Tech 21 Trademark Club 10, 30, 60 +

Hey folks

I gigged my TM10 last night with a drummer!

Which prompted me to start a club. Love these little amps!

Ok, I guess Tech 21 guys are too :cool: to join a club...

I'd used the bass side of things exclusively for about 5 years: RBI preamp, Landmark 300 head, Bass Driver DI box. The LM300's parametric mids killed the RBI & Bass Driver for me, but it was a little underpowered @ 300w. If I'd been able to find a Landmark 600 I'd have kept it until one of us were dead ;)

I've only heard great things about the Trademark amps, and one is certainly on the agenda. I've been using a Para Driver DI for bass distortion (and emergency rig) on my last tour, and it's great for direct recording acoustic & electric guitar.

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OK, I'll bite... Among other amps I have a Tech 21 Trademark 60, which until recently was my main working amp. Newcomers to the TM60 sometimes have problems dialling in the sound they want, as the controls are very sensitive. But once the optimal settings are established, it's a very satisfying amp to use and has more than adequate clean headroom for gigging purposes if that's what you need.

Caveat here: in my view and experience, the best sounds are to be found in channel 1. The second channel, aimed more at heavily overdriven Marshall or Boogie approximations, does its thing well enough but the sounds are pretty compressed, lack a certain amount of definition (I find) and according to some reports tend to get lost in a mix.

The TM60 is nicely made and importantly the factory seems to have a great reputation for customer service. I have the original 1 x 12 version in which I've upgraded the speaker to a Celestion G12K-100, adding a couple of pounds in weight and a little bit more smoothness and low-end response. But the OE G12P-80 (the "Seventy-80") is a pretty decent speaker to begin with.

The TM60's moderate weight, quality of sound and build, together with its inbuilt facilities, make it a good choice as a versatile working amp.

I have the TM 10, and I've actually used it on gigs where the PA did the heavy lifting. I've never managed to convince a soundman to use the built in DI though.

I'd love to find a TM30 in the hardwood.

I have the TM 10, and I've actually used it on gigs where the PA did the heavy lifting. I've never managed to convince a soundman to use the built in DI though.

I'd love to find a TM30 in the hardwood.

Me too. And its surprising how those little amps are just enough for on stage volume, in some circumstances at least.

I played a hardwood TM30 at a local store in the western suburbs of Chicago. I had been looking forward to trying a Trademark amp in person after seeing some great YouTube clips, so I was shocked when this one sounded awful.

Now, I don't know what the problem was. Could be that I had no idea how to dial anything in on the amp. I had the EQ knobs set to noon, and tried some further fiddling, but the thing always sounded like it was wrapped in a particularly heavy blanket. Maybe the speaker needed to be broken in, I don't know.

Of course, the selection of (to put it kindly) sub-par quality guitars in the store that I was using it with, as well as the heaviest death metal I've ever heard (and granted, I haven't heard much) playing fairly loud over the store's radio may also have played a role. Its power cord was missing, too, so the grizzled employee yanked one off of a Line 6 amp and plugged it into the Tech 21, so maybe there was some sort of electricity miss-match.

I had been all ready to buy it, especially since I thought I was only going to try out a non-hardwood version, but given what I was hearing come out of it, I just couldn't do it.

Hopefully I'll find one in a different shop someday, because I refuse to believe that these amps typically sound like that one, with all the praise they get.

I have a TM60. Very satisfied with it.
Also use the TRI-AC preamp pedal.

I've the TM60.

Older version with the Tech21 speaker in it.

Sounds good and for sure, it does require some tweaking with the very very dynamic interactive knobs.

But when you find that sound, it's a bloody good one!!

Make that two Wellington region TM'ers. Early TM60 here too.

Long time fan of the TM60. I've been gigging it for 10+ years.

When I was gigging with an amp (I use a Boss GT-6 now) I used a TM60 for about 5 years.
Had some problems with the speaker, footswitch... but it was a great sounding amp.

I love my little TM30le. Bought it back in 2004. It sounds great and the oak cab looks great too. Has a nice satin finish. Changed the power supply once. The folks over at Tech 21 are really nice to deal with. Lloyd is a cool guy.

Tech 21 Trademark 30 Limited Edition.

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww240/the_best_of_fools/tm30le_002.jpg

more pics...

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww240/the_best_of_fools/TM30_01.jpg

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww240/the_best_of_fools/TM30_02.jpg



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I have the TM 60. PE 60 and TM 10.