Okay so its technically a clone... of an Electric Amps 7 knob Overdrive, but its built into the chassis / headshell and faceplate of a Matamp Roadster (from what I understand the faceplate was bought from Matamp as one that was made for an amp that never got built). The regular input adds on the 7th knob (an extra gain stage labeled pre-gain that takes it from an OD amp to full on brutal fuzzed out monster) and the direct input bypasses that and basically turns it into a 6 knob GT120 (which is how I usually use it).
Iommic Pope wrote:
Skip, you rule. You hate people so much, you're willing to discredit all human progress, its awesome.
Cisco wrote:Impressive. Did you commission the job?
No, I bought it from the second owner. The first owner was the person who built it (Strange Amps out of California). I got a sweet as hell deal and to me looking inside its built just as well if not better than the EA amp its based on, and to the same specs, but with the Matamp aesthetics I really really wanted (I have always wanted a real Roadster). So even though its a "clone" by most standards since its not built by the originator, its not to me.
The Dunwich Annunaki below it in the second photo was a commission job for me though. That amp is a completely different beast......
Iommic Pope wrote:
Skip, you rule. You hate people so much, you're willing to discredit all human progress, its awesome.
Cisco wrote:I'm familiar with Strange. (Oxymoron?) Both amps are rad. I'm considering a 4 x kt88. Maybe one of them will be up to it.
awesome haha thanks!!! If you have the cabs and hearing left to handle a 4xKT88 amp I totally suggest it. Theres nothing like it, the punch, the full frequency range, the huge and smooth lows..... guhhhh its boner inducing.
Iommic Pope wrote:
Skip, you rule. You hate people so much, you're willing to discredit all human progress, its awesome.