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Published on 02/06/07 at 02:26
Tube amp 4 x 12AX7 + 6 x EL34, and a small fan to ventilate it all back, a bit noisy damage: /
60W, an effects loop, two outputs for external HP
2CH: clean, overdrive and a boost on the overdrive
There is a DSP with chorus / flanger / delay, it sounds a lot, nothing more. Reverb.

A great idea: there are two switchable master volume, so you can adjust the sound to the rhythm and stuff, and have a little more volume for the solo or otherwise, is really a great idea, especially for me playing in a group with two guitars, it will help bring out the solos!

edit: two master volume is really good, but the small problem is that the volume knobs are not very progressive, they lack sensitivity, shame! It must be set with onions!

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple for anyone who has already had an amp before ... treble / bass / middle / gain / volume
As against the knobs are not very progressive as indicated above

We obtain the desired very quickly, just a little tampering playing what

EDIT: For transport, it is heavy vraimient animals!! I regret that there have not both wrists at each end to raise it to two as I saw on another amp!

SOUNDS

It is perfect for my style of music, ie blues / rock, not too saturated. The crunch is fantastic, and very distortion AC / DC I think. We can push the gain and get a big fat saturation, without reaching a extreme stuff.
A little regret for the clean, which is no more, but I did not tampered lot, so to see!
I play it with an increase in EMG SA/SA/89 Start, the pickups it sounds very simple, very nice crunch, I love it! With the 89 position double microphone, it is hard, the riffs AC / DC-esque enchainent no problem: D

EDIT: So I have more stratum EMG, now I have a Gibson Les Paul Classic ... benh and there ... is the killer!
- On my clean channel I put the gain at just over half, making saturate my microwave sharp and gives me a nice phone style saturation / AC / DC, I fell on my knob for easy micro arrive at a clear / very bluesy crunch, with many medium, it sounds really!
- On the boosted channel, I gain about 1 / 3, and I have a lot more heavy saturation, and with the fact that the boost to death for the solos!

OVERALL OPINION

I've had 2 days, I amuse myself as a little crazy: D
I love the sound (haha normal) and the fact that despite its power it can be used to "low volume" while having good sound, but of course it must push a little to make him spit out his guts! At the benh look at first glance it is very "metal", I would have preferred a slightly more vintage look, but hey, it's beautiful!
I try an old all-tube Peavey all rotted in the same price range ... benh and I regret not buying this: D
The value for money is not bad, for about the 900th was a very versatile amp that sounds good in a lot of styles of music!
For now I do not have enough experience to know if I would do this choice;)