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braintheory
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Got this yesterday and am very impressed! Immediately on the first powerchord I played it reminded me of the Bogner modded JCM800 I had recently, but with more growl (such great low mid growl), richness, better balance and much better feel
It’s got this great sticky feel that is unique to it. Great for leads. Maybe the Naylor’s feel was slightly similar in stickiness, but otherwise pretty different from what I remember. It’s I think the chewiest amp I’ve had so far even compared to other Bogner’s. Bogner IME are king of chewy low mids. Of course it kills naturally at doing the dark, thick, low mid chewy thing ala Cantrell, but surprisingly can also do bright, ‘80’s stuff really well too. Like some others have said, lowering the depth knob can help a lot with that as well as the 2 toggle switches give a surprising range
It’s also one of the better amps I’ve had for playing at really quiet levels if needed. They did it right with this one and the price imo is very reasonable for both how good the quality of sound is and all the features you get. I was a little skeptical since so few recent made amps sound good and since the UU really missed the mark for me in having pretty much all the things about I don’t like in the sound of most recent high gain amps, but thankfully this Snorkler is nowhere near that. No filtered cardboard-y sound or disconnected feel to be found here at all, quite the opposite thankfully. For me this would be in my top 6 or 7 high gain amps I’ve had and I did all my necessary AB comparisons with my other amps. I think I ranked the Bogner modded JCM800 around the same area when I had it, but like this one more. It may get ranked a bit higher as I live with it more as that often happens more for me rather than honey moon phases
It’s got this great sticky feel that is unique to it. Great for leads. Maybe the Naylor’s feel was slightly similar in stickiness, but otherwise pretty different from what I remember. It’s I think the chewiest amp I’ve had so far even compared to other Bogner’s. Bogner IME are king of chewy low mids. Of course it kills naturally at doing the dark, thick, low mid chewy thing ala Cantrell, but surprisingly can also do bright, ‘80’s stuff really well too. Like some others have said, lowering the depth knob can help a lot with that as well as the 2 toggle switches give a surprising range
It’s also one of the better amps I’ve had for playing at really quiet levels if needed. They did it right with this one and the price imo is very reasonable for both how good the quality of sound is and all the features you get. I was a little skeptical since so few recent made amps sound good and since the UU really missed the mark for me in having pretty much all the things about I don’t like in the sound of most recent high gain amps, but thankfully this Snorkler is nowhere near that. No filtered cardboard-y sound or disconnected feel to be found here at all, quite the opposite thankfully. For me this would be in my top 6 or 7 high gain amps I’ve had and I did all my necessary AB comparisons with my other amps. I think I ranked the Bogner modded JCM800 around the same area when I had it, but like this one more. It may get ranked a bit higher as I live with it more as that often happens more for me rather than honey moon phases
