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«  Astonishing! »

Published on 10/02/12 at 09:13
12w tube amp with a nice bowl celestion 12 inch inside.
3-band EQ very effective gain and volume.
Two entrances, one High and Low, which makes the crunch more or less easily, and also affects the overall volume.
We also have a line output, the classical sum.
Most have been a reverb, but I quibble for nothing as it is already very good.
Nice facade with pretty buttons.

UTILIZATION

Very simple to use who knows an amp, the settings are minimal, just enough for an amp of study.
The grain is gradual at first and rises suddenly limit, sending it severe blow, but it is accompanied by a breath quite annoying, but not insurmountable, it is quite normal with such a level of gain, especially since I played with a telecaster (microphones so simple).
The amp tends to be very "trebly", makes you care to drop it in general, especially as it can be very high to the point of pain!
Otherwise, we easily obtain a plethora of sounds potable hot and well, it all approach lights, but over time you realize that it is the transistor.
Apart from that I like the sound enough gain separate volume allows for a clean sound at high volume advantage by transistors against you will not find in a Marshall Class 5 for example, or the rise in volume is automatically accompanied by a rise in gain.

SOUNDS

So I am not someone who plays a lot of styles, with a strong tendency towards solos.
As discussed above, high gain it tends towards the distortion without really being, it should be accompanied by a pedal history to reach the high-gain some want.
For blues and rock on the other hand, nothing to say, it is very good.
It has a lot of volume elsewhere, especially with the gain above half, enough to compete with a drummer too muscular.
I also never use double coils, the sound is very good, very hot and you can feel the character of each guitar that branch there.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a little over a year now, I got not too expensive, I tried Hughes & kettner edition blue that totally sucked the TWANG of my guitar, no heat and more trebly (it there is bad), if I had a fender champion 600, but the lack of equalization makes it unusable because it offers a very dull with my telecaster. The Marshall is the middle, although I always look on the side of tubes All rehearsals and concerts pub or club.
So yes I remake this choice, for 110 euros is excellent, especially that a priori it does not run the streets.