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There was some of that back then for sure. I mean, there just wasn't as much stuff available overall, so when you combine that with an amp doing something novel/unique combined with rarity....you get hype. Taking a VH4, for example, in 2002 not many players would have played one in N.America...

Ya...the amp hype train is real. Go a little earlier and I remember when Diezel VH4's were touted as the "be all, end all" high gainer. Around that same time, everybody raved about SLO's still. Friedman came a little later, but for sure guys were hyping them up as the pinnacle of high gain...

Agreed. I played around with Tungsols as well and ended up taking them out (went with ehx 7025's) as it was too gainy. Even then I don't think I ever needed to go above 12 o'clock for enough gain/saturation for leads or thrash style playing. Then again, I am not really a gainiac.

This all day long. You can absolutely dial in an Ecstasy 101b, sans boost, to do killer, tight, aggressive metal tones. I had a '96 Ecstasy where the red channel has less gain than later 101b's and Anniversary models and I could dial up some great hardcore and thrash tones on it.

He is definitely still working on MKIV's. He did all the work on mine as well and I got it back a couple weeks ago. Same as Jim, I didn't specify Mike B to to work on mine, but he must still be the go-to for all the old Marks. Same experience as yours though: my MKIV sounded good going in and...

Have wanted another SLO for a while now and have a blacked out 2004 on the way. Pretty stoked to have one in the arsenal again. Yeah, it is a dinosaur. But it is one of those amps that made me go "wow" within seconds of playing it. Easily one of the best lead amps and a killer rock machine.

Awesome man!! I just got my mkiv back from Mesa a couple weeks ago. Mike B also did the work and ya....sounded great going in and absolute fire breather now! Keeper for sure; not going to be stupid and sell like I did with my first one in the early 00's.

He compares its response to the Fryette stuff, but any Fryette I have owned sounds MUCH better than this; there is a grating grainy-ness that is prevalent that I don't think can be dialed out. I would be curious to hear the builders rationale on how they came up with that exorbitant price..

Right now I have an MCI and MCII, although they may not be the best "like for like" comparison as the MCI is an EL34 with "C" transformers and the MCII is a 150w kt88 model. That said, the MCII is the more versatile amp overall. Much more gain on the rhythm/clean channel that does great cleans...

Owned a Trinity in 2022 for a minute. Sounded pretty good; like others have said, definitely in the SLO camp. I do prefer tight/quick amps and the Trinity I felt had neither the tightness or the feel I prefer. I think if I went that route again, I would just get another SLO.

I used a Hughes and Kettner Triamp mk2 for a number of years. It was during a phase where I had offloaded a bunch of amps and needed something that could do it all. I would still rate it as a very good multi channel, "jack of all trades" amp. Never tried the mk3 though. Here, H&K don't get any...

I have owned three Ubers. Ranking them for "brutal" capability, I would go: UU > Rev Green > Rev Blue However, my order of actual preference would go the exact opposite. The Rev Blue was my favorite Uber. Certainly not as massive sounding as the Rev Green or tight/aggressive as the UU, but it...

Ya, Dave is awesome. A few years ago I picked up a 2017 BE 100 and it never came with a footswitch. I emailed Friedman to see what it would cost to get a new one. Was surprised it was the man himself who answered. He asked me how I liked the amp and we chatted shop a bit. Then had BAD send me a...

Hmmm....if I could only keep one? Might just be my Wizard MCII KT150. With the black kat mod and channel switching it can do a reasonable impersonation of my other Wizards and with some creative eq'ing and/or boosting, I can get it to do pretty much anything. I also love that huge, tight punch...

My experiences as well. I never owned a Rev G dual (and I have owned and played a bunch) that I ever ran without a boost + eq setup. It did sound good like that for sure, but that is what it took for me to get what I needed out of it. I have definitely played some good Rev G triples though...

I can see that. All my other Wizards are EL-34 and there is a certain aggressiveness you get with a Wizard and EL's for sure! My MC 100 is a 2016 with the preamp updated in 2023 and with its El34's and "C" transformers, that might be the angriest amp (at volume) I have ever owned. I think...

Man, I guess it goes to show how we all feel and hear things differently as players. I would rate the JVM, DSL and Silver Jube all as very easy amps to play....and none of them remind me of the attack an Ultra-lead has. Mind you, I never found the Ultra-lead "stiff" to play. It is certainly...

Well there ya go.

Very likely. My understanding is the S2 and CE's are a figured veneer over a maple cap.

Yup, US pickups, electronics and parts. That is pretty cool they will do Wood Library runs for S2's. I have seen some special run CE's before, but only Core level (and quite expensive) wood libraries.