Milkman The Amp 100

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 8 Jan 2020 9:47 am

Has anyone had the chance to try out Timâ€™s new mini amp. It like The Amp, but double the power. 100 watts into 8 ohms. Looks fantastic.

https://milkmansound.com/products/the-amp-100

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 13 Jan 2020 4:26 pm

If anyone is going to be at NAMM, they can find out for themselves. I will have my Williams set up and a few Amp 100s to try

Patrick Fleming · Post by **Patrick Fleming** » 2 May 2020 5:41 am

It looks like these are now available! I am looking forward to hearing some reviews on how they work with pedal steel.

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 2 May 2020 7:42 am

Iâ€™m on the list for one.

Patrick Fleming · Post by **Patrick Fleming** » 6 Jul 2020 5:06 am

Have the amp 100s shipped yet? I am pretty anxious to hear some reviews.

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 7 Jul 2020 8:00 am

I started shipping them last week (first week of July)

Jordan Slator · Post by **Jordan Slator** » 14 Jul 2020 11:23 am

I'm planning on picking one up and have a nice Avatar 2x12" cab collecting dust that I'd like to use with it. Tim, I know you like the Jupiter speakers in a 2x12". I'm assuming a pair of 50 watt Jupiters would work well with The Amp 100? Any preference between AlNiCo and ceramic?

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 14 Jul 2020 11:43 am

You will have good results with the Jupiter ceramic speakers - but make sure you order them at either 16ohms and wire in parallel or 4 ohms and wire them in series.

Jordan Slator · Post by **Jordan Slator** » 14 Jul 2020 12:01 pm

Tim Marcus wrote:You will have good results with the Jupiter ceramic speakers - but make sure you order them at either 16ohms and wire in parallel or 4 ohms and wire them in series.

Thanks!

But...

...just went to the Jupiter site to order a pair and shipping to Canada costs more than the speakers themselves!! $220 for the speakers + $247 shipping = $467. And they don't seem to have a Canadian dealer for speakers. Any more "common" speakers that you'd suggest as a good substitute? Something from Eminence or Celestion maybe?

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 14 Jul 2020 1:39 pm

Email me.

I can send a pair to Canada for much less I get great rates and Iâ€™m a dealer!

Jordan Slator · Post by **Jordan Slator** » 14 Jul 2020 5:33 pm

Tim Marcus wrote:Email me.

I can send a pair to Canada for much less I get great rates and Iâ€™m a dealer!

Will do. Thanks!

Patrick Fleming · Post by **Patrick Fleming** » 5 Sep 2020 11:13 am

Still no reviews of The Amp 100 for Steel? I saw the video Of Alex with direct out, but would be interested in peoples thought and comparisons to other amps.

Gene Tani · Post by **Gene Tani** » 6 Sep 2020 8:40 am

maybe this fellow

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=361107

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 6 Sep 2020 10:16 am

Patrick Fleming wrote:Still no reviews of The Amp 100 for Steel? I saw the video of Alex with direct out...

Alex ??? Thanks.

Patrick Fleming · Post by **Patrick Fleming** » 6 Sep 2020 5:09 pm

Alex Kidd posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMKW_dZ1NCg&t

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 7 Sep 2020 10:18 am

Thank you Patrick !

Foster Haney · Post by **Foster Haney** » 14 Sep 2020 6:24 am

Has anyone used The Amp for a bass guitar? Did it fair well?

Jordan Slator · Post by **Jordan Slator** » 16 Sep 2020 9:59 am

Patrick Fleming wrote:Still no reviews of The Amp 100 for Steel? I saw the video Of Alex with direct out, but would be interested in peoples thought and comparisons to other amps.

I'm probably the worst guy to post a review because I'm a beginner at steel and have very little to compare it to. To this point, I've been playing my pedal steel through an assortment of amps I happened to have on hand that weren't being used for something else at the time (mostly low wattage stuff). What I will say is that as soon as I plugged the Milkman 100 into a 2x12" cab with a pair of Jupiters in it, it sounded EXACTLY like what I wanted my pedal steel to sound like. It's very sweet sounding, has the perfect match of warmth and sparkle, can get nice and loud but is extremely quiet at idle, the reverb sounds great and it just seems to react beautifully to the instrument. It really makes me want to play. Again, not much to compare it to, but I'm SUPER happy with it.