NAD - Friedman BE-Mini

[sal paradise]

Ok, so I won’t suppose that anyone really knows my taste. But I have been trying to figure out a specific sound.

And I finally bought something to bin off my DSL5. But what is it?

It’s a small head, based on a classic & the perfect cheapo amp for home & demoing, maybe even practices with a 4x12, whilst I figure out getting a “proper” amp.

[JSett]

Well, you like Marshall/British tones so could be one of those little Orange heads, or a Victory. Maybe a Marshall Origin 20?

[Chippertheripper]

Tiny terror, or r15t, maybe, withe the afformentioned hints.

[sal paradise]

These are all reasonable guesses. Except the Victory. I’d probably put the Sherrif 22 or V4 on my real amp list.

Not Marshall, orange or victory.

[GreenKnee]

One of the Laney studio heads?

[sal paradise]

One of the Laney studio heads?

How did I miss one of these? Cool. But no dice.

[MayTheFuzzBeWithYou]

One of those Joyo Amps with Classic Voicings? Or the Fender Bassbreaker?

[Steadyriot.]

One of those Joyo Amps with Classic Voicings? Or the Fender Bassbreaker?

That'd be my first bet.

Otherwise maybe one of these:
?

[sal paradise]

One of those Joyo Amps with Classic Voicings? Or the Fender Bassbreaker?

That'd be my first bet.

Otherwise maybe one of these:
?

This is much closer. But not the one.

[MayTheFuzzBeWithYou]

Soldano SLO Mini?

[sal paradise]

Soldano SLO Mini?

These last two guesses are bang on the size, but not the brand.

[MayTheFuzzBeWithYou]

Vox MV50 High Gain or Friedmann BE? Or Yamaha Katana - but your „it‘s based on a classic“ says otherwise.

I actually didn‘t know about most of those mini amps before.
Surely some (more) interesting stuff out there - but (again) where is Fender in that mini and micro amp (head) game? Besides the 20 year old Mini Tonemaster and the Mustang that is just a jack adapter and not a „real“ mini amp?

[sal paradise]

Winner! One of the 4 new mini amps that all seem to sound pretty similar, from what I could tell from the videos. Bogner/Soldano might be slightly more flexible, but snagged this on a slightly better deal. And it’s only a stopgap.

Picking up a cab tomorrow so will report back.

[sal paradise]

This thing sounds really good. It can’t do much except overdriven Marshall, and it does that really, really well. There’s not a lot of change in the gain, mostly from 10-2, just like the BE-OD pedal.

The biggest surprise is the ‘cut’ switch. It’s 3-way. Middle seems pretty pointless, although there’s a distinct change in gain between 1 & 3.

Scooping the mids is giving me all of my post-hardcore & early skatepunk dream sounds

Need to roll back to 1 on my LP to get a clean tone though. Will take a bit of getting used to a single channel amp now that I’m older & not 100% overdrive.

Could be the best little toy I’ve ever bought.

[MrShake]

I know SOUND is what matters most, and it seems like you dig the sound.

That rig LOOKS unassailably awesome. Play on like a badass.

Congrats, my man. It kicks ass, makes YOU happy, and not a modeler in sight.

Welcome back to madness.