NAD! (are NADs a thing?) and some hustling

[jwin615]

Bought $300 of gear in auction from Pam Tillis's retired sound guy.
I picked it up today, carried it to the local Sam Ash as well as a few microphones I'll never use again. Mics were probably worth $300-350.
Anyway, end of the day I now have a road case for my Randall RM 50, a Yamaha spx 990, a GK 210 bass cab and this new beauty in addition to $600 in cash. Not a bad hustle.
I've been eyeballing one of these for a while so did some bartering with the Sam Ash rep.
It has a variable output, 1-20W and blends between 6V6 and EL84 output stages. And the mandatory effects loop.
If I love it, I'll likely unload the RM50. As cool as it is(modular preamps, serial and parallel fx loops), it's just to damn loud for my needs these days.

[jimilee]

Very cool! I really like Egnater stuffs.


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[jwin615]

Very cool! I really like Egnater stuffs.


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As do I. The RM series were all Bruce's design and licensed tech. Then he did the modular stuff in house before letting Synergy get a hold of it. Outside of the Rivera amps, probably some of the most feature rich amps I've seen.
But, will it djent? 

[gordo]

It will djent.  I love those little amps.  Only word of caution is treat it nicely.  They're very well made but a royal bugger to work on.  Be nice to the switches and it should give you years of good service.

[culturejam]

I had one and really liked it. The drive tones are great. Although I have to admit that I could not realistically hear any difference between EL84 and 6V6. As I recall, the EL84s had slightly more high end, but you could just adjust the EQ with 6V6s and get the same tone.

[jwin615]

Little update.
Got it plugged in last weekend annnnnddd...
The EL84 is red plating. About 5 minutes in and the signal randomly squarwaved.
Debating whether to return it or try to fix it.  I'm doubtful the local Sam Ash has anyone qualified to bias an amp but I'll be nearing the halfway point on the return window by the time I get back home...
Not concerned about biasing it myself as that's pretty simple on these. But I'm not hip enough to tell if there's another issue going on.

[Drew Hallenbeck]

Bruce Egnater is a super nice guy and very approachable. He's pretty active in a few different amp and pedal building groups on Facebook.
You might be able to reach out and see if there's a known issue with your specific amp (production date/revision).