Poor man's Fryette Powerstation II

BBBlues

Would totally love to own a Fryette Powerstation but don't think I can justify the ££. Anything come close for £200 to £300?

firepaulmusic

Seymour Duncan do a power amp in pedal form, it's meant to be very good.

guitarfishbay

Which aspect do you want from it?

If it’s a valve power amp look for used Marshall poweramps. They’re heavy, but they’re often cheap

John_A

An old solid state power amp HH or something would do the trick

mixolyd

AMT loadbox + any cheap SS power amp

BBBlues

Thanks guys. I'm looking for a load box and re-amping that's transparent. Will use it occasionally for recording too.

Chalky

BBBlues said:

Thanks guys. I'm looking for a load box and re-amping that's transparent. Will use it occasionally for recording too.

Then you want a Fryette. 

BBBlues

Thought so. 

ICBM

Actually if you want *transparent*, then a simple load box and a basic solid state power amp is exactly what you want. In fact, a second hand hi-fi amp would be perfect for the amp part, and they can be very cheap, under £50 will usually get you something quite decent.

BBBlues

I see the Torpedo Two Notes Reload has come down in price a bit. Anyone had any experience with it?

BBBlues

ICBM said:

Actually if you want *transparent*, then a simple load box and a basic solid state power amp is exactly what you want. In fact, a second hand hi-fi amp would be perfect for the amp part, and they can be very cheap, under £50 will usually get you something quite decent.

I want a one box solution.

webrthomson

BBBlues said:

ICBM said:

Actually if you want *transparent*, then a simple load box and a basic solid state power amp is exactly what you want. In fact, a second hand hi-fi amp would be perfect for the amp part, and they can be very cheap, under £50 will usually get you something quite decent.

I want a one box solution.

How about the Suhr reactive load box:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitar-amps/guitar-amps/suhr-reactive-load-box.htm

or the Rivera mini rock crusher:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitar-amps/guitar-amps/suhr-reactive-load-box.htm

Either of those + IR's should do

Wazmeister

Tim,

Wait and save for a PS mate... they are superb

FreddieVanHalen

I have a Torpedo Reload that I'm more than happy with...I think @Wazmeister has also had one and sold one and is sticking to the PS recommendation though, so if you have similar tastes and needs to Waz then the Reload may not float your boat :-)

SunDevil

ICBM said:

Actually if you want *transparent*, then a simple load box and a basic solid state power amp is exactly what you want. In fact, a second hand hi-fi amp would be perfect for the amp part, and they can be very cheap, under £50 will usually get you something quite decent.

Lol trolling ICBM - never thought I’d see the day..

..he’s 100% right of course (as ever) - the Two Notes is exactly a line level load box (make your own for £20) into a SS power amp.

The Power Station is just that it’s a simple PCB-based clean valve amp

One of the well regarded amp builders I know uses a simple line level out via an active EQ into an old valve Hifi amp - he’s bordering on an unhealthy obsession for tone and he’s happy using that for playing big amps at night in an apartment.

I’m a big fan of the Power Station, but what it gives you us a one box solution rather than the only option

ICBM

BBBlues said:

ICBM said:

Actually if you want *transparent*, then a simple load box and a basic solid state power amp is exactly what you want. In fact, a second hand hi-fi amp would be perfect for the amp part, and they can be very cheap, under £50 will usually get you something quite decent.

I want a one box solution.

Bolt the resistor into the casing of the hi-fi amp...

BBBlues

To be fair, if the load box and amp were rack mounted that wouldn't be such an issue for me. 

olafgarten

A DIY Resistive Dummy Load can be had very cheaply and you could probably fit it in a pedal enclosure that you can velcro to the back of your cheap HiFi Amp, it's almost a one box solution, although it's a bit of a lumpy box.

ICBM

If you want a rackmount unit, you could do it fairly cheaply by buying something like a Marshall Valvestate power amp, disabling and removing one of the power amp channels, using its heatsink to mount the dummy load resistor, and the other channel as the re-amp. It will already have enough connections on the back to do everything you need.

You could actually buy a *dead* Valvestate power amp for pennies, if you can find one - it's a near certainty that only one channel will be down.