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Bibz
Published on 02/23/07 at 12:10
This is the all-tube 50W combo (2xEL34 in power and six 12AX7 preamp in with test system's bias in order to facilitate the change of light) with HP 12 "(Celestion Vintage 30).
Comprehensive connectivity: effects loops serial and parallel outputs for HP (2x4, 2x8 and 1x16ohms), a fuse, line-out ("Compensated Out") input jack and two footswitches (one for changing the master and channel , and 1 for the spring reverb and Accutonics 12AT7 tube).
2 independent channels, the first having three different modes: Clean, Texas and Mega (see previous review for details). Each channel has its own EQ (bass, mid, treble), its setting reverb, volume and gain.
Two different masters + settings + deep presence and buttons start and stand-by.
Just a little flat at the footswitches, as to a change in the mode of channel 1 would have been welcome. It is nevertheless possible to make this change yourself or have it done (see http://www.tubelit.de/einsteinroadie.html).
UTILIZATION
The amp is very simple to learn, and play with the various knobs really gives rare sensations! This is the foot to move from a clear lens cleaner to a crunch and then to distos super modern! : P
The manual is available directly on the site of Diezel and downloadable PDF in English (http://diezel.typo3.inpublica.de/uploads/tx_ohelement/einsteinenglish.pdf) or German seem a little more complete (http:// diezel.typo3.inpublica.de/uploads/tx_ohelement/Einsteindeutsch.pdf). It would have been nice to add a paper in the box, but ... a French version would also be a plus, but I quibble ...
More interesting information can be found on the official forum where Peter Diezel Diezel himself will answer
(http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=14).
SOUNDS
I play a PRS guitar, and I can get almost anything I want in tones so this amp is versatile ...
A friend described his perception of this amp as a compromise between Marshall and Mesa / Boogie in sound: warm and dry at a time. The AC / DC? No worries! Of its modern and consors to Metallica? No problemo! Want to clear fenderriens? Either No problem!
It is really possible to get the sound you're looking at playing on the different settings available to us. Also the sound is bad enough at low volumes.
I will not go into details of the different modes / channels, it is very well described in the previous opinion ...
Oh just one detail: the combo comes in the form of a firm rather small (compared to a Rect-O-Verb for example) to 31kg, and yet the only HP is moving!! During my various tests I found that he was sending as much as other combos with 2 HPs 100W ...
I do not 10 as I am sure that with a little more distance I will find a sound that I can not find on this amp ... But it is a "maybe", and by then I was even more amazed by the performance of this amp ...
OVERALL OPINION
Bought yesterday, but tried for endless weeks, and compared different brands (Bogner, Carvin, Marshall, Rivera, Mesa, Brunetti, etc. .)...
Strengths: versatility, sound, performance, its small size, its look and feel to own a unique piece.
Weaknesses: its high price despite a quality / price, and the few micro-details that I listed above ...
Comprehensive connectivity: effects loops serial and parallel outputs for HP (2x4, 2x8 and 1x16ohms), a fuse, line-out ("Compensated Out") input jack and two footswitches (one for changing the master and channel , and 1 for the spring reverb and Accutonics 12AT7 tube).
2 independent channels, the first having three different modes: Clean, Texas and Mega (see previous review for details). Each channel has its own EQ (bass, mid, treble), its setting reverb, volume and gain.
Two different masters + settings + deep presence and buttons start and stand-by.
Just a little flat at the footswitches, as to a change in the mode of channel 1 would have been welcome. It is nevertheless possible to make this change yourself or have it done (see http://www.tubelit.de/einsteinroadie.html).
UTILIZATION
The amp is very simple to learn, and play with the various knobs really gives rare sensations! This is the foot to move from a clear lens cleaner to a crunch and then to distos super modern! : P
The manual is available directly on the site of Diezel and downloadable PDF in English (http://diezel.typo3.inpublica.de/uploads/tx_ohelement/einsteinenglish.pdf) or German seem a little more complete (http:// diezel.typo3.inpublica.de/uploads/tx_ohelement/Einsteindeutsch.pdf). It would have been nice to add a paper in the box, but ... a French version would also be a plus, but I quibble ...
More interesting information can be found on the official forum where Peter Diezel Diezel himself will answer
(http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=14). SOUNDS
I play a PRS guitar, and I can get almost anything I want in tones so this amp is versatile ...
A friend described his perception of this amp as a compromise between Marshall and Mesa / Boogie in sound: warm and dry at a time. The AC / DC? No worries! Of its modern and consors to Metallica? No problemo! Want to clear fenderriens? Either No problem!
It is really possible to get the sound you're looking at playing on the different settings available to us. Also the sound is bad enough at low volumes.
I will not go into details of the different modes / channels, it is very well described in the previous opinion ...
Oh just one detail: the combo comes in the form of a firm rather small (compared to a Rect-O-Verb for example) to 31kg, and yet the only HP is moving!! During my various tests I found that he was sending as much as other combos with 2 HPs 100W ...
I do not 10 as I am sure that with a little more distance I will find a sound that I can not find on this amp ... But it is a "maybe", and by then I was even more amazed by the performance of this amp ...
OVERALL OPINION
Bought yesterday, but tried for endless weeks, and compared different brands (Bogner, Carvin, Marshall, Rivera, Mesa, Brunetti, etc. .)...
Strengths: versatility, sound, performance, its small size, its look and feel to own a unique piece
. Weaknesses: its high price despite a quality / price, and the few micro-details that I listed above ...