the thing about Super Replay’s that people fail to mention is that it was the 1st affordable digital sampler easily usable in a performance setting. Pushing the ‘hold’ button on a Deltalab Effectron and pitching it was cool( actually extremely fuckin cool), but the CV/gate input on the super meant you could trigger AND change pitch of the sample using available analog mono synths (Sequential’s pro-one was perfect). This thing was not a toy like the instant replay- it was (and still is) a monster lo res bit cruncher that can go from extremely punchy short samples to slowed/pitched down loops that sound like the signal is bouncing off Pluto. The next affordable development was Ensoniq’s Mirage- which was cool, but not an easy floor box that you could plug anything into and get instant freaky loops. another cool thing is that since you have no idea how long the original loop timing is set for, it’ll cut off abruptly on the main loop, but the overdubs just flow smoothly above it. I still use the Super in front of other loopers, to make wierd slowed down loops before going into an EDP or DL4.

Ron
i will send pics of the 4×10 freedom amp soon. i’m happy that you verified it’s existence as it’s the only one i”ve ever seen. At first i thought it might be a fake, but after closer examination, the circuit board is original, the speakers are original, and the cabinet wood seems to correlate to other freedom amps.

I have had 5 AC freedom amps over the years and my experiences are… 2 black and one grey (!) tolex guitar versions with attached power cords. a red tolex “pa” version with a male AC cord socket and a chassis plug where the ‘bite’ control should be. and the king of them all- a red 4×10 guitar version with a male socket. i’m kinda surprised if they were only 55 watts- i used to use just 1 black version live with a screaming tree-LPB cranked-ram’s head muff signal path and it was LOUD AS FUCK. seriously, this little tiny 10″ speaker amp sitting on top of my bass players SVT. people constantly asked “where’s the guitar coming from?” because the freedom amp box looked like a homemade monitor or something. haha. these guys are the only solid state amps i’d ever play. now i send my main signal thru the normal JMP-AC 30 chain, but loops, etc go into a non PA’d freedom blasting at stage front. if you an find one that works, you too will be a believer..