Bartel amps

AllthegearNoidea

Landing soon at coda for tone king fans but a pricey option

https://www.coda-music.com/amplifiers.html?cat=548

Trude

Silly, silly money. 

AllthegearNoidea

Trude said:

Silly, silly money. 

Totally agree. Guitar world is going mad

richardhomer

It’s a bit like iPhones - let’s bring out an even more expensive one....

Modulus_Amps

wow! good luck to them.

If you want to show how big your wallet is I will build you a tweed 45w amp with bells and whistles for £9999
If you buy now you can get free shipping

hotpickups

OMG. Are people that stupid paying prices like that

Mickeyji

To be fair, these amps are completely handmade to the highest possible standards and sound amazing from what I could glean from the few clips available. But, yeah, that‘s a LOT of money.

hotpickups

Mickeyji said:

To be fair, these amps are completely handmade to the highest possible standards and sound amazing from what I could glean from the few clips available. But, yeah, that‘s a LOT of money.

I have two hand made amps built to the highest standards and sound fantastic. One of them cost me half that amount the other even less. What hasn't helped is the pound against the dollar probably but still outrageously priced

Moe_Zambeek

Wow, those are expensive. 

Wazmeister

I Like Mark's stuff, but man these are insanely expensive...

StuartMac290

Jeeeeez, yeah. Pricey indeed .

I mean, if it really CAN deliver authentic tweed, blackface, AC30 and Plexi tones in one box then it could be seen as a bit of a bargain I suppose, the only problem is I've never heard an amp that can do that. Hopefully he's dealt with the sometimes strident top end his amps can have too.

He designs a very fine cab, though. I'd love to hear one of these things, I have to admit.

StuartMac290

Ah hell, it's got a lacquered tweed footswitch, I'm in.

hotpickups

StuartMac290 said:

Ah hell, it's got a lacquered tweed footswitch, I'm in.

You're obviously the target market lol 

DJH83004

Looking at the spec. the only thing I can see which is a little usual is the transformer coupled PI, which is not common in guitar amps - the Fender Musicmaster bass is one that springs to mind, it would be interesting to understand the reasoning. In the Hi-Fi world they are generally used to minimise distortion in the PI stage, extra weight and cost not being considered major obstacles .    

midlifecrisis

thats a lot of katanas

StuartMac290

Lebarque

Interesting preamp. Sounds great on the demo of course. Crazy money.

ThorpyFX

I was opposite both Bartel and Two Rock at NAMM. I have to say it was a pleasure to listen to both of these companies amps, they were fantastic. MarK was a lovely guy to chat to as well. That being said, the UK price is high

gordiji

Shockingly expensive but.... relatively speaking a working musician (or young person) may find a fender deluxe reverb more expensive than a well heeled blues grandad would one of these Bartel creations.

57Deluxe

A bit ney, a lot disappointed with these. Have watched several vids along their development route and they don't do anything for me at all. Even less so the aesthetic. I like Tweed tones (!) but these sound a bit soul-less compared to the Tone King offerings. Price is 2x too much too.

interstellar

looks fantastic to me, illuminating to hear him heartily recommend TAD valves as opposed to the more exotic nos offerings,