Dar FBM seekers…

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braintheory said:
I had a DAR FBM and Forza and tried a Tuzzia. I wouldn't consider any of them great amps, but just like the shiny poly drenched guitars that many here love, they at least had looks going for them lol and the carbon fiber tolex on the Forza felt really cool

They all sounded a bit synthetic, but not as badly as many other amps. The Forza and Tuzzia sounded sort of like the KSR's to me in some ways, but not as good. The FBM I had sounded bigger, more powerful and modern, but still synthetic and not great tone. I kind of expected that with the FBM, but was hoping it would at least be crazy tight, but it's nowhere near super tight like a Hermansson or Hell Razor, both of which are far superior amps. Fwiw, some say the serial # of the one I had may not have been as good, but none of the 3 I played were imo great amps, but they looked awesome lol. Not as distinctive sounding as I was hoping for either given the looks and innovate designs
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I remember the drama about that specific serial #.....Martin should just have an Darfest :love:
 
Someone would wait less for a DAR amp at the moment than they would for a Larry.
 
SBlue said:
Someone would wait less for a DAR amp at the moment than they would for a Larry.
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Another one I’m shocked hasn’t been cloned. The Satan wasn’t it. Sounded nothing like what I’ve heard from Larry’s. Like the base tone literally nothing alike. Maybe just putting in the hpf and lpf, but that’s it.
 
I liked how he used the different tubes. Plus they looked cool as shit with those giant pieces of glass. Apparently the tubes are fairly cheap and super robust. I don’t know, going from memory. These and the makos were the cats ass for awhile. Then fortin I believe.
 
Imagine thinking your absolutely dumb as shit amp is worth 17 thousand dollars simply because there’s only a few of them. An amp that by all accounts, was a complete and utter flop unlike anything ever seen. An amp that literally 23 people on earth have heard of. What a time to be alive.
 
VESmedic said:
Imagine thinking your absolutely dumb as shit amp is worth 17 thousand dollars simply because there’s only a few of them. An amp that by all accounts, was a complete and utter flop unlike anything ever seen. An amp that literally 23 people on earth have heard of. What a time to be alive.
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I know what my amps worth!

😂
 
VESmedic said:
Imagine thinking your absolutely dumb as shit amp is worth 17 thousand dollars simply because there’s only a few of them. An amp that by all accounts, was a complete and utter flop unlike anything ever seen. An amp that literally 23 people on earth have heard of. What a time to be alive.
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Duuuuude but it's RARE. Don't you know RARE things are better because you have it and nobody else does? Psssh, everyone is just jealous that they can't have it! Who cares if you even play it...the 15 other guys on earth who give a shit about it will be impressed, and will be lining up to buy it from me so they can say it's "THE BEST AMP THEY HAVE EVER PLAYED BUT THEY ARE SELLING AFTER 3 DAYS TO MOVE ONTO SOMETHING ELSE BUT TRUST ME ITS THE BEST AND AMAZING" #UsedOnNoRecordingsOfNote
 
Bloodrock said:
I've played Martin's a good bit. It's definitely brutal and unique. I keep telling him to sell it cuz he'll never get it fixed if it breaks. Lol. But it's his most favorite thing in the world. I doubt he'd sell it, even for that price.
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He won’t sell it ever . He’s already left to someone in his will
 
PurityS.L.G said:
Who here has owned one?

I remember when I was saving the cash for one and then poof they disappeared. From what I’ve read they were very unreliable so I’m glad I never got one but again, I’m curious who here has played one and what are your thoughts
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These guys were at NAMM a few times.

I remember stopping by and listening to their amps during the first year they had a booth.

The amps sounded good BUT those tubes were generating a LOT of heat.

It was pretty cold that year at NAMM so I would stop by their booth and stand in front of the amp to get some warmth.

If a person was practicing in a small room or during summer days then it would get pretty hot in there very quickly.

A local retailer out here called Tone Merchants had two or three of their amps for trying out but those HUGE power tubes and the heat they were generating made me pass on even thinking about getting the amp :ROFLMAO:
 
i checked those out at the 2010 NAMM. unfortunately didn’t record any high gain clips but it sounded pretty unique and very musically aggressive.
those honey jar sized tubes were memorable. looked like WWII tech!

 
The high end audiophile company BAT was using the 6C33C tubes in their power amps at one point. Several other high end power amp companies use them too. They have a long life cycle and are crazy robust.

Power Amplifiers — Balanced Audio Technology
https://balancedaudio.net/amplifiers
 
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