Suhr Hombre owners past and present.

markj

I’ve decided I need a 6g3 in my life.
What’s the Suhr Hombre like?
Positive or negative comments.

Moe_Zambeek

Stiff and a bit bland clean, not a great deal of treble and no sparkle, narrow sweet spot and farts out a bit if you push it too hard; mine had significant tube rattle too. Need to be loud in that potentially-fatiguing small amp way to hit the sweet spot on the volume (7ish). 

On the plus side, they sound great in the sweet spot for that Marshally grind, and they’re really light.

I think they’re a one trick pony. Great trick though!

ryanverbena

I would agree with @Moe_Zambeek - maybe not so critically. I didn’t feel the lack of treble/sparkle so much, but definitely agree that there wasn’t much magic at all until it was above 6 on the volume.

Then too high above that you really need to work hard to stop it squishing out, sounded fine with a treble booster to cut the bass frequencies.

The Chris Stapleton might be a better option? For me it sounds better across the entire volume range, and not so in your face loud. 

NickB

Given the above advice you could purchase the Origin Revival Trem/Deluxe 61. It’s essentially that amp in a box 

ryanverbena

Upon reading it back, it does sound overly negative.

I would just add, that if the Hombre hits “that sound” you are after - then it’s a home run.

Modulus_Amps

I have not played the hombre, but it is a fairly good copy of the 6G3 and I have a clone of one of those. 

I had to swap out the speaker several times till I found one I liked. The amp has a lot of mids and the top end is warm, so having a slightly brighter speaker can help.

It is the last amp I would choose for clean sounds, but if I was going for Billy Gibbons dirty blues its is pure joy

The amp has loads of bass in the circuit which can lead to farty sounds/blocking distortion. That can be fixed with a boost pedal or EQ pedal out front.

A close relative to this amp is the Marshall 1974x which is a little tighter and has a slightly different drive sound due to the EL84s and the lack of blocking distortion.

Moe_Zambeek

@Modulus_Amps when I had the Hombre, I was pretty much thinking I’d rather have a 1974x…so I’m in full agreement.

theterracat

Hombre owner... Very different experience to others I would say. Is very loud compared to what you might expect from its wattage rating/tubes. Has a unique edge of gritty clean and seems paired well to the speaker that comes in the combo, though I perhaps have not played mine enough to even break it in. I too was tempted by the Stapleton Princeton (and still am) but the Hombre is a lovely thing in its own right.

57Deluxe

in depth look at the construction...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs3U3YOVLn0

RickLucas

I would keep the 5E3 and try a tweed champ or vibro champ reverb.