B-52 LG-100A

Bought this from Guitar Center in March '04 for $599.00 on a special 'green tag' sale. I looked long and hard at purchasing a Marshall, then to a Crate, and a couple others in between. Quite honestly I never had heard of B-52's - and was not going to sink that kind of buck on a product I knew nothing about. Fortunately the guys at guitar center set up a side by side comparison/taste test with MY guitar! As you can tell, I didn't chose the Marshall (or Crate even after years of being a Crate Man).

This dog is LOUD. But it has an amazing clean channel, and just like some of the other reviews - the extremes of high and low are amazingly clear. It has 1 clean and 2 overdrive channels. The 2nd overdrive channel has a contour feature which is really nice. The effects loop also has a line level in and line level out for helping tame the foot pedal beasts. I haven't been able to put this through a lengthy trial yet, but needless to say I am extremely pleased with the package so far.

It comes with a foot switch that controls channel/overdrive/ and reverb. There are two wires that come direct out of the foot switch (which are hard wired) - I think that a good product improvement would be to heat shrink the two into one larger 'snake'; the more wire, the more tape! - not good. Anything other dislikes I have with this are even more petty and not worthy of further discussion...

This beast is built like a tank. It is HEAVY so be careful. It definitely ain't fun to be hauling up and down steps, so make sure you have a roadie or a good dolly on those gigs where you have to hump it on the steps. Fortunately it has casters though, so that too is a plus.

For the money - its a great deal. I know alot of bands are going with smaller combo amps mic'ed through the PA's - but sometimes you need to just have a good ol' fashioned balls to the wall wailin amp! This one will get you there without killin your wallet.

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i got this half stack from guitar center. the head and cab were $350 each, which is quite a good deal for a 4x12 cab and a 100 watt head.

this is one kickin half stack. it is super loud and has some great distortion. since it's a solid state amp, it sounds way louder than the 100 watts. it came with a foot switch with channel, gain and reverb selects, and a super long cable with the switch. it gets great lows and awesome highs. it also has removable casters, which helps to fit the cab nicely in the trunk of my saturn. overall, a very nice amp

it is really big and heavy, which is common with a 4x12 cab. it is also too loud for my neighbors. there really isn't much to dislike about this rockin amp.

very rugged, well built amp. metal grating on the front of the head and cabinet to protect the delicate insides.

rockin. this amp is rockin.

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