QUICK advice needed: H&K DuoTone

Regor · 12-01-2006, 11:00 AM

For anyone that has ever had/tried one of these. How do they compare to a TriAmp MkII?

A friend of mine from the local GC called me. He knows this crackhead who is looking to ditch a DuoTone Head and matching 4x12 cab with V30s for $900. Literally, a crackhead. He's banned from going to that GC, so he can't ask him to bring it up there to test out first. He's currently got a 5150 and he's thinking if the DuoTone is close to the TriAmp, he'd get rid of the 5150 for it.

But the question is, does it do modern metal??

Drew · 12-01-2006, 11:50 AM

If the thing works, for $900 he loses nothing by trying. Have him go over to the guy's place and fire it up, and as long as it doesn't blow up on him it's probably a save investment.

You figure if he buys it and after a week of fiddling he's still not happy with it, if he just craig's lists it, he'll probably come out ahead.

Regor · 12-01-2006, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew

Have him go over to the guy's place and fire it up,

He doesn't wanna do that... cuz he's a crackhead. Literally. The guy is addicted to crack, and is selling this rig to get more crack money.

Rick · 12-01-2006, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regor

He doesn't wanna do that... cuz he's a crackhead. Literally. The guy is addicted to crack, and is selling this rig to get more crack money.

I love that you keep telling us he's a crackhead. I don't know why, I just think it's funny!

Leon · 12-01-2006, 12:31 PM

InTheRavensName · 12-01-2006, 12:32 PM

^ WIN

Drew · 12-01-2006, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regor

He doesn't wanna do that... cuz he's a crackhead. Literally. The guy is addicted to crack, and is selling this rig to get more crack money.

Then if he's too freaked out to go to the guy's place to check the amp out, pass.

No matter how good the amp may be, if he's too uneasy about the seller to go demo the thing, that alone should tell you something.

starsnuffer · 12-01-2006, 02:19 PM

Channel 3a of the triamp mkII is apparently identical to the duotones dirty channel.

I own a triamp mkII. While I prefer channel 3b for metal, 3a will definatly do it. Keep in mind that these amps like to be played loud, and your bass actually increases when you turn the volume up. They sound sterile at bedroom or even house levels.

I own a bogner XTC101B and a mesa dual recto, and the triamp is my favorite, if that gives you any idea. The duotone is a handbuilt amp as well and very nice. For 900 bones you can't go wrong, the cab alone is worth that.

-W

Jeff · 12-01-2006, 05:37 PM

I wouldn't give the guy the money for it, out of principle. I wouldn't want to indirectly support someone else's crack habit.

But that's me. Plus, I wouldn't want to buy it because you never know if it was obtained questionably in the first place, and if someone will come looking for it. There's a lot of paranoid things that would run through my head dealing with a guy like that, and I would just avoid it. Plus I've heard the Duotone is nothing like the Triamp.

The Dark Wolf · 12-01-2006, 05:56 PM

^ That's a great point. My buddy had his brand new Les Paul and his Marshall halfstack stolen by a crackhead while he had a party at his house, years ago. Bye bye, like 3 grand, just like that.

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12-01-2006, 11:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
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starsnuffer ss.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 472 Main Seven: RG7CST, DC747 Rig: H&K Triamp mkII Thanked: 5 / 1	Channel 3a of the triamp mkII is apparently identical to the duotones dirty channel. I own a triamp mkII. While I prefer channel 3b for metal, 3a will definatly do it. Keep in mind that these amps like to be played loud, and your bass actually increases when you turn the volume up. They sound sterile at bedroom or even house levels. I own a bogner XTC101B and a mesa dual recto, and the triamp is my favorite, if that gives you any idea. The duotone is a handbuilt amp as well and very nice. For 900 bones you can't go wrong, the cab alone is worth that. -W

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Jeff Banned from Reality Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,216 Real Name: Uh.....Jeff Main Seven: none Rig: Mesa DC-5 Thanked: 23	I wouldn't give the guy the money for it, out of principle. I wouldn't want to indirectly support someone else's crack habit. But that's me. Plus, I wouldn't want to buy it because you never know if it was obtained questionably in the first place, and if someone will come looking for it. There's a lot of paranoid things that would run through my head dealing with a guy like that, and I would just avoid it. Plus I've heard the Duotone is nothing like the Triamp.

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