If I remember correctly, I was one of the first posting what a POS the Guytron GT 100 was (on TGP). Much to the chagrin of that bitch Scott Peterson, who had some type of personal connection to the amp/ builder.
Yeah man you were. I had it modded and it was ok through a 4x12.
Hagen is the only diezel amp I've heard that sounds good in demos but almost never see them around / for sale so never had a chance to play one myself.My Hagen is one of my favorite amps and I have plenty other hated amps listed here as well
That Mezzabanana must've been one picky bitch, considering 99% of boost pedals work well enough with 99% of the amps out there. He might as well have said, "you'll need to spend a few more thousand dollars on the proverbial needle in a haystack boutique boost pedal auditions until you find one that can fix, sort of, the annoying frequencies this amp puts out if you're willing to spend more time tweaking than playing".
I guess I am just being picky. I really do love my amp with nothing else added at all. I am just broke so when I see something expensive that also needs something else all the time to sound good, I get all crabby about it.
Hagen just didn’t hold to the Herbert and vh4 in the same . It’s cool . But it’s def not as good as what I mentioned
I remember seeing those and thinking "wow cool concept I wonder how it sounds?"
Was that the one that utilized an EL84 as a phase inverter tube (or something to that effect) to approximate power tube distortion at low volume? I remember there was an amp that had a 12ax7 based preamp, EL84 phase inverter (?) and then EL34/6L6 power section.
I played the hagen 4 different times over the years and didnt care for it, i like my Herbert and VH4 so much better, i also owned a einstein but didnt like it.
Ya I felt the same . Hagen was bland kinda . My frievd has one now and hates it
Tiny amps usually suck imo . They lack balls . So you’re probably right . Get a 100 watt and fit it in your bedroom . It can work
agree! and even more i know now that even 50-60w heads sounds at least a bit darker and less headroom compare to big heads. so I will never buy small head
. only big heads and they also can be more juicy sounding at low volume
Not always true . I like my amps not too loud so it’s tighter and not too juicy and saggy . Thst really is true for old amps that arnt high gainagree! and even more i know now that even 50-60w heads sounds at least a bit darker and less headroom compare to big heads. so I will never buy small head
I used to feel that way, but its nice to have like a bigger low end amp... and then have a bunch of drive pedals to color the signal on the way in... which only gives you more tonal variety.
I will just say, it's a picky MFer and it's easy to make it sound bad. Every demo on YouTube is done with V30s and I hate that amp with V30s. I wish I could teleport people to my amp room so they can hear my setup for it
. I have an MK3 Herbert as well which works great with V30s. Hagen has some upper mids that all the other Diezels don't really have, so the typical Diezel setup doesn't work for it imo.