Members mirrorball Posted April 18, 2012 Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 Dunno if these are by anyone who's posted on this thread, but these two clips were posted to YouTube yesterday [video=youtube;k_qnombr_Tw] [video=youtube;vQMlkRV5Qzw] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted April 18, 2012 Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 Damn I want one of these bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted April 18, 2012 Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thank you! I'll take that as an Amen I dont like to be ignored. REVEREND VIDEOS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tron Murphy Posted April 18, 2012 Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 We are going to look back on this era of Fender maps and think, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted April 18, 2012 Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 oddities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epi56ebony Posted April 18, 2012 Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 I don't know why it takes so long for Guitar Center to get cool new gear but I'm waiting for them to get the excelsior so I can at least try it out and get the 30 day return. They usually meet the online price and take out the tax too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members falseswipe Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 HOW DID I NOT HEAR OF THIS WANT DAT PRICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 Gearmanndude's gotten his hands on one. All sorts of guitars played through it. [video=youtube;9i7ALy3ga98] [video=youtube;XbBcn_LMkNs] Looks to be clean-ish at noon, definitely seems to take more after a tweed than a blackface. Of course, these vids don't give any indication just how loud noon is on these amps. The plot thickens. Man, I'm wanting one of these more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epi56ebony Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 That was a great demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 still want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The Gearmandude demos sound quite nice. It seems to do well with the OD pedal too. Thanks for posting those. Looks to be clean-ish at noon, definitely seems to take more after a tweed than a blackface. Of course, these vids don't give any indication just how loud noon is on these amps. The plot thickens. Well, you have his voice for reference, but there's no indication how he's recording everything or whether or not it's all via the camera mikes, or if he's considerably closer to the camera (and mic) than the amp is, etc. etc. IOW - you're right - we really can't say for certain how loud it is. The only comment I'd make about the cleans is a cautionary one - remember that it's staying clean at about noon, but with a Strat or Tele plugged in - single coils will nearly always stay clean at higher volume settings than humbuckers will. Plus, we know he's adjusting the guitar's controls - he tells us as much at one point. I have no idea if the guitar is turned full up, or which pickups he's using the rest of the time... but he's changing various things - you can definitely hear it. Rolling off the volume, even with the Excelsior maxed, will cause the sound to clean up considerably. "How loud" the amp gets will be a matter of two things mainly - the power and the speaker efficiency. The amp is rated at 13 watts, which isn't a ton of power, but it's really more a matter of what you do with it, and that's where speaker efficiency comes in. If it's a relatively efficient speaker, 13 watts can just about keep up with an average drummer and a couple of other musicians in a band / rehearsal situation. If it's an inefficient speaker, it will not sound nearly as loud. In an amp of that type, I'd actually rather have a fairly inefficient speaker. The cleans won't be as loud, but you'll be able to get a wider range of useful tones at real-world volume levels. It won't be as suitable for gigging with a band - especially if you play clean a lot, but it would be better for home use and recording, which is what that sort of amp seems well-suited to IMO - more than as a gigging amp. However, if you wanted to gig with one, you'd probably want a more efficient speaker so that you made maximum use of the available power. The downside to that is that the speaker would probably sound different than the inefficient one, which may change the overall sound - the speaker's own breakup and frequency response colors the overall sound of the amp too... It all comes down to the speaker that it comes with. How it sounds, and how efficient it is. Hopefully it's a good match for the amp and for the way most people are going to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bricks & Bones Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 I love when people who actually know what they're talking about decide to drop some knowledge. There is some great info in your post Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 seems like the mic input keeps it clean a little longeroverall, I'm not yet convinced based on the GMD demosI'll probably will have to take my pedalssteel to the store and try it out myself and scare off all the customers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tool Shedd Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 My brother sent me this page he found with internal pictures... http://billmaudio.com/wp/?page_id=1203 looks pretty simple with lots of room in there for modding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 In b4 the tweed and red versions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 innards looks fine to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveGrima Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 Damn I want one so bad but I have prior obligations with my dough. Time to sell some gear. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shaun126 Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 Overall, the Excelsior is a loud amp and even with the two high-gain stages, it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 The GMD Strat demo sold me on it. Would be a perfect addition to my garage. My brother sent me this page he found with internal pictures...http://billmaudio.com/wp/?page_id=1203 FWIW, from that page: Overall, the Excelsior is a loud amp and even with the two high-gain stages, it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RunJonnyRun Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 do want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted April 19, 2012 Members Share Posted April 19, 2012 Overall, the Excelsior is a loud amp and even with the two high-gain stages, it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted January 27, 2013 Members Share Posted January 27, 2013 If all goes to plan . . i will have one by Friday ! Utoob clips sounds OK - believe it or not.Going to demo/test one tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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