So, now we know: it was a modified Coronado

[mikepukmel]

https://www.lavintagegear.com/produc...fier-30-of-50/

but just what modifications?

[eschertron]

from the blurb: "We recommend that you red this manual in its entirety before you plus it in"

[mikepukmel]

from the blurb: "We recommend that you red this manual in its entirety before you plus it in"

. . . so that you become familiar with its features and operate the amp in a safe manner.

!!! Well obviously!

[mikepukmel]

Eschertron, have you read the part about the Slo Bro fuse? I have to laugh quietly, Im at work on my lunch hour.

[eschertron]

Eschertron, have you read the part about the Slo Bro fuse? I have to laugh quietly, Im at work on my lunch hour.

missed that one.

I especially like the part where Jimmy Page is quoted as recommending the use of pedals with this amp "Today, there is a wide variety of pedals available and I would encourage you to experiment and create new sounds" because, of course, the amp by itself is only $24,900.

[The Dude]

If I pay that much for an amp, I better be able to drive it to work.

[Chuck H]

If they sell three it was worth the effort to involve Jimmy and put all the hype in place. I think the amp sounds "pretty much" like the LZ1 recordings, but not quite. There's something a little more compressed, less dynamic and "small" about it that I don't like. That said... 25k!?! Not on your life. It's just a buzzy little amp that hints at the old recordings. Was that tone so great anyway? Or was it what Jimmy did that was cool? Even so... Still not quite right. And at 25k I can only say Pffft!!!

[minim]

I think the amp sounds "pretty much" like the LZ1 recordings, but not quite. There's something a little more compressed, less dynamic and "small" about it that I don't like. That said... 25k!?! Not on your life. It's just a buzzy little amp that hints at the old recordings.

Well, you know, different player, different guitar, guitar isn't sitting in a mix, probably wasn't mic'd or recorded exactly the same way etc etc in my view these retro endeavours are pointless and slightly embarrassing that there are guitarists out there who might pay this sort of money just so they can say "well yeah I sound exactly like another player bro!"

[tedmich]

well it costs < 1/4 Dumble so its really a bargain!
There are at least 50 Si Douche Bro investor dudes who will buy one to noodle on with their 1958 gold top LPs a couple times a year. It really should have a Theremin and violin bow included though...

Exactly how is this shop "Vintage Gear" if almost everything they sell is a new reissue??

[Chuck H]

Well, you know, different player, different guitar, guitar isn't sitting in a mix, probably wasn't mic'd or recorded exactly the same way etc etc in my view these retro endeavours are pointless and slightly embarrassing that there are guitarists out there who might pay this sort of money just so they can say "well yeah I sound exactly like another player bro!"

Second that. But give me 25k and I'll get on board to help someone do it! Right?

In fact,.. I bet I could get Jimmy Page himself to go to one of these guys houses and piss on the amp they have now for 24k and I can pocket a grand for myself

[Justin Thomas]

Well, if all that digital modeling was so great why are we still bothering with this? We just uplode our sinulations to the clowd & I can just stick a Zed Lepellin rekkurd up rhere & y'all can just download it for a tinee fee, like a dollah-dollah. Chasing the magic tonez of the stahz is obsolete, muddafuggahs!

The REAL secret is in their clothes, not their amps! You gots to LOOK the part to SOWND the part!

Okay, I went a little far, but I know people who have told me this... Why do I bother building & tweaking an amp when I can get an exact replica for free from the internet for my computronic whizmodoodle amp... Because everyone is too dumb to tell the difference anyway.

Actually if someone gave me $25K I'd probably do exactly that...

Jusrin & Justin

[Chuck H]

Well, if all that digital modeling was so great why are we still bothering with this? We just uplode our sinulations to the clowd & I can just stick a Zed Lepellin rekkurd up rhere & y'all can just download it for a tinee fee, like a dollah-dollah. Chasing the magic tonez of the stahz is obsolete, muddafuggahs!

The REAL secret is in their clothes, not their amps! You gots to LOOK the part to SOWND the part!

Okay, I went a little far, but I know people who have told me this... Why do I bother building & tweaking an amp when I can get an exact replica for free from the internet for my computronic whizmodoodle amp... Because everyone is too dumb to tell the difference anyway.

Actually if someone gave me $25K I'd probably do exactly that...

Jusrin & Justin

Not too long ago I was researching the venerable Soldano SLO-100 and many discussions on other forums included participants that felt entirely confident to comment on the amp based on their digital patches of that model. I'm not talking about commenting on the relative goodness of the patches, because how could they know that if they never compared them to the actual amp!?! They were commenting on the actual amp and what should be expected of it's behavior. I remember one guy posting that he couldn't say what to expect with a guitar speaker cabinet because he only plays his guitar through his computer monitors. We are becoming truly lost.

[mikepukmel]

Well, the proto's were 25+k ea, but the production models are ~$3,800,00. Still quite far out of my budget for a single amp.

To my tin ears, it sounds pretty close. The speaker sounds stiff and the recording kinda crappy, like a not so good mic in a NAMM booth.

Nothing like a well broken in speaker in a studio, with one of those gazillion dollar Neumannn mic's and all the right sound modules, and a real engineer fiddling with the knobs.

I sent a few links to my brother (the real guitarist in the family) and he was pretty excited about the sound. I wouldn't say 'flipped' but pretty excited.

Id say, if I won lotto, and it was enough to pay all the bills and something left over, Id think about a production model. Of course my Mrs has her eye on a "lotto" summer house near the ocean, so that dream would probably last 10 minutes.

[mikepukmel]

And, don't forget, they come with a slo-bro fuse!

[mikepukmel]

Not too long ago I was researching the venerable Soldano SLO-100 and many discussions on other forums included participants that felt entirely confident to comment on the amp based on their digital patches of that model. I'm not talking about commenting on the relative goodness of the patches, because how could they know that if they never compared them to the actual amp!?! They were commenting on the actual amp and what should be expected of it's behavior. I remember one guy posting that he couldn't say what to expect with a guitar speaker cabinet because he only plays his guitar through his computer monitors. We are becoming truly lost.

Yeah, Chuck I can't quite get there: no guitar cab? NO guitar cab?