Henriksen Bud/JazzAmp (Update 8/30 w/ Travis Toy speaker)
Posted: 4 Jul 2015 1:00 pm
Hey Steelers,
I'm mostly just posting this to maybe turn some folks onto an amp/company that's local to me here in Colorado that just released a cool new "mini" model that actually sounds pretty good with Pedal Steel... and the size/features are really making my life easy for steel and lots of other stuff too, so I thought I'd pass it on.
Henriksen Amplification is the company and "The Bud" is their new model... 120 Watts Solid State, 6.5" Eminence, 17lbs, and has two independently EQ'd (5 band) channels each with individual reverb, phantom power, an Aux input for iPod/backing tracks, plus both a line out and extension speaker jacks...
Full disclosure, one of the gentlemen that works at the shop has done repairs on my Fender amps in the past, so that's how I came to know about them, but I've objectively been really happy with the product so far and thought some of the folks on the Forum might be looking for a similar solution... I've used it extensively at home for learning songs and low volume/headphone practice, but it also kept up just fine at a rehearsal last week with drums, bass, etc. in a small room... really a cool little amp for all that, small gigs, multiple instruments etc. Does it sound like a Twin with JBLs? No... but to my ears it sounds pretty good and you can practically put the thing in a backpack.
And, I haven't tried it with an extension speaker yet, but I have an empty 12" speaker cab that I plan on loading up with something suited for steel (any suggestions??) and will report back on how that sounds....
Anyways, sorry for the long post, but worth a gander... lots of videos w/ different instruments at the following link: http://jazzamp.com/product/jazzamp/the-bud/
Happy Steelin'!
I'm mostly just posting this to maybe turn some folks onto an amp/company that's local to me here in Colorado that just released a cool new "mini" model that actually sounds pretty good with Pedal Steel... and the size/features are really making my life easy for steel and lots of other stuff too, so I thought I'd pass it on.
Henriksen Amplification is the company and "The Bud" is their new model... 120 Watts Solid State, 6.5" Eminence, 17lbs, and has two independently EQ'd (5 band) channels each with individual reverb, phantom power, an Aux input for iPod/backing tracks, plus both a line out and extension speaker jacks...
Full disclosure, one of the gentlemen that works at the shop has done repairs on my Fender amps in the past, so that's how I came to know about them, but I've objectively been really happy with the product so far and thought some of the folks on the Forum might be looking for a similar solution... I've used it extensively at home for learning songs and low volume/headphone practice, but it also kept up just fine at a rehearsal last week with drums, bass, etc. in a small room... really a cool little amp for all that, small gigs, multiple instruments etc. Does it sound like a Twin with JBLs? No... but to my ears it sounds pretty good and you can practically put the thing in a backpack.
And, I haven't tried it with an extension speaker yet, but I have an empty 12" speaker cab that I plan on loading up with something suited for steel (any suggestions??) and will report back on how that sounds....
Anyways, sorry for the long post, but worth a gander... lots of videos w/ different instruments at the following link: http://jazzamp.com/product/jazzamp/the-bud/
Happy Steelin'!
But Bud was in the fridge that day!
