amp, but from the moment I turned it on, I thought there was something next-level about it.
I don’t really sell amps anymore due to a few reasons, but I’d shitcan the JVM and JEL20 in a second if I could.
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I agree with this statement. I feel the same way with my 3rd Power Kitchen Sink. I love the core tone so much that I never bump it with a boost. In fact, the +Gain function that adds additional gain is great but I rarely feel the need to engage that feature. Dylana and the 3rd Power team are really hitting their stride in the past 4 or 5 years.
 
gibson5413 said:
I agree with this statement. I feel the same way with my 3rd Power Kitchen Sink. I love the core tone so much that I never bump it with a boost. In fact, the +Gain function that adds additional gain is great but I rarely feel the need to engage that feature. Dylana and the 3rd Power team are really hitting their stride in the past 4 or 5 years.
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Yeah, their older amps like the Dream and Dream Weaver etc I always felt meh about. Not bad, not great either. But in more recent years Dylana is tapping into something extra on these circuits. I haven’t had a chance yet but want to see how the Vox to Fender cleans sound on a Kitchen Sink or the stand alone, cleaner amps.
 
I don't have much experience playing Vox amps but have a decent amount with Fender. They won't be exact but they do sound great! I mainly keep the clean side of the amp more on the Fender side but I have a little of the Vox added in to give it just a little of the AC30 chime. It's great!
 
griff10672 said:
They've got a dual channel for 1800
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That's the Dual Citizen which is the American clean / British Vox circuit, no real gain involved... There is a Citizen Gain small format head (non reverb) on there they just dropped to $1619

I'm going to list my Citizen Gain SR head (reverb model) for sale soon prob for $1300 shipped, I want the channel switcher version or maybe the Kitchen Sink, really want / need a true clean channel of sorts but holy shit the drive sounds ae killer on this amp
 
* velcro-fly * said:
That's the Dual Citizen which is the American clean / British Vox circuit, no real gain involved... There is a Citizen Gain small format head (non reverb) on there they just dropped to $1619

I'm going to list my Citizen Gain SR head (reverb model) for sale soon prob for $1300 shipped, I want the channel switcher version or maybe the Kitchen Sink, really want / need a true clean channel of sorts but holy shit the drive sounds ae killer on this amp
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yeah .... that single channel for 1619 is right down the street from me
 
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