First it was the Friedman solid state mini amp, now it’s a Bogner. That leads me to believe that the Friedman must have done well in the market.
No, I haven’t gotten my hands on either of them – my website is too small to kiss corporate ass, and so is my YouTube channel. I have nothing against these, um… solid state… ah…
OK, here’s the deal – I think people are going to have buyer’s remorse with these two amp heads. I think they’ll be pretty common on the used market in a year or two. Why? Because they look good, but they don’t make much sense.
You get one of these heads for $329, but there’s no USB out and there’s no headphone jack, so you need to buy a speaker. Spend $200 on an inexpensive 12 inch speaker cab. Now you’ve put $529 and you’ve got a one trick pony that can’t compete sonically with a BOSS Katana in the same price range.
Can you gig with it? No. At 30 watts of solid state, you’re not keeping up with a rock or metal drummer.
Can you record with it? Yes, after you buy a Shure SM 57, and now you’ve spent $629, and you should have bought an HX Stomp or a POD Go – it sounds more like the real thing, and it has tons of other amp models and speakers and pedals.
Can you practice with it? Yes, but it does one sound. And for $529, you could get a used tube amp or a really good Katana.
So it doesn’t make sense for gigs or recording or practicing. But it does LOOK cool. If you have a lot of disposable cash, what’s the harm? There is no harm. If you want one, buy one. But if you wait long enough and really think about it, you might talk yourself out of it.
Now talk ME out of it. Because as dumb as they are, I kinda still want one.
