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Published on 11/05/05 at 11:35
ATTENTION, JUST NOTICE hilarious but NOT RELIABLE
Amp transistors, but well made.
100 W ad. Effective than enough power for rptitions and use the house (the sound is right, no matter the volume level and will remain an often under these conditions ...)
It comes with a 4 pdalier switch to change channels.
It is provided also a small section numriques multi-effects that keep your settings in memory for each channel, even if you dye the amp ...
I put 9 for this chapter

UTILIZATION

It is very easy to gnrer sounds basic configuration is as logical
1 channel with clean clean clean volume and gain knobs three attributes + EQ SPECIFICATIONS.
1 channel with crunch crunch crunch gain and volume knobs are the three EQ shares with the two following channels (one of the weaknesses is my opinion).
Lead with a lead channel gain (gain sharing with the warp, the second weak point) and lead volume
Finally, a channel with warp gain knob therefore shares the lead with a warp and indpendant volume for the balance of the channels.
1 master volume modulates the volume-General for output (and volume in the headphones).
channels are selectable via the faade the matrix, otherwise the pdalier.
multi-effect section is my opinion (except for the clean channel and reverb) a little "gadget" including flanger, tremolo ... but hey we do not take forcment for it.
The manual comes with the machine: it is clear and in French (and in addition to all tlchargeable via their site).
I put 7 due to the effects

SOUNDS

I am a pop / rock and some neometal.
This amp is quite versatile, it is for this reason that most take the seemingly (with prices).
I tested it with a dry and a gibson SG special US fender stratocaster standard (equivalent to today's American series).
The clear sound is superb with the strato; when adding reverb on it sounds impeccable, a point (trslgre then) chorus and more can be the icing on the gteau.
But drop me flanger and tremolo.
The crunch of me tremendously compared to the sound of the BMD (their site), however I plugged in the SG ... my cot Marshall seemed a fun time ( But an old Valvestate 8240 stereo chorus, which works great even a hybrid) ...
The lead, trs aprsrglage end is correct (large saturation, used for rock hard but my avs for neo).
As against the warp I find some duplicate ave the lead (it does not much).
Only two channels and a chorus, delay and reverb, but also gains and equalization separate all the channels would have been top and would have to work more than the "grain" ...

7 because of the crunch and duplicate (ETDE the dception) of warp

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two days.
I love the clean channel (of dry crystalline strato trs and correct on SG) and also the lead (though my Korg multi-effects AX1500G explodes on the saturation) but not the warp and certainly not the crunch.
It's a combo not too bulky (it is smaller than a marshall) or too heavy (21.5 lbs) and looks solid.
I well liked the footswitch and the neutrality and finesse of Matrix when faade branch (direct input) on multi-effects (Korg AX 1500G in my case).
Despite the 4 channels is a bit lightweight for use in e neometal only direct (though the possibility can show his neo dlivrer a good part of his attractivit with the public).
So I use it 100% with my multi-effects ...
For the quality of the sound made by my multi-effects I find the H & K trs well.
By using only cons I prefried marshall on my SG.

The ratio quality price is right, however, but for those who plutt dbutent and seek an amp enough polyvalentpop / rock, but good for the crunch and live pourl'optimisation of gibson and the board will also neometal ( Unless you have a good multi-effects).

In the same price range I personally prefer the marshall AVT 50 is more versatile and trs is hybrid.
The most advanced and fortune seeking the versatility and sound more neo trs can tackle combo amps like the lamps of Engl screamer and if they want to break the piggy bank mesa F30 boogie.
I put 7 c'tait again and if I'm not Refre sr to redo this choice (as given that I produced and played live since 1981).