All user reviews of 5/5 for the Bogner Alchemist 112 Combo

It's switchable 40w 20w in to play apart is better. Two channels, clear, saturated + boost foot for each channel. A rverb and DLAI or bundled, the rglages in shambles. HP V30 clestion A reference and a rather large box that gives good bass prsentes. The lamps are Pramp EH 12AX7 (I think some of the best and those of 6L6GC power of ruby). The whole exudes srieux and solidity.

USE

Many rglages but a good sound is easy to find. No need 50 pedals. You plug and it sounds, whether is be clear that saturated. power is more than enough to play a group.

SONORITS

We come to the best. The clean channel can be crystalline or rounder following the guitar being used. By enticing a little gain there is a round and warm blues will do wonders. Following the rglages can also get a beautiful crunch worthy of the fender and other vox.Les nuances will be well prsentes following the attack of mdiator.

The saturated while the channel is the best of the best. We begin with a nice crunch that bluesman love and following the gain we arrive to the large rock that task. A AC gain background sends wood moi.En believe lowering the volume of the guitar we return to a bluesy sound of all beauty. All styles are possible except Mtal (but with good pedal gonna do it). The boost adds some volume but most of the gain. Ideal for leads. The rverb is effective and gives a warm DLAY hyper sound on almost say analog.
I play the big rock with my band and Bogner is gnialissime !!!


NOTICE GLOBAL

I'm not with my purchase. I played on a lot of lamp amp (Peavey Classic 30, fender hot rod, ENGL screamer, mesa boogie) and I have tried several before I purchase marshall haze: none, Fender Deluxe VM good sound clear, but that's it. The Bogner it all and it is a choice to consider in buying a good amp lamps.

Amp lamps all with 7 lamps (5 12AX7 and two 6L6)
The mine is Retube with electro harmonix tube grooves and gold
40W switchable to 20 (in contrast to received ideas it gives a little more size but does not feel the dual power, AC can be no other sounds but still avoid a live AC powers a lamp and therefore the wear is not the top)

Speaker output into 8 and 4 ohm
XLR footswitch

The controls certainly a little hard to operate but it's really me things that I love: the classic:

Trebel middle bass, gain, delay and reverb (line 6, but the effect goes through the lights so its very very pretty far above the amp same categories) and a handy boost for solos

the top is really useful and the switches that change something on the clean

clean crunch, brigth (perfect for jazz sound), deep (ca adds depth)

the saturated:

normal punch (add to the attack), bright (adds an aggressive side that did not always necessary) mid shift (all the best medium for the switch hollow sound typed heavy 80's)

Line 6 amp manufacture in China but all the rest is Bogner



UTILIZATION

The manual then .... uh OSEF?

Bogner is entered in the plug and play, it sounds after it has set an amp hard especially with all the little switch (but that I knew and that is one side which I love)

So it's simple but complicated little thing so there have a balance between too hard to settle and lack of customization

SOUNDS

While the style of music I have a lot to say if the other plan to buy it I'm open to the MP I can make samples

I finally play all my fingers all that allows me to play, I play on an Ibanez S320 in drop C and Vigier Excalibur Special mid or drop D (guitar amp great respect I was pay lespaul was yet another grain on the Bogner therefore ca foreshadows the quality of the amp in terms of amplification scheme we're not home marshall)

effects at the original ones are really good, and I have a complete digitech GNX 3

Types of sound?

It depends on the guitar (I know why I insist), he must know that already are on the Bogner Bogner grain so it is not boosted plexi and is not an amp Californian c 'is a BOGNER

So what it means Bogner? it means a sound quite right still defined précis.C is special but at least it has the good fortune to be neutral (that is also an amp that is totally awesome group we end up with a sort of wall frequency)

the clean is a clean crunch celoni that attack with a pick (a high volume of gain 1 / 3) with switches to make a little intro metallica has a more blues see jazz worries with 0 0 complex ( there are the clean of Bogner shiva in this amp I know what I say I try 2)

The saturated, there is a specific grain, relatively straight, defined not runny, enough to compress the same, the switches are still there but the really changes the personality.

I still play mostly metal, for the fan of 80's very good amp, I play metalcore and the receiver shows these limits in terms of gain so I may be going through a DS1 to keep the grain Bogner, and take a pedals certainly in TN for quasiement add a channel to this amp more versatile.

