All user reviews of 4/5 for the Retro King 18 Watt Combo

This is one of the ugliest amps I have ever seen. However, it is one of the most purist tube amps that I have ever heard. This amp while stupid in color and control knobs has a tone that is simply sweet and hearty.

You get a great feel with this amp and the thick juicy distortion tone is remarkable. never again do you have to have an amp modified to get the gain you lie. This amp has all the gain you will need to get a good tone for rock, pop, country, and jazz. The metal players..well there isn't enough gain.

Details
Type Tube
Number of Channels 2
Power 18W
Speakers 1 x 12" Custom-designed Budda Phat
No Effects
No Reverb
EQ Bass, Mid, Treble
No Amp Modeling
Preamp Tubes 3 x 12AX7
Power Tubes 2 x EL84, 1 x 5u4
Inputs 1 x Instrument
Outputs 2 x Speaker, 1x Slave
Footswitch I/O
Effects Loop
Height 23"
Width 21.5"
Depth 10.5"
Weight 39.99 lbs.

UTILIZATION

Budda Superdrive 18 1 x 12", 18-watt Combo Guitar Amplifier Features:

18-watt Class AB amp
2 EL84 tubes and a 5u4 rectifier tube
Treble, Mid, and Bass controls
Rhythm volume, Master Volume
Drive Control
2 Channels — Rhythm and Hi Gain
Effects Loop
Slave Out
Pull/Modern Mid function
12AX7 High Grade Preamp Tubes
Custom-wound Transformer With 4-8 OHM Switch
Push/Pull "modern" mid pot voicing
2 channels with footswitch
Custom-designed Budda Phat 12 speaker
Pull bright on rhythm volume

SOUNDS

I Ma simply amazing at how good this amp sounds right out of the box. You can;t dial in a poor tone with this thing.The tones on this amp are extremely fat sounding. They resonate very well with a humbucker style pickup guitar. Especially if you use a superstrat like Charvel or a Suhr guitar.

I like a nice maple neck on top of alder body will get that fat tone to open up a lot more to get clean distorted note and string separation. Very great tone for rock and pop music.

OVERALL OPINION


I would recommend this amp to anyone needing a fat sounding distortion tone very similar to a Soldano SLO or a Marshall JCM 800 that has been modified. and don't want to fork out the money to buy one of those. At new these amps come in at around $1399 which may be a bit high for a lot of people, but the tone is extremely good. This is one great amplifier that will serve you well night after night of gigging or jamming.