Members Mr Lucky Pants Posted July 5, 2008 Members Share Posted July 5, 2008 What are the differences in tone between the two (I know about their features). Also, I've heard that the Avenger is like an SLO with the Warren Haynes mod on all the time...is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Convalescence Posted July 5, 2008 Members Share Posted July 5, 2008 I was under the impression that the Avenger was just a single channel amp of the high gain of the SLO with some slight differences. I could be wrong though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The4thlast1 Posted July 5, 2008 Members Share Posted July 5, 2008 I owned an Avenger. I can't be that much help because I haven't owned an Slo. The Avenger is my 2nd favorite amp next to the Framus Cobra. If the Avenger had a clean channel and 2 masters like the Cobra than it would be a tough call. I would like to own one again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mhenson42 Posted July 5, 2008 Members Share Posted July 5, 2008 They aren't quite the same. The SLO uses DeYoung Transformers and the Avenger uses Mercurey Magnetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rrrajo Posted July 5, 2008 Members Share Posted July 5, 2008 What are the differences in tone between the two (I know about their features). Also, I've heard that the Avenger is like an SLO with the Warren Haynes mod on all the time...is that true? I miss my Avenger. It didn't have a Treble Cut(Hayes) Mod , but a Deep Pot.That was nice. Some of the Hot Rod's had a "Deep Mod' that was on all the time, but this one was adjustable. It did have a Low input(like a 2203) that bypassed the first gain stage and gave it a darker tone which could be considered a Treble cut. I would have kept it, but like the other guy, it was it or the Cobra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willy22 Posted July 5, 2008 Members Share Posted July 5, 2008 The Avenger is a Hot Rod 100 with a depth mod. It's not feature loaded at all but the tone is tight and puchy. You can get good medium gain tones out of the low gain input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Lucky Pants Posted July 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 I have an SLO, but haven't played the Avenger. I have heard that the Avenger is like an SLO lead channel with the WH mod engaged (which I have and just about never use)...I'm not sure this is true though. The transformers - Deyoung vs. Mercury Magnetics probably account for some differences as well. I know the Avenger uses boards that say Hot Rod, so I would think the similarlities may be closer to the Hot Rod series than the SLO. In that case, I would compare the Avenger to a hot-rodded JCM800 tone, which is basically how the Hot Rod series sound (JCM800 hit with a tubescreamer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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