Do any other companies make power amps in pedals like the EHX 44 Magnum?

Antique_Guitars

Just curious I'd really love a 100 watt amp in a pedal!

steamabacus

AMT do the TubeCake TC-1 and TC-3. 1.5W and 3W - not quite the 100W pedal of your dreams.

Antique_Guitars

Oh well I might just have to wait for EHX to do one I guess.....

jpfamps

A 100W amp in a pedal would be an interesting machine.

ICBM

Traynor Quarterhorse.

http://traynoramps.com/guitar/horses/product/dh25h/

Only 25W, but it's a true amp in a pedal.


There's also the Crate Powerblock which is only a bit larger, but it's not pedal format, sounds horrible and isn't reliable. And discontinued. (Thankfully .)

Antique_Guitars

ICBM said:

Traynor Quarterhorse.

http://traynoramps.com/guitar/horses/product/dh25h/

That looks quite cool

Antique_Guitars

jpfamps said:

A 100W amp in a pedal would be an interesting machine.

Yeah it would be ace! To be honest 80 watts would be ok, I just need a little bit more than 44!

ICBM

Two Magnums and a 2x12" stereo cab? Has the advantage that you can still get through the gig when one of them dies, too .

thecolourbox

I imagine it would be quite difficult to make a big wattage amp that size that actually sounds good, though what do I know! Would indeed be awesome, as would the two magnums into a stereo cab, if they would only just sound a little bit better

Van_Hayden

We did one at Matamp a couple of years ago, then decided nobody would buy it!. Then we lent it to another company who haven't given it back. It did I think 170w into 4 ohm with an onboard PSU, about 6 inch square, gain, tone and volume.

Antique_Guitars

Van_Hayden said:

We did one at Matamp a couple of years ago, then decided nobody would buy it!. Then we lent it to another company who haven't given it back. It did I think 170w into 4 ohm with an onboard PSU, about 6 inch square, gain, tone and volume.

Thats exactly what I need! and a Matamp one would be even better!

ICBM

Van_Hayden said:

We did one at Matamp a couple of years ago, then decided nobody would buy it!. Then we lent it to another company who haven't given it back. It did I think 170w into 4 ohm with an onboard PSU, about 6 inch square, gain, tone and volume.

Like a Powerblock, but good?

That would definitely sell. Although better EQ than a single tone control is a must.

If anything the problem with 170W might be that it's too powerful for a lot of people's cabinets - although presumably if it's Class D/SMPS it will de-rate linearly into 8 or 16 ohms.

imalone

Van_Hayden said:

We did one at Matamp a couple of years ago, then decided nobody would buy it!. Then we lent it to another company who haven't given it back. It did I think 170w into 4 ohm with an onboard PSU, about 6 inch square, gain, tone and volume.

Most of which is heatsink? (suppose not if class D)

Antique_Guitars

100 watt Matamp pedal brick with Volume Bass Mid Treble!  I would 100% buy one. Being a Matamp owner anyway that would seem like heaven to me!

@Van_Hayden you should definitely have a word with Jeff about it!


Also odd question but Van_Hayden are you German? If so then it was you that helped me try out a few amps and the speaker wall when I was ordering my Matamp back in 2005 ish  - Also at the time there were a load of Harry Joyce amps in the showroom.

Handsome_Chris

I'm not sure that the equivalent of 100 watts of valve power it can fit into a pedal.  Andy Hunt at Matrix has designed a small amplifier that can stand toe to toe against a 100 watt head, and I believe that it is just about start production.

Here is a picture to show the size of the 500 watt wee fella.

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t31/p600x600/1008237_691452740878159_324896293_o.jpg

Antique_Guitars

That looks pretty cool!

not_the_dj

Antique_Guitars said:

That looks pretty cool!

Put me down for one as well...

Handsome_Chris

It'll drive a 4x12 very comfortably, yet only weighs 1.9 kilos. I believe that @digitalscream and @Clarky have tried the prototype.

Antique_Guitars

There is that Diago Little Smasher as well but its only 25 watts

Thats is pretty much what I want in terms of design and knobs but I need 100 watts!

not_the_dj

I thought the Little Smasher was only 5 watts?

Antique_Guitars

not_the_dj said:

I thought the Little Smasher was only 5 watts?

Yep your right I must have got confused with something else