Death by Uberschall":3es28la7 said:
I've been tossing around what might be my next amp purchase. It's 1 of these 3:
20thA XTC
Cameron CCV
Diezel Herbert
I'm actually in the same boat... Our old rhythm player has a 101b w/el34's (actually offering to sell it to me) and I really liked it. Now that the Camerons are back in full swing and actually being built, the CCV is a serious contender now.
I never could warm up to any of the diezels as I prefer a more classic voiced amp (I even hated the Schmidt) so I'm trying to decide if it's really worth the extra $$ for the 20th xtc vs the 101b or if the CCV would be a better choice.
My main deal with the CCV is that I'm wondering if there would be too much overlap with my splawn nitro. From the videos Iv'e seen of the CCV, they're sort of similar in their overall demeanor and I don't want to end up with an amp that makes it hard to decide which one to plug into.
And the thing with teh 101b vs 20th is that everything I'm reading about the 20th is saying that everything is a little better and if I got the 101, yeah I know I'd save quite a few bucks getting it used from a friend but I don't want to be put in the position knowing that there is a bigger, badder, better sounding version of the amp that I don't have.
This thread pretty much explains my dilemma with the two xtc's.
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=74054
Another question though I'd like to pose is whether or not for under $1800 a 101b could be sent to bogner to be brought up to 20th specs? like have caps/etc swapped out, boost function added to the plexi channel, etc... It sounds like it would be a lot of trouble but after reading that Rob at tone merchants had them build a 101b w/20th power section, it makes me think that it may not be as crazy an idea as it initially sounds.
The thing with the boosting the plexi isn't that big a deal though. I've got a klon hopefully rolling in today so I'd like to think that the boost function on the 20th isn't all THAT in comparsion to the klon.
Either way, I'd have to dump at least 1 or 2 of my amps to offset the cost of the 101b and probably 3 amps if I buy the 20th. I know that it does enough to make a lot of amps obsolete and I try to justify it by telling myself that I really only plug into 1 or 2 amps these days anyways...
Decisions like this suck when these kinda price tags are on the line
.. even more so when you're also trying to save up for a new car