I love this amp all sounds, there's not very big but big plus parcontre least there's no AC is on

at the équalo be aware that this is an amp or it must begin in the middle and ca be adjusted from -5 to +5 in the 5 with the middle and not from 0 to 10




OVERALL OPINION

It's now been two months that I use, what I like and what really are to remember with this amp:

Quality scheme Bogner (we're on another planet I assure you)
Versatility
the effective switch

I tried quite a model before you buy, notement Peavy 6505 +, Peavey XXX, mesa boogie express Laboga, Hugh and Kettner, line 6 spider valve (very good amp indeed since Bogner for helping amplification) marhsll JVM and JCM

I hesitate to buy new and I could not find away from home for at least 2 times cheaper then what more?

value for money it is simply a 10/10 especially at what price I got it (even on 112 you have the footswitch supplied with like no mesa boogie to 2500 € ....)

With experience I would do without hesitation that choice and I would even like to know this amp before

to conclude I'll finish with what are most important to my taste

It has an amp there's no better trying to say ... People who are a fan of the marshall or mesa, and therefore sought a way past your grain, cons by all lovers of quality amps like a guitar amp their respects with a grain different from others I think is made Bogner for you, the alchemist can be a solution but there have Bogner else but not to 1000 €

So I give this amp 9 / 10 because nothing is perfect but close to it.

(Originally written by Nico66/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
* Combo with one 12" speaker and open cabinet.

* Class A AB power amp section (6L6) and preamp stage with five 12AX7 tubes. 20 or 40 watt operation.

* Channel 1 (gold): Gain, treble, mid, bass, volume, crunch and bright controls plus deep selector.

* Channel 2 (mercury): Gain, treble, mid, bass, volume, bright and mid shift controls.

* Parallel effects: Reverb type, reverb level, delay type, delay level, delay repeats (feedback) and tap tempo.

* High-quality Celestion® speaker

* Four-button footswitch included. Functions: channel selection, boost, delay and reverb.

Very convenient: Bogner quality preamp and amp stages. It's very appealing...

Delay and reverb effects were conceived by Line 6. Also promising...

Good manufacturing quality.

Excellent-quality controls and switches.

It's a serious product.

UTILIZATION

Very easy configuration... First, I tried out the clean channel with all controls at 12 o'clock... Very warm sound reminding me of an old Marshall... Cool. I fine tuned the settings and got bright mids. It's like magic!

Then I tried out the crunch sound with all controls at 12 o'clock... What a delight!!! I forgot to mention that I tested the 20 watts operating mode (40 watts are too much for me and it would force me to never turn the volume control beyond the first quarter, which makes it uninteresting!!!).

And the crunch sound is already loud with the gain at 9 o'clock... I played a Clapton Strat to test it and it was wonderful... In this mode the amp produces a clean sound and the saturation comes from your fingers... it's almost as if you would play with two amps: a clean amp and a cranked 5 watt amp!

It's terrific.

The mercury channel is mind blowing...

It sounds like a cranked old Jubilee Marshall, Soldano or Plexi... It's neither a US nor a British sound, it's more like both at the same time... It's simply magical, extremely powerful and it reminds me the first Bogner I tested!!!

I didn't look at the user's manual...

SOUNDS

- Does it fit your music style?

I play pop and soft rock and the amp is perfect for this music!

- Which guitar, bass or effects do you use?

I tested it with a Clapton Strato and the sound was great... I can't wait to play it with my Strat Custom shop and my PRS 513. I think it will be an explosive cocktail!!

- What kind of sounds do you get and which settings do you use ("crystal-clear", "fat", ...)?

I didn't have enough time to play it: the shop assistant kicked me out of the store after one hour... (it's the minimum for such an amp!!!)

- Which sounds do you prefer / hate?

Everything sounds good!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you been using it?

I tested it at a shop for one hour and I didn't play my own guitar... But I didn't want to stop!!

- Which features do you like the most / the least?

No cons... Quality, beauty, high-class manufacturing, quality, Bogner sound!!

Considering the price, it's ten times better than a Marshall!!!

I give it an 8 because it's a pity that you have to choose between such nice clean and crunch sounds!

A third channel would have been useful... With such great clean and crunch sounds Mr Bogner ought to make two independent channels instead of a switchable one! But it's only a switch... It can be customized!

- Did you try any other models before buying it?

Yes!! But so many that I can't list them all here.

- How would you rate its value for money?

Amazing... I owned a Spider valve and kept it only one week because I hated it! But this amp is a Bogner and Line 6 only added three reverbs (good quality) and an editable delay.

You'll quickly get a killer sound!!

This amp provides a high quality sound... One hour is not enough so I ordered it yesterday!!! I can't wait to get it!!!

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I got it last Thursday and I don't want to change a single word of what I wrote. This amp is a bomb!