Members Kevin Pelletier Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 I have not seen any Krank reviews on The main page of Harmony central nor are they even listed in the manufactures list. Does anyone know why ? I've never heard much about them yet, I see there large ads on the back of many of the guitar mags I subcribe too every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members david_d Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 ummmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dv85150fan Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 and it starts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtillaTheHungry Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Short and sweet version of the story: Krank employees were posting bogus reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pink freud Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 There ARE reviews, in the forums. use the search function. OR i'll just save you some time, all the posts will be along the lines of "this sounds like garbage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevin Pelletier Posted August 24, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 HHHMMMM... Thats very very interesting.... Anybody out there played one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members takedeepbreaths Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevin Pelletier Posted August 24, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Thanks I'll try the search function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Yes. They are not good amps, especially for the insane asking price. Clean is good, but the Krankenstein I played, I could not find a decent tone in 15 mins of fiddling. Since Dimebag helped design it it's no wonder - he had absolutely terrible tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 I played a Krankenstein and managed to get farily decent tone out of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inearthed Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Originally posted by Kevin Pelletier HHHMMMM... Thats very very interesting.... Anybody out there played one? They sound awesome, buy a Krankenstein full stack and run two metalzones in the effects loop with the gain maxed out. Put your mids on 0 and your highs / lows both on 10 - instant brewtal g4in. Afterall... hundreds of metal musicians are using them so they have to be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevin Pelletier Posted August 24, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Thats the best sarcasum i have heard all week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soldano67 Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Originally posted by beno I played a Krankenstein and managed to get farily decent tone out of it... Same thing when I played your mother.... j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inearthed Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Originally posted by Kevin Pelletier Thats the best sarcasum i have heard all week Here's my realistic review... RW100 - Very disappointing, doesn't cut well in a band situation and is a feedback machine Krankenstein - Much better than the RW100 but still pretty average, worth nowhere near $1700. Krank amps are very similar to the Marshall Mode Four... It is all hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoirAbattoir Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 'Cause Sharon Osborne is a twat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bloodjinn Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Originally posted by Kevin Pelletier HHHMMMM... Thats very very interesting.... Anybody out there played one? My band's other guitarist and I finally tried out a Krankenstein last week. I went in with doubts due to this forum and he went in with hopes since he frequents the Andy Sneap forums. We both left completely baffled that so many of our favorite guitar players are now Krank users. I mean, Krank isn't the only company giving out sweet endorsement deals, and we couldn't find one even slightly decent sound in that amp. Even the store owner described the Krank as sounding like a "bad solidstate distortion". I usually don't like to bad mouth equipment, but damn that amp sounded horrid. Maybe there's a secret, no-suck switch on the inside activated only for endorsees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoirAbattoir Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by Bloodjinn My band's other guitarist and I finally tried out a Krankenstein last week. I went in with doubts due to this forum and he went in with hopes since he frequents the Andy Sneap forums. We both left completely baffled that so many of our favorite guitar players are now Krank users. I mean, Krank isn't the only company giving out sweet endorsement deals, and we couldn't find one even slightly decent sound in that amp. Even the store owner described the Krank as sounding like a "bad solidstate distortion". I usually don't like to bad mouth equipment, but damn that amp sounded horrid. Maybe there's a secret, no-suck switch on the inside activated only for endorsees. Tony Krank made his living modding Sovtek amps for years. I bet you the endorsees get the special circuit while the general public gets the mass-produced {censored} from China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dv85150fan Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 the best review of the Krankenstein to date in my books...thanks Bloodjinn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bloodjinn Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by ColorsoundKid Tony Krank made his living modding Sovtek amps for years. I bet you the endorsees get the special circuit while the general public gets the mass-produced {censored} from China. Aha. That doesn't sound so far fetched. Soilwork sounded pretty damn amazing with their Krankensteins when they came through NC. The one I played sounded like a Metal Zone into a solid state power amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blargh Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Here's one of the "original" Kranks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soldano67 Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by blargh Here's one of the "original" Kranks... Sexy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members luker_X Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Then Why is musiciansfriend, music123 and a host of ebay sellers stocking them ?? Are they a bunch of F*ing Ig-Its ~~ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDarxide Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 I'm curious as to how much of the krank bashing is sheep following; yes their marketing department make a bad choice, but they are heavily advertised, and i don't see why everytime someone brings them up they get a bashing..... Once I've heard one, i'll comment, without the bias of previous business practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekB Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 With the whole massive Ad campaign and list of pro endorsee's where the hell are all of the Krank owner's?????? I mean it's odd that with thesaturated advertising and such that there seem's to be hardly anyone here that own's one or has even played one as of yet and they have a bunch of dealer's to boot??????????????????????? I just don't get it.Derek:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratotone Posted August 25, 2005 Members Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by TheDarxide I'm curious as to how much of the krank bashing is sheep following; yes their marketing department make a bad choice, but they are heavily advertised, and i don't see why everytime someone brings them up they get a bashing.....Once I've heard one, i'll comment, without the bias of previous business practices. Maybe the entire amp is marketing hype and 'sheep following' of a different nature? All I know is, if people who I respect on this forum say an amp is {censored}, I'm going to give that a hell of a lot more weight than how many endorsers they have. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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