NAOD: New Amp Order Day (Received!)

[raulduke]

I'm buzzing... after saving up I have purchased one of these bad boys:


Placed the order with Andertons and now will await delivery...

I've been looking for a decent 'Fender' style amp for ages, and I purchased a Supersonic 22 for Christmas, which was noisy as hell so got returned.

This is by the far the most I have ever spent on a piece of musical equipment (and probably will ever be). Kind of scary but I look at it as my 'lifer' amp.

Can't wait to get this bad boy and play 

[gtr2]

Nice!!!

Josh

[Cortexturizer]

It looks amazing and has a great sound. You have made a great decision. Congrats and I hope lots of hours of pure pleasure will come out of this!

[raulduke]

Yeah I'm looking forward to really digging in and playing it. Can't wait!

The new (MKII) version also has an attenuator which is defeat-able on the clean channel.

Great idea as you can get great 'cranked' tones with the lead channel, and keep the rhythm channel clean.

Cost wise it's a lot of money, but you get two distinct  preamp channels/circuit paths + reverb + tremolo + attenuator.

That is a whole lot more bang for buck than the other 'boutique' offerings I was looking at (Carr Skylark, Swart etc.).

[playpunk]

Awesome! I am jealous


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[pickdropper]

Congrats!  That could indeed be a lifer.

[jubal81]

That's one serious amp. Big congrats!

[brejna]

Great choice...

Awesome! I am jealous

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+1

[cooder]

Sigh..... 

[culturejam]

Whoa. Nice!

[rullywowr]

That is one totally sweet amp. Congrats!

[raulduke]

Well here it is:


Arrived today and I'm of work so fun times!

Initial thoughts are that this is the nicest amplifier I have ever had the pleasure of playing.... hopefully the honeymoon period will be indefinite.

• The tremolo is hands down the best amplifier tremolo I have ever heard.
• Reverb is amazing, but you can't go to surfy/splashy mix levels of reverb (it's a bit too classy for that kind of thing  )
• Clean channel is again amazing. Really, really nice Fender blackface cleans. Not too trebly/sharp either.
• Lead channel sounds good at lower volumes, and great when cranked, which leads me to the attenuator....
• The attenuator is fantastic, and having it bypassable on the clean channel is such a brilliant idea.
• Fit and build are top notch, as to be expected. I haven't had a look at the guts yet, but will be intrigued to see how it is put together

I think this is going to do me with amplifier purchases. I'm done 

I'll still build the odd amp (I'm building a Tweed deluxe at the moment which I had all the parts for before ordering the Toneking), but this is going to be a keeper.

[pryde]

I'd love to have a go with that. I bet it's tops. Congrats

[selfdestroyer]

I always loved the look of those amps. Looks like a winner to me.

Cody

[midwayfair]

I haven't had a look at the guts yet, but will be intrigued to see how it is put together

Is yours the 20th Anniversary, or just the regular MKII?

I actually think Mark's PCB construction for the regular imperial was more impressive than the 20th Anniversary's point-to-point.

p.s. Try a 12AY7 for V1 if you need to extend the honeymoon.