Tone Television-Star Amplifiers Gainstar 30 Demo

there is so little info on star amps, i really am interested in the celestial 30 (as a good alternative to the dc30)but cant find a sound clip anywhere. etleast this gives me some idea of the quality.

sampsons just unstoppable

Too much talk, not enough play, and when he does play, it sounds so-so. Anything Mark Sampson designs is always a little half-ass, Matchless went, Badcat he left too, and now this Star amps project has also vanished without trace. Perhaps Sampson should try sticking to his guns, that's how legends are born, eg: Leo Fender, Jim Marshall, etc.

Well...I like the cleans

Thats a Sticky Wicket there bloke....

I find it laughable that you just referenced some of the best amps ever made... and called them half-ass. I'll give it to you that the overdriven tones on this amp aren't the best, but the cleans are full and bubbly, just beautiful. All the amps Sampson designed for Matchless were great... and 90% of the ones for badcat were the same.

You know what the tone of this amp reminds me of? Silvertones...particularly the 1484's.

it kinda sounds like my Hilgen Victor - great amp!

my friends dad owns one..great amp

Yeah!! The heaviest combo I have ever picked up! It's the el34 1-12 closed back combo model. I played 65 amps memphis combo at supersound music and the tone on that amp is amazing. The bump feature is not channel switching so it is truly unique..

65 amps are the coolest! I'm on the hunt for one!

Shivas are cool. Is it heavy?

Thanks for listening! AB