Anyone here like Fargen maps?

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I was pretty impressed with the tone of this thing. Kinda pricey, but it nails that classic Marshall tone in a lower wattage platform.

I'd really like to try one out sometime... the cleans sound awesome too.

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Turn down that fargen amp before I kick your fargen ass!!!


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Mike LX-R wrote:Turn down that fargen amp before I kick your fargen ass!!!


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I came incredibly close to buying a Fargen a few years ago. Really interesting amps and they definitely get you that Marshall vibe at tolerable volumes. Power scaling + ability to choose whatever octal power tubes you want = :love:
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they do have a great Marshall tone. But so does a Marshall and Marshalls usually cost less. I don't get it. :idk:
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Never played one but I did see some local guy using one and his tone was fucking righteous. Dunno if it was an Olde 800 or a Miniplex, they look damn near the same
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Sounded great, but why use a reverb to demo an amp? Maybe show that later, but mention it in the video at least.
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I had a Miniplex Mark 1 years ago. It was a cool amp for sure. You could crank it in a band setting without incinerating your bandmates. At about half volume, I could pull Hendrix tones for days. The new ones are a bit spendy, though. But I'm a metal guy, so I traded it for a triple recto.
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That amp sounds killer in the demo. I know that he increased the level of gain on tap over the yrs as that was a complaint guys had originally. I like that even though its 25 watt it still comes with el34 instead of 6v6 although its an option.
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one day im going to have a mini or mightyplex
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My JCA surpressed a lot of my GAS, but if I ever had money to burn an olde 800 would be the FIRST amp I bought.
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Sounds great but not for $2,250.

Can't you pick up an old JMP and send it to Friedman for about that price or less?


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i always see fargen stuff going real cheap used on ebay. there was a miniplex that sold for like 650 a few weeks back
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guitarbilly wrote:they do have a great Marshall tone. But so does a Marshall and Marshalls usually cost less. I don't get it. :idk:


The benefit is in the power scaling available on some models. When I wanted Marshall tone, I bit the bullet and got a JMP, but had a Miniplex been available, that's what I'd have gone with.
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I had a Mini Plexi for a few days. I thought it was a pretty good take on the Marshall thing but I wasn't floored by it.
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