Members vintage clubber Posted May 17, 2010 Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 found a good deal on CL here - $60... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted May 17, 2010 Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 Good idea, but I get so confused between ValTronix, Pathf, AD and some other line? Why do they make 17 different amps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 If that's the one with the reverb it's an excellent price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 Good idea, but I get so confused between ValTronix, Pathf, AD and some other line? Why do they make 17 different amps? the pathfinder is just a nice little practice amp. Heck, why do Fender, Marshall, and Mesa make so many different amps?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 If that's the one with the reverb it's an excellent price yep...Pathfinder 15R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted May 17, 2010 Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 the pathfinder is just a nice little practice amp. Heck, why do Fender, Marshall, and Mesa make so many different amps?? Over 30 years or more, not 5!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 Over 30 years or more, not 5!!! I'm talking current catalogs on those companies...:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CanIBDom Posted May 17, 2010 Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 I have the no-frills Pathfinder 10 and like it a lot, especially with my P90 guitar. The built-in distortion is as crappy as expected, but with minimal gain it sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnoMan97 Posted May 17, 2010 Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 I love my Pathfinder 15R. You will not be disappointed. Especially at $60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted May 17, 2010 Members Share Posted May 17, 2010 Nice price for a nice practice amp. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 got it home and was able to plug in after I got my evening chores done...Wow! What a great sounding little amp for the price! The seller didn't have a footswitch for it, but my Carvin two button switch worked fine for switching the boost and the tremolo effect on/off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 Nice! Those are badass lil' amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 Great little amps. I started a "Pathfinder Appreciation" thread some time ago. It's still floating around in HCEG hyperspace. But they are a great little 15W SS amp that sounds more tube-like than it should. My guess is that a lot of the kudos belong to a good speaker and a great cabinet design for the speaker which expands its dimensions. Mine is the 15 (sans R) but I've used a Boss RV-3 or DigiVerb with it to make it sound Huge! And yeah, the OD on them is not great at all, but the sweet little surprise with them is that they do actually take OD pedals quite well. I've coupled mine with a $30 Bad Monkey and I was surprised that with the extra external gain it retained its "tube-like" qualities that you hear on its cleans. I thought it would fizz up a storm, but it takes it real well. To me they are one of the absolute best values out there - end-O-story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crawfish Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 I own the Cambridge model, which I'm pretty sure is the predecessor to the pathfinder and it is the one amp I'll never get rid of. Perfect amps for around the house, and for an inexpensive amp they don't look like tinker toys like other amps out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 I own the Cambridge model, which I'm pretty sure is the predecessor to the pathfinder and it is the one amp I'll never get rid of.Perfect amps for around the house, and for an inexpensive amp they don't look like tinker toys like other amps out there. Doesn't the Cambridge have a tube pre-amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 Sweet deal Chris.Don't let that little Coq get to you. He pisses on so many peoples threads.I'm surprised he's still around.Congrats bro!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 I recently performed a little volume experiment with my current stable of amps (details here) and was shocked at how loud the Pathfinder 15r can get. However, after running it full tilt for 30+ minutes it started smelling bad...the smell of ss amp melt down. Luckily I shut her down before permanent damage ensued. However, the experience has got me thinking of several mods (queue maniacal laughter)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SerpentyneXIII Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 Doesn't the Cambridge have a tube pre-amp? Yes it does but the sound is nearly identical I A/b'd my Pathfinder 15R with my dad's Cambridge and the difference was negligable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 I recently performed a little volume experiment with my current stable of amps ( details here) and was shocked at how loud the Pathfinder 15r can get. However, after running it full tilt for 30+ minutes it started smelling bad...the smell of ss amp melt down. Luckily I shut her down before permanent damage ensued. However, the experience has got me thinking of several mods (queue maniacal laughter)... :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 Sweet deal Chris. Don't let that little Coq get to you. He pisses on so many peoples threads. I'm surprised he's still around. Congrats bro!!! LOL @ "little Coq" :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 I own a top of the line Pathfinder model. Over 200000 watts of power (290 HP), and, I can turn this one up to 140. Oh ya, it's portable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 :poke: It just sounds too damn good for a small amp to leave alone. If I fry it, I can pick up another on the cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 It just sounds too damn good for a small amp to leave alone. If I fry it, I can pick up another on the cheap! have you run it through an extension cabinet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 I gig my Pathfinder (SMR head - ie 15R without the speaker, but made in Korea) all the time. I run it through half of a Vox 4x12 cab (so, 2x12 at 8 ohms - seems to sound better than 4x12 at 16 ohms). No problem with volume - stays clean even loud. Takes pedals nicely too, as mentioned. I got some video of my last gig on dv tape - gotta figure out how to upload to youtube... I bought a Pathfinder 15R combo "just to have". The little thing sounds good on it's own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted May 18, 2010 Members Share Posted May 18, 2010 have you run it through an extension cabinet? Yep. VHT Special 6 closed back cab. Smooths out the mid range and extended the lows considerably. Basically gives it more punch and a bit more power. As the cab is 16 ohm and the amp takes 8 ohms min, I plan to put a 16 ohm 10" speaker in the cab and rewire the speaker out jack to be parallel allowing the use of a secondary 16 ohm cab at the same time reducing the total load to 8 ohms. I've got a chip to sub in which should deliver nearly double the wattage using the existing power supply and I'll go ahead and heat sink it when I swap it in. Additionally, I've heard the clipping is a red diode pair and am planning on socketing on of them and wiring a switch to sub in a couple different diodes for asymmetrical clipping (re-queue maniacal laughing)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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