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Review from Guitar World Magazine - Platinum Award!


Tomi Martin Black Dog Duo Stack, touring w/ Justin Bieber (above)


Robert Galvan of The Black Saints rockin the Black dog 50..  Milwaukee,Wi
Hey Richard,
My name is Kenneth Mount and i am a producer at TreeSound studios. Recently
a few of my artists have brought in Goodsell amps to use in the studio.

A few months ago the band CARTEL came in and we were doing a full length
album. When it came time to do guitars we set up every guitar cabinet we
could get our hands on in teh studio and we had our selves a cab shoot out.
We used the Goodsell 33 head and a les paul. We had about 10 cabs all lined
up in the studio A room, including orange cabs, about 4 different marshall
cabs from different years, a matchless cab, badcat, and dude, the Goodsell
cab BLEW AWAY all the other cabs. It wasn't even a contest.

There was so much more low end and warmth to the Goodsell cabs, so i don't know what the
hell your doing to them, but KEEP DOING IT. We recorded the entire Cartel
album through a Goodsell amp. I'm happy to say it debuted 2 weeks ago at
number 20 on the billboard top 200. So thanks for making amazing cabs and
amps.

Another band i've produced called THE LESS, their guitar player Kyle
bought an amp from you today actually, because he asked what we used on the
Cartel album. I believe some of the guys in Collective Soul have some
Goodsell amps also, i've seen them around the studio when they have been
there. So anyway, just thought you should know.

Thanks man, you do great work
Kenneth Mount
www.zkproductions.com
" This amp is a monster. You will wonder why you ever needed an amp with more than 3 knobs."

".....have been playing for about 40 years. i have owned about 25 amps in the last ten years, looking for what works for me. simple and toneful, with superb clarity is how i describe this amp. i cant believe the maker of this amp gets this tone with 17 watts, a gz34 rectifier and 2 12ax7s. the amp has guts and soul. i am thrilled i stumbled upon it".

"I have had this amp for a week, and am still just floored with it. I Took a leap of faith and bought it sight unseen or heard, based soley on testimonial, and feel like I won the lottery".

"If you lay on it hard with your pick hand it is very reminiscent of a fired up left channel on a m*******s 30, but still has a clarity to it when you play tight voicings, it just rings. It does not get quite as much gain as the matchless at full steam. With one channel, It sounds better and covers nearly as much sonic ground as both channels of the m*******s".

"I needed a medium sized amp like this particular Goodsell (yes, there are larger Goodsells also!) after purchasing a D************7 for $4,000.00, one of the hottest amps in the world right now. After playing it, I didn't think there was anything out there that could touch it short of a Dumble or a Trainwreck. I was wrong. With the Goodsell, I now have a couple of the best sounding amplifiers on the planet! I'd give it an 11 if I could!"

"have been playing 30 years, and honestly didn't think I would find an amp better suited to me than my m*******s, but thankful I did. This is one of those pieces I plan to hold onto for a very long time. I understand richard is now making the combo's w/optional reverb, which I hope to hear one of these days. Feel free to contact me if you have more questions."

"i was really surprised at the tone of this speaker with this amp/cab. the amp weighs in at 38 pounds and is just the right size. this amp just simply fits the way i play. a lot of bass/low end, and plenty of volume."

"I received this amp a couple of months ago (new) and I keep liking it more and more every day. The sound is awesome and addictive".

"......a match made in tone heaven, and this amp loves P90's as well as humbuckers. The first time I heard one of Richards' amps 2 months ago it absolutely floored me, and this was at Atlanta Discount Music which carries the best toys from Carr, Fargen, Koch, Orange, Soldano, etc... so I was able to compare it to some great amps in the same listening enviroment. Nothing I listened to/played the rest of the day stood out. This amp is one smokin' MOJO MOFO".

"The natural compression along with the depth and definition of the amp is incredible...almost sounds like a chorusy effect as guitars just sparkle through it. I'd never truly heard my Les Pauls until I plugged them into the Super 17...they just came alive. My Strat and Tele's sounded equally great and the P-90 equipped Melody Maker is a new favorite of mine through the Super 17. My Rickenbacker is a guitar I generally don't gravitate towards when I sit down to play (if for no other reason, it's a 12 string). Thats likely to change now that the Super 17 is around...the two were made for one another. No one has mentioned trying an acoustic through this amp yet and frankly I wasn't expecting much. It does have some sonic characteristics that would seem to lend itself well to an acoustic though, so for the heck of it I decided to plug my Martin 000-28 into the Super 17 just to see what kind of results I'd get. With a little tweak of the guitar's on-board EQ, I was able to dial in a terrific acoustic tone...very transparent, crystal clean with a tight bottom end. You just hear every little nuance of whatever is plugged into this amp".

"Suffice it to say, this is a LOUD 17 watts! But again, where this amp really excels is in the utter simplicity of it's design and it's incredible tone. Again, I didn't stop in to the local music dealer to buy this amp...but I did. It's an amazing little creature and I couldn't be happier"!

"How can I describe this heavenly tone? Most people equate fullness with more gain or more volume, but the key with these amps is clarity. If I were to really compare as far as vintage vibe, think old Tweed - but there is something else going on here. The cleans are pristine, with more headroom than you would think for a 17 watt amp. When you turn up the gain and the tone, however, more of the real magic comes out. Imagine being able to control the tone, volume, AND gain simply by adjusting your touch and pick attack".

"I have more than 15 amps, and in terms of a simple, beautiful tone, this one is the winner..."

"The best feature on this amp is the ON switch, 'cause once you hit that you've got great tone for miles and miles. I'm so sick of amps with knobs and so called "features" that color the true sound of the guitar and the amp together".ther.

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