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I like the Greta commercial too.

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I´m already gasing for both....

those amps have my interest, though they kinda look ..hrrrrm.

Yeah, the Greta to play at home and the Excelsior for band rehearsal....

i thought this one was more of a 'home' amp, the greta seems way way small, like play it on the bus or something ? :p

I had a Valve Senior(also 2x6V6´s) through a 12" cab and it was f**king loud enough....

i'm partially deaf.

not really.

i think it's my surpressed longing for a 15"..maybe. i'm not a fan of its looks, trying too hard, but the features are nice. seems nice for at home recording. only one speaker to mic.

I love the way it looks. It'll look fantastic next to my Classic 30.

I really like the tremolo on the Excelsior

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I think I'll be the first to say it but both these amps are completely unnecessary and just wrong. Form over function is all it is folks. I am not impressed by these sound demos, not to mention that Excelsior does not seem like it would be loud enough clean to use practically in a live or practice setting unless your drummer uses brushes. Not only that, but I would refuse to play in a band with anyone with only one knob on their amp in 2012. I would also not enjoy playing with someone who insists on using a fucking new 2 watt tube iPod speaker as a tube preamp for his larger amp instead of just using a fucking pedal.

Shitty old amps have their place in music history when they were made in America in the 50's and 60's and offered practical alternatives for people who couldn't afford a big brand name amp. Now that they're pretty much expensive toys mass produced in china on circuit boards with even less features for the same price as other perfectly practical amps. Fender has lost their damn minds making this nonsense. But people will buy them, because there is a market for this kind of trash these days for some reason.

Nick wrote: But people will buy them, because there is a market for this kind of trash these days for some reason.

Nick wrote:But people will buy them, because there is a market for this kind of trash these days for some reason.

You're damn right!

ALL OF THIS SOUNDS LIKE SHIT.

I would like to try the excelsior.

jcyphe wrote:I would like to try the excelsior.

+1

They look rediculouss

Nick wrote:Not only that, but I would refuse to play in a band with anyone with only one knob on their amp in 2012.

Sorry, but this if fuckin' ridiculous. I've watched a couple bands playing through amps with only a volume or a volume and tone knob, and they sounded fantastic... mind you they were playing through good amps to start with (i.e. Dr. Z). The number of knobs does not a good amp make.

That said, I see your point regarding these two amps; they are more style than substance, but I also don't think they're bad amps... but I haven't tried them out yet to confirm. Anything can sound decent in a promotional sample I'm still curious to test them... but the Excelsior could use a couple more features to make it really worth while, I think.

I'm still wanting the Greta bad. I can put it in my desk without getting as much as a second look from the haters I work with.