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were they not for you?
I used to be a huge Bogner fanboy, and I’ve owned loads of them, but I’ve had issues with all of them, and I think a JCM 800 with an EQ pedal in the loop and a boost up front sounds better than an Ecstasy.
Friedman is a different kettle of fish. They take the 800 and plexi vibe but put it into one package, refine/improve it and make it actually something you want to buy. All my opinion of course.
Everyone i’ve known that wanted an Ecstasy (after I told them not to) has bought one and consequently moved it on when they realised it really isn’t the tonal Mecca it’s often lauded as.
I’d stick with my Small Box all day...
My final views on it are that I don’t need a clean channel but it was ok
BE channel: I absolutely love this channel and it nails the hot rodded Marshall tone I’ve always been looking for. It’s outstanding
HBE channel: Fell apart for me here as it does give the extra ‘hair’ to the tone but it then loses some of that BE channel punch and sounds thinner and also the EQ is changed slightly.
This was a huge disappointment for me and even if it had the punch still then the EQ needs adjusting but it’s a shared EQ for both the BE and HBE channels
So it was a case of £2400 for basically one channel that I loved and although the BE is outstanding I don’t think it’s £2.4K of outstanding
Anyway it’s all ended well as I’ve been looking for some time at trying the Synergy preamp module setup so I bought the SYN-2 and a Slo and BE module and A/B’d the BE-50 deluxe BE channel with the Synergy module via my Palmer Tino
Dave has nailed it and it not only sounds identical but it feels the same too so I’m very pleased that I’ve got the BE channel for £375
Real sleeper amp and cheap too...