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Published on 11/24/11 at 01:28
25 watt all-tube head
2 and 5 12AX7 EL84,
2 channels with specific settings and 2 modes each or 4 basic sounds,
connectivity standard input jack, effects loop, speaker output,
switch back to switch to 5 Watts Class A
A contour knob per channel
A reverb per channel
buttons gain, treble middle, bass, volume
A switch to change channels, reverb and contour

UTILIZATION

the config is super simple, we get immediately a good sound if one has a proper guitar, in short, turn the knobs and it sounds.
The manual is very clear
I plug a speaker in Engl 2x12 celestion V30
Something very useful: the 5-watt Class A switch allows you to play at home at low volume while keeping a good sound, can maintain a good relationship with his wife and neighbors

SOUNDS

Ideally suited to my musical direction which tends more and more towards clean and crunch sounds blues-rock, hence the purchase of this amp.
cleans the sounds are in the spirit with a Fender Twin but I do not know what more, warmer, rounder ... I do not know, perfect for little wing or Lenny was a fairly wide range with the equalization is can go from twang surf music to clean round and fat
the crunch will limit visible to large rock, you get almost to the Rythmeen zztop on the album, the volume knob on the guitar becomes a further adjustment. Leads are top to hardrock / heavy
I play it with:
- Start a new edition of 62: magnificent as clean crunch
- A telecaster rise Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates / 59: Perfect for the big rock / Hard Rock
- A Washburn X50 EMG: good but not transcendent, the active pickups sound a little cold in the head
Baffle-2X12 Celestion V30 in Engl, there's bass treble of the body, nickel
- Reacts well with pedals, among other tested with a Boss Metal Zone base and my Washburn with EMG, it filed hell
I put 10 because the sounds obtained stick perfectly to what I am looking for those who want to make the metal is too light

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 months, I set a purely metal (Engl Mesa) before and as I was heading more towards the blues / rock (which I'm getting old ...) and I was tired of ruin me in lights and rack settings, I changed to something simple and effective Hey bin is a small bomb that head, it sounds a hell on my guitars and the sound was Mesa, after we love or one like it. The downside is the price (a score of 9), Mesa's expensive but you get of course found the sound quality. To summarize, it is a very versatile head and very easy to use perfect for clean and crunch sounds, for sounds more saturated, must get on the pedals or the range or go to Mesa in gender specialists Engl, Fryette or Diezel