Friedman Amplifier Customer Service

Robert Herndon said:
Exactly, they sound like my pedal-boosted Origin 50.

My guess is they are basically doing a Tim Caswell #39 modification???
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From what little i know about them, they typically combine a few famous mods to the 1987Plexis, 1959Plexis, 2203/2203 JMP and 800s. Largely it seems that the Jose mod is the main platform, but in a lot of the Monomyth variations, theyve combined everything from Friedman mods, Langner mods, Cameron mods WITH the Jose mods.

Id love to find out more on them!
 
gball said:
I'm not that surprised honestly. Friedman is a tiny operation in North Hollywood, little more than a shack, which is all it needs to be since the production is handled elsewhere. I'd be shocked if there are more than 10 people working there in total.
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Somebody didnt watch the video.....................I think I saw more than 10 folks in the video.....maybe not --
and........
1. I wouldn't call Friedman "tiny" ;)
2. its a big damn "shack"
3. you should go there -- you can play a multitude of BOGNER and a Friedman and a Wampler stuff--- all in one room ;)
including the new GUITAR line


really did ANYONE watch the homework? Im going to start testing you guys ---- BUWAHAHAHAHAHA
 
eSGEe said:
Somebody didnt watch the video.....................I think I saw more than 10 folks in the video.....maybe not --
and........
1. I wouldn't call Friedman "tiny" ;)
2. its a big damn "shack"
3. you should go there -- you can play a multitude of BOGNER and a Friedman and a Wampler stuff--- all in one room ;)
including the new GUITAR line


really did ANYONE watch the homework? Im going to start testing you guys ---- BUWAHAHAHAHAHA
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Boutique Amps is a huge factory that produces products for dozens of companies, including Friedman. They are not Friedman employees.

Friedman is a small space in a pretty nasty-looking industrial section of North Hollywood:

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I've been to Tone Merchants, which is a pretty badass shop right in front of it, so I've seen the place and it is quite small.
 
I had some odd sounds from my David Eden speakers that are in my Mesa 4x10 so I called up the company.

Supposedly I spoke to David as well. That was years ago. The odd part is after being assured my description of the issue could be made to go away with a reconing service, sadly after spending a good chunk to ship 4 heavy ass bass speakers there plus the repair cost, I still think I hear the noise once I got them back and wired back in. Needless to say, I took a relatively expensive cab by my standards and made it OVERpriced considering what I am left with. It still sounds Mostly good, but it irks me to pay something like $250 bucks and not to have gotten the noise to go away. To me it sounds like a voice coil rubbing.

Now to be totally transparent, it is possible I could have jacked up my wiring as well. ( I did this all prior to meeting any of you guys ) plus basically in the very beginnings of my repairs to any gear of any type. I will have to revisit that little used cabinet, and see exactly what I did wiring, such as Series Parallel etc and Ohmage wise etc.

One of the hardest parts about this cab, is it is front loaded, has a ton of baffling padding inside, and a switch and Horn in addition to the 4 drivers.
Oh yeah, and there is a sort of buss bar type strip inside the cab toward the back where all the wires get soldered to separate contacts. Maybe I can get some pics and tips from you guys if I cannot figure it out myself. Also, I now have a pair of very nice Multimeters for checking things that I did not have when I first bought this cab and went to service it.
 
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chilipeppermaniac said:
I had some odd sounds from my David Eden speakers that are in my Mesa 4x10 so I called up the company.

Supposedly I spoke to David as well. That was years ago. The odd part is after being assured my description of the issue could be made to go away with a reconing service, sadly after spending a good chunk to ship 4 heavy ass bass speakers there plus the repair cost, I still think I hear the noise once I got them back and wired back in. Needless to say, I took a relatively expensive cab by my standards and made it OVERpriced considering what I am left with. It still sounds Mostly good, but it irks me to pay something like $250 bucks and not to have gotten the noise to go away. To me it sounds like a voice coil rubbing.

Now to be totally transparent, it is possible I could have jacked up my wiring as well. ( I did this all prior to meeting any of you guys ) plus basically in the very beginnings of my repairs to any gear of any type. I will have to revisit that little used cabinet, and see exactly what I did wiring, such as Series Parallel etc and Ohmage wise etc.

One of the hardest parts about this cab, is it is front loaded, has a ton of baffling padding inside, and a switch and Horn in addition to the 4 drivers.
Oh yeah, and there is a sort of buss bar type strip inside the cab toward the back where all the wires get soldered to separate contacts. Maybe I can get some pics and tips from you guys if I cannot figure it out myself. Also, I now have a pair of very nice Multimeters for checking things that I did not have when I first bought this cab and went to service it.
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Absolutely! Whenever you get back into it to work and need any help, fire away! Theres plenty of help all over this place
 
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On the subject of Friedmans, my little Pink Taco is one of the best-sounding amps I've ever owned.
In terms of hot British, it's almost impossible to get a less-than-excellent sound from the thing.
Not exactly a chameleon but what it does, it does exceptionally well.
And it has Friedman's extraordinary master volume circuit, a great feature on Dave's amps that sometimes is overlooked.

I think the Twin Sister looks to be a magnificent twin-channel amp: both sides offer a full spectrum of drive, rather than one being a low-gain channel.

My PT with custom 1x12" cab.
 

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eclecticsynergy said:
On the subject of Friedmans, my little Pink Taco is one of the best-sounding amps I've ever owned.
In terms of hot British, it's almost impossible to get a less-than-excellent sound from the thing.
Not exactly a chameleon but what it does, it does exceptionally well.
And it has Friedman's extraordinary master volume circuit, a great feature on Dave's amps that sometimes is overlooked.

I think the Twin Sister looks to be a magnificent twin-channel amp: both sides offer a full spectrum of drive, rather than one being a low-gain channel.

My PT with custom 1x12" cab.
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Nice looking amp!
 
gball said:
Boutique Amps is a huge factory that produces products for dozens of companies, including Friedman. They are not Friedman employees.

Friedman is a small space in a pretty nasty-looking industrial section of North Hollywood:

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I've been to Tone Merchants, which is a pretty badass shop right in front of it, so I've seen the place and it is quite small.
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TONE MERCHANTS IS CLOSED?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
 
I had an issue with my Friedman BE Deluxe and I sent them an E mail two days ago, Dave Friedman E mailed me back within 20 minutes and got the ball rolling for a repair. I look forward to owning one of their amps. I heard plenty of wonderful customer service stories about them and now I have one. We’ll see how the repair goes ...love that pedal
 
Dantheman said:
I had an issue with my Friedman BE Deluxe and I sent them an E mail two days ago, Dave Friedman E mailed me back within 20 minutes and got the ball rolling for a repair. I look forward to owning one of their amps. I heard plenty of wonderful customer service stories about them and now I have one. We’ll see how the repair goes ...love that pedal
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You own the BE amp?

So jealous, If and when I have the extra $$$$ a Friedman is in my future.

I've yet to try one of his products that didn't sound great.

The man obviously has golden ears.
 
steveb63 said:
You own the BE amp?

So jealous, If and when I have the extra $$$$ a Friedman is in my future.

I've yet to try one of his products that didn't sound great.

The man obviously has golden ears.
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No, the BE deluxe is a pedal.I like to run it into a Blackstar Artisan 30 or 100...the hand wired ones. I’d like to own a few of their amps but I have a ton of amps as it is. In the neighborhood of 25 of the best sounding amps from the late 50s til now. I love the FEEL of warm, open sound. My favorite amp is a JMJ 30...last guy that got one waited 12 years on the builders’ list. You can read what he wrote on TGP
 
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