Pignose

stratmastah! · **Joined:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:17 am **Posts:** 244

I've always had a thing for Pignose amps, and am mostly likely going to buy one in the next month or so. Is there anyone that owns one that can tell me a good bit about the amp tonally, and overall quality? Thanks so much!

guitslinger · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:04 pm

The guy I bought my old Bassman cabinet had one of the originals and it was a little tone beast,I don't know what the new ones are like but if they stayed true to the old specs they should be brutal.

raggs · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:46 am

We've got one in the shop,but we don't have a converter. I sure it's an older one. If I can remember I'll see what he wants for it and info.

Raggs

JSJH · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:48 am

'Never had one but they used to be everywhere. Give us a yowl when you find one and play it.

Screamin' Armadillo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:42 pm

I've got one and it is a great little tone beast--I think mine is only about ten years old (not sure because I bought it used several years ago).

Thru the unit's little speaker, it sounds good, but if you put it thru a speaker cabinet, it sounds wonderful. You get all the lows that you're missing when you run it the "normal" way...and it's suprisingly loud that way, too.

I use it as a practice amp, and my daughter is allowed to use it as much as she sees fit with her Squire Mini-Strat (she's 8 yo).

...but occasionally I convert it into a secret weapon...muah ha ha! :twisted:

I put a funnel over the speaker (attached by a wide elastic band), crammed some poly tubing into the peak of the funnel, ran it up my mic stand into my mouth--voila! Instant talk box!

Miami Mike · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:16 pm

I remember having one (7-100) and loved the preamp output jack on the rear, allowing it to be connected to a larger amp for use as a guitar distortion effect.

BlackCatBone · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:28 pm

my guitar instructor has one in his studio and we use it for lessons. I really like it and have been looking for one. it has some nice growl and good tone IMO. He speaks very highly of them and I usually take his word as gospel since he has been around a while.

Claude Gallichand · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:39 pm

Hey stratmastah, I had a thing too and last year I decided to do something about it. I bought this killer combo and never regretted it. I didn't buy the Pignose because of technical stuff or acoustic advantages. I saw one, I wanted it, I bought it and now I love it. A Pignose is not for everyone, it is a love affair.

There is a lot of small modeling, battery powered killer amps today but this one is the Holy Grail. One volume, zero effects. I love it like it is, when I want more of anything else I use another amp. Keep us posted.

Claude.

guitslinger · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:55 pm

I love your Gretsch Claude,your Tele is the same colour as mine but mine has a maple neck.

Floyd_The_Barber · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:10 pm

do they still make those? ive been looking for a nice practice amp.....

Martian · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:29 pm

Be forewarned: The replacement battery pack which you will eventually need costs like $10 less than if you bought the amp new again.

63supro · **Joined:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:19 pm **Posts:** 8827

My 7-100 Pignose from 1972 uses 6 AA batteries. It still works great. The bigger Pignose amps have the rechargeable batteries.

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