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Vanderkley Aurora Amplifier

#42
Both the Aurora and Blue Sky are great heads. I prefer the voicing of the Aurora.
It's a matter of what your tone goals are. The BS has more tone shaping features. I personally find the eq section of the Aurora capable of dailing in whatever I need. I'm sure you've read the threads on the BS. I'll talk about the Aurora. I love the way it sounds right out of the box. it has a warm full tight low end with muscular mids and sweet highs. The eq section is practical and effective. You can dail in the amount of sag you want, if you choose to. The nuances of my basses shine through. There is plenty of headroom in reserve. It's a well made thoughtful bass amp.
I hope this helps.
 
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Mark Sacchetti said:
Both the Aurora and Blue Sky are great heads. I prefer the voicing of the Aurora.
It's a matter of what your tone goals are. The BS has more tone shaping features. I personally find the eq section of the Aurora capable of dailing in whatever I need. I'm sure you've read the threads on the BS. I'll talk about the Aurora. I love the way it sounds right out of the box. it has a warm full tight low end with muscular mids and sweet highs. The eq section is practical and effective. You can dail in the amount of sag you want, if you choose to. The nuances of my basses shine through. There is plenty of headroom in reserve. It's a well made thoughtful bass amp.
I hope this helps.
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Did you end up keeping this amp & did you get to compare it to the Demeter that's in your profile?
Any additional thoughts?
 
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Jeff Scott said:
In the past few months to a year or so, whenever I went to their website, I only saw speaker cabinets, not the amp, so this is not too surprising. Probably, the same issue as with the Valkyrie amp, in that it was too large, too heavy, or too expensive (or, some combination of those), given today's general bass amp market.
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Still a bummer!
Seems like a killer amp!
Oh, well - thus is life!
 
#53
It has been very recently discontinued. I think, only a guess... Marc might have something else in the pipeline.

FWIW, I use a Vanderkley cab and love it. But went for a Glockenklang amp over the Aurora. They are similar amps, but the Glockenklang was nearly £600 cheaper, which is about $780 at the moment.
 
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Too pricey to make from what I gather. Also, Marc does have something else in the works. Will know more about it in two months.

On another note, I think I may have snagged the last one! It's fantastic thru Neo cabs.
 

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