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NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24418]

Thu, 21 January 2016 00:22

sleepingtiger
Messages: 29
Registered: December 2015
Location: Northern Illinois

Junior Member

NEW AMP DAY! I got the Cascade Challenger & compared to that 2-10 SC I just returned, it's night & day! It's 3 times as loud, effects work & sound great & tone for days. It's really clean cosmetically too. It is everything the other one wasn't.
I have to admit, I started looking at/for Kustoms mostly for nostalgia, but forgot that, at least for clean, they really sound great too! I think this sounds every bit as good as a Roland JC120...seriously.
Damn!...just what I needed....another gear addiction! I guess you guys are stuck with me...at least for a while...

Tony

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24419 is a reply to message #24418]

Thu, 21 January 2016 06:15

stevem
Messages: 4730
Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24420 is a reply to message #24418]

Thu, 21 January 2016 09:13

Iowa Boy
Messages: 767
Registered: June 2014

Senior Member

Yeah man, once the bug bites you, your hooked. At least its money well spent.

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24421 is a reply to message #24420]

Thu, 21 January 2016 13:44

sleepingtiger
Messages: 29
Registered: December 2015
Location: Northern Illinois

Junior Member

Yeah, & not that much money either. I think it's ending up at just under $260. I guess I got lucky, no?

Tony

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24424 is a reply to message #24418]

Thu, 21 January 2016 16:54

sleepingtiger
Messages: 29
Registered: December 2015
Location: Northern Illinois

Junior Member

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24425 is a reply to message #24418]

Thu, 21 January 2016 17:26

tito566
Messages: 45
Registered: August 2013

Member

There is definitely something to be said about the Super Sound series
of Kustoms. I have a Hustler and it is probably the most quiet, cleanest
sounding amp of all my Kustoms. Good luck with this one!

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24438 is a reply to message #24425]

Fri, 22 January 2016 11:53

sleepingtiger
Messages: 29
Registered: December 2015
Location: Northern Illinois

Junior Member

Here she is!

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24460 is a reply to message #24438]

Sat, 23 January 2016 12:23

pleat
Messages: 1452
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

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I have a buddy who is selling two challenger's for sale. a Charcoal and an Kool Black in great condition for 500.00 for the pair.
pleat

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24461 is a reply to message #24460]

Sat, 23 January 2016 13:02

sleepingtiger
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Registered: December 2015
Location: Northern Illinois

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Pleat, that's a great deal! That's basically what I paid & I think I got a steal!

Tony

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24462 is a reply to message #24418]

Sat, 23 January 2016 13:14

Kustom_Bart
Messages: 601
Registered: October 2010
Location: Greenville, MichiGUN

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If you think one sounds good Tony, put a processor pedal in front of 2 of them and run them in stereo and put one on each side of the stage! That is a mind blower and sounds incredible!

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24463 is a reply to message #24462]

Sat, 23 January 2016 21:11

pleat
Messages: 1452
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

Senior Member

I've been running a K50 for years and finally decided to try my stereo processor pedal in stereo last summer. Huge difference in tone on stage. Now I run two K50's. I've owned this processor pedal since 1993 and never gave much thought to stereo. Wished I'd have tried it 23 years ago.

pleat

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24466 is a reply to message #24463]

Sun, 24 January 2016 00:32

sleepingtiger
Messages: 29
Registered: December 2015
Location: Northern Illinois

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While I love the clean tone, I still haven't compared it to the clean channel on my Mesa Road King II. If I DO like it better, I will use it for my clean & the RK II for all my overdrive tones. I'm still a tube amp guy, as I love real tube distortion, as opposed to pedals. Speaking of pedals, I have a huge pedal board & going stereo would be a wiring nightmare, hehe! It's no picnic as it is, plus I have all the time-based & most modulation effects in the effect loops on the RK II. I probably will mess around with some stereo fun using my old RP12 multi-effect.
Right now, I don't have to worry about gig use. I'm having enough trouble getting a project/band going. I want to thank all you guys for making me feel welcome. You seem like a great bunch!

Tony

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Re: NAD! Cascade Challenger! [message #24481 is a reply to message #24418]

Mon, 25 January 2016 20:26

Kustom_Bart
Messages: 601
Registered: October 2010
Location: Greenville, MichiGUN

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Both Pleat and I use a RP-1 lol! I have a full Risson Tube stack and it just sits, it will do 240 watts, 120 watts or 80 watts and sounds better than any Marshall, but it is big and heavy to lug around. I used to think bigger was better until I threw a K50 on the stage with my pedal in front of it and it cuts through the mix and isn't a lazer pointer like a Marshall 4 x 12 cab. I liked my over driven tube distortion as well, but if you take an amp that is very clean and then add effects, it is amazing what you can do. I even did the 4 wire deal with the effects loop and all of that stuff with my tube amps. Trust me, try this out and you will be amazed! That 25 watt amp will make a Marshall stack cry...lol! My Rhythm player has a Mesa and loves my Kustom so much that he wants one now!

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