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Genz Benz Streamliner-Pt 2
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people always like to assume that if an amp will overdrive that it's only good for rock. nothing could be farther from the truth.
svtb15
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- I play it all. Whatever works for the gig. Q+
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Yes, it's a rock amp. Although it looks to be made of metal, it's actually very finely carved granite.
Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
We experienced the same thing when we moved from Anchorage to Denver in '81. My wife and I were perpetually asking each other why so few in Denver seemed capable of driving in the snow!
Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
Yes, the Streamliner is predicted to be a huge success among bass playing geologists.
I'm eagerly waiting to play a P-bass strung with flats through a Streamliner.
But I think it also has the potential to sound great amplifying my DB. I loves me some tubey goodness.
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Ken, it's about as far away from the "drop a 12AX7 tube in it" solution as it can be. It's also something that we have been working on for several years. Nothing casual about this amp. (casually speaking of course
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Excellent... and even the manual is up on the site. Very impressive! It feels 'real' now. Cool!
Just read the manual. This is very helpful for us to understand these little buggers a little more.
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I have high hopes for this amp. I can't imagine liking anything more than my Shuttle 9.0 but I'm willing to find out!
That 3DPM technology sounds really exciting. One of my concerns with this amp was about coping that old 3D like sound that tube amps are capable of. I'll be excited to see the initial reviews, including the Ed Friedland review, to get a sense of how well the 3DPM technology reproduces an old tube power section.
Me too. The Shuttle 9.0 with it's preamp tube, warm phattness, and power section limtting feels/sounds/reacts very tube amp like. Add a little OD by cranking the input and I get a very ballsy classic tone.
I can not imagine how the Streamliner 900 could improve upon this but since I ordered one I'm fixin to find out.
Me too. The Shuttle 9.0 with it's preamp tube, warm phattness, and power section limtting feels/sounds/reacts very tube amp like. Add a little OD by cranking the input and I get a very ballsy classic tone.
I can not imagine how the Streamliner 900 could improve upon this but since I ordered one I'm fixin to find out.
Cool, I'll look forward to your review then. Based on what I've been reading here it may be that the Streamliner gives us more of what we like about the Shuttle 9.0.
Reading the manual - no lighted candles can be used on top of the amp. That may be a deal killer for me...
I saw that.
Some dummy had a séances using his Genz Benz and something went terribly wrong. After the lawyers got involded they had to put disclaimer in the manual.
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