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willow13 wrote:I think a lot of the boutique amp makers (friedman etc) stopped using JJ's a while ago due to unreliability

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Svetlana’s have done right by me.

Oly white.

Ed, if you can hit the Friedman booth.
Keen to see if they release the Jake E Lee sig amp.
New Steve Stevens amp too.

Mike Soldano is supposed to be attending this year.
Interested in the new SLO.

Dredge.

Saw the latest Tone Talk interview with Mike Soldano.
The new BAD built SLO’s should start appearing in 10 weeks according to Friedman.
Will be interesting to see how they stack up to the OG SLO’s.

Olympic white/ black pickguard

Checkout the Radial Tonebone pedals. Classic tube distortion or Hot British. Pete Thorn demoed the Carl Martin Plexitone. Koch Pedaltone isn’t Marshally voiced but it’s feature packed. Clean, distortion ch with high gain boost, 2 separate masters, Fx loop, 0.5W poweramp yada yada. Not cheap but it’s...

I have an MI Audio Crunch Box you could try out.
Happy to drop it off or you can swing by after 5pm Sat.

Suhr PT-15
Reactive load.
Comes with built in IR’s.

Winner winner chicken dinner.

A few component changes to SLO spec would be the path of least resistance. I found the SLO & XTC very different. SLO definitely the brighter of the two. I’m a Marshall guy at heart, so the XTC is my preference. It just has a warmth & chewiness not found in the SLO. Speaking with the 20th Ann...

So if some more products / options were available locally would you still shop overseas given perhaps paying the GST on more expensive items? It would depend. I prefer to support the local guys, so if it’s not that much more here, I’ll stay local. Benefits would be trying the product, & warrant...

So if some more products / options were available locally would you still shop overseas given perhaps paying the GST on more expensive items? It would depend. I prefer to support the local guys, so if it’s not that much more here, I’ll stay local. Benefits would be trying the product, & warrant...

While I sympathize with your frustration, it merely reflects the reality of our small market.
If I can’t find what I want locally I have no hesitation buying offshore.
In this day & age it’s a non issue.

Pro set up.
Well done.

Excellent work.
Great to see local builders with such talent.
Sometimes getting one into the hands of a “name” player be-it local or international can do wonders.

FWIW, I found Pete Thorn’s demo of UA OX box pretty interesting.
57 with Royer 121 seemed to be a good combo.