smallest pro REAL giggin CLASS A amplifier

Mmm, the V-Stack pedal comes to mind........

jon

 

$600 Good luck. I'll stick with a Tonelab SE for that price and get a whole lot more.

 

What would be the purpose of power scaling with a 1 watt amp?

 

Nice!!! Newbie shows up just in time to SPAM the thread while slagging another builders products!

Class act for sure!

 

Well....What you wrote was that you did not find it to be worth the price tag. That is very different from "its expensive".

Have you tried the Stagehog pedal to substantiate your "findings"? If so, what was it that you "found" that failed to deliver the value you expected from a $600 pedal?

Just seems a bit fishy, that you are a builder who happens to offer a competitive product (tube OD pedal), and jumps into this thread being critical of the value of a competitors offering, while having no prior credibility or value add to speak of.

I don't own a Stagehog, or any other Stephenson products, and while I would agree, that they seem pricey, I own amps/pedals from other builders that would certainly fall into the "pricey" category, and have realized great value due to the incredible tone they deliver.

 

Stage Hog has been mentioned here and there on the forum actually. Seems to have left favorable impressions with those that used it.
One draw back it seems his hog is pretty popular and he eh doesn't get to build a lot of his higher watt amps ..

 

I've got a Stage Hog for more than two years now.The pedal does what it promises to do and then some.You've got to try one to really appreciate it.Under the hood you'll find a real tube amp with power and output transformer,meticulous attention to detail(the construction belongs in an industrial museum!)and superb tone to boot.
The first thing that struck me when I got it was how ALL the features were actually worthwile and spot on.
The scaling apart from taking the volume down,which is beneficial when driving the load,also changes the compression and saturation characteristics in a very natural way.
Then you have your standard gain,tone,volume knobs as most OD's and a final tone shaping knob which cuts highs in the load section.Very useful for matching the unit to amps that are either "bright" or "dark"or all points in between.
The gain knob reacts like a non master volume amp turned up,the tone knob is never overpowering and always keeps some "air" for the note to breath and the volume cntrols the post output transformer/load level like an overal attenuator of some sort.
The switches on the side also work superbly.The bright switch is not vicious,just adds liquidity to soloing,the boost switch pushes the output drive with a nice sweet edge and the tweed/plexi switch alters the basic flavor of the overdrive.
There's also a switch for when you might encounter ground loop problems and switching to the required position negates this.
The thing is, all the various combinations sound good in many diverse situations and provide you with a multitude of realistic amp colours that never get in the way of your given mood or musical direction.
The Hog remains smooth,detailed and expressive at all times.The unit,despite packing a mini amp,does not add any more noise than a standard TS style pedal would add.
For me the ultimate test and unfortunately a most painful one was when I had to replace it when stolen.I didn't hesitate for a second!
In my misfortune I was redeemed to some extent by the fact that the newer model,like the ones marketed as we speak,had also a remote footswitch so that the unit could reside close to your rig and only have the footswitch on the floor.

Ted

 

I've had my Stage Hog for about 4 months and find it to be a stellar piece of gear. Does exactly what it's supposed to do with a great tone. Many tonal flavors inside and all controls are musically sound.

Pricey...a little but much cheaper than the money I would have spent trying to find something like this elsewhere.

 

$600.00 doesn't seem that spendy, when you can easily drop $300.00+ on a fuzz pedal. Look at the internal pics on his site...there is a lot of construction time in one of these.

I have one of Mark's LJ-15 amps...If this is up to that standard, it would be money well spent.

 

Here's another Canadian class"A" amp I've been lusting over.. Twice the power, less than half the price & less than 1/4 the controls.
http://fab.stuff.home.comcast.net/fab_scamp.htm

 

I think it's a pretty cool product. I'd describe it as a miniamp that doubles as an overdrive pedal. For example people don't seem to have any trouble spending $300 on a Klon Centaur or $400 on a Z-Vex Nano Head so I'd say the price isn't really totally over the top.

In any case, Mark Stephenson is great to deal with and builds a quality product. I've got a LJ-10 head myself, it's actually the one pictured on the website.

Scottone, how you likin' that LJ-15? What do you use it with (guitars, pedals, cabs?) and for what kind of music?

Oh and if those Fab amps are made by who I think then I'd avoid them. Do a search on Harmony-Central forums..basically seems he builds crap.

 

It's the same guy... although none of the amps on his web site seem to actually be on fire in the photos.

 

The LJ-15 is a really cool amp. I have a London Power Studio amp/Sustainor pre-amp combination, and I really liked the power scale, but it is a bit heavy to haul around. Actually Kevin O'connor had said really positive things about Mark's stuff, so I ordered the LJ-15 as a more portable alternative.

My LJ-15 is a stripped down version that only has one output channel. I'm running it through a large 2x12 open backed box loaded with Greenbacks, and in this configuration I can churn out some outstanding Voxes tones and well as some great tweed sounds. Interestingly enough, my buddy who plays SRV style Texas blues really likes the amp as well and he's a dyed in the wool Fender guy.

Currently, I'm using a ProAnalog MkII and Topboost, a Pedalworx Dirty Angel, and a Lovepedal Vibe and they all sound great with this amp.

For guitars, it's a CS Tele w/Kinmans, '72 Tele Thinline, and '75 Les Paul Deluxe and they all work well with the amp.

Oh yeah, I play everything from blues to power pop...

 

Hi LaXu, i did go look @ Harmony-Central: True there are some horror stories but i saw a lot more people gushing about tone and builder.