A review of the ZT Lunchbox Amp from the trenches

[jfine]

Hey, vjf--after a bit of a wait, I was able to hear "Grendel". Very reminiscent of San Francisco c. 1968. Cool stuff! I grew up in San Francisco, graduated high school in '68, and I still think the period from '65 through about '75 was the most creative period popular music has ever seen, but maybe we all feel that way about music we heard between the ages of 15 through maybe 26! You're getting a great tone out of that Hallmark--I can't wait to get mine! Some of your playing sounds a bit like John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service), who was probably my favorite guitar player to come out of that Bay Area scene, although I'll admit to being heavily influenced by Jerry Garcia too. And Clapton and Hendrix, but they weren't San Francisco guys.

[vjf1968]

Hey, vjf--after a bit of a wait, I was able to hear "Grendel". Very reminiscent of San Francisco c. 1968. Cool stuff! I grew up in San Francisco, graduated high school in '68, and I still think the period from '65 through about '75 was the most creative period popular music has ever seen, but maybe we all feel that way about music we heard between the ages of 15 through maybe 26! You're getting a great tone out of that Hallmark--I can't wait to get mine! Some of your playing sounds a bit like John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service), who was probably my favorite guitar player to come out of that Bay Area scene, although I'll admit to being heavily influenced by Jerry Garcia too. And Clapton and Hendrix, but they weren't San Francisco guys.

Sorry about the wait, first time attaching MP3 files. And thanks for the compliments
Actually for that song I went for a Hank Marvin meets The Electric Prunes type of approach.

[Sarah93003]

Thanks for the clips. I'm convinced this little amp has a place at my house!

[bakeoboy]

Mesa Boogie is making a lunchbox amp caslled the transatlantic that will be out in March,that sounds fantastic,and is a channel switcher with varible wattages for each channel.It's going to sell for about $950.all tube,made in USA.

[vjf1968]

Mesa Boogie is making a lunchbox amp caslled the transatlantic that will be out in March,that sounds fantastic,and is a channel switcher with varible wattages for each channel.It's going to sell for about $950.all tube,made in USA.

Traynor has a similar offering

http://www.traynoramps.com/products.asp ... =60&id=424

[bakeoboy]

why are the transformers sticking out of that Traynor?

[vjf1968]

why are the transformers sticking out of that Traynor?

I dunno? To give it a Terry Gilliam/Jules Verne sort of vibe?

[mark1]

Kinda has that old Ampeg fliptop(B12-B15) look to it.