Eden Amplification

(Originally written by blooopp/translated from Audiofanzine FR) 300-watt all-tube amp (6 x 6550 tubes) Connections: - Front panel: two jack inputs (passive and active) - Rear panel: >> Three parallel speaker outputs (one Speakon and two jacks) with 4/8 Ohm switches to adjust the output transformer to the connected load. >> XLR DI output with pre/post and ground lift switches plus level control. >> Tuner output >> FX loop with send / return connectors. >> DIN connector for the included footswitch. >> AC power socket with fuse holder. Controls: - Preamp: >> Gain control >> Overdrive switch >> 4-band EQ (60Hz, 250HZ, 800Hz and 6KHz) - Power amp >> 2-band EQ (bass, treble) >> Master control (plus LED indicator for the compressor) - Standby and on/off switches. - Footswitch >> Mute-to-tune switch >> Overdrive on/off switch >> Equalizer on/off switch >> Compressor on/off switch >> Damping high/low switch Very comprehensive settings considering it's a tube amp. The footswitch cable is too short (which isn't that serious). UTILIZATION Very easy and intuitive use. Just power on and play. Effective controls. Clear and comprehensive user's manual explaining how to get a good sound. The only disadvantage is the lack of a separate gain control for the overdrive. SOUNDS This amp matches every music style without exception. It's extremely versatile. I use it with my Albedo E bass but I have also tried it out with other instruments. The tubes do add some color to the sound (which is to be expected) but the response is still very faithful to the instrument. I also use it with effects: fuzz, overdrive and auto-wah. Everything sounds great with this amp. I repeat that it faithfully reproduces the source signal. This Eden sounds like its solid-state brothers but it can also sound like an Ampeg. I don't think an all-tube SVT can do that too! OVERALL OPINION I bought it two years ago on Ebay. I love its sound, extreme versatility and transparency, its warmth and its typical tube character. You can easily get a twangy sound for slap playing or a very fat and deep dub sound. The device is very heavy but it's normal for a tube amp! I've tested lots of amps since I started playing bass and I felt in love with the Eden sound. Buying this amp was a very good deal because it is now discontinued. I wouldn't have had enough money to buy it new but it wasn't very expensive secondhand because the brand is quite unknown. I would buy it again.

880 watts bridged. 5 way tone control. Di out. Blah blah a few other bells and whistles and all the usual inputs and outputs. The bass player for my prog rock band has used this head for about 2 years now into an ampeg 8x10. This is a highly technical amp in terms of controls. It has a great EQ section and an enhance knob which does god knows what. Honestly though, you don't need to fiddle with the vast array of controls to get it to sound good. typically we put everything at noon and adjust the master accordingly. Sounds great. Sometimes you will need to make some adjustments depending on the venue. UTILIZATION While we have toured with this thing pretty extensively, it also gets used in the studio some too, where we go DI with it. The best thing about it is how well it sits in the mix without any haggling with the amp. We used an SWR combo before this (one of the nice ones) and it sounded great, but you had to know how to work the controls to fit the room and mix. It seems the Eden just sounds great everywhere. I hear these are hard to repair but ours has never gone down. SOUNDS The Eden reminds me a lot of those old Mesa studio Bass amps of the 90's. Big round and defined stadium sound. You can get it to be really compressed with the enhance control but it's best left low for obvious reasons. This isn't an amp for untasteful over the top bass sounds. OVERALL OPINION The best part about this amp is how small and portable it is, yet it sounds huge. The design is simple yet complex. Excellent sound. And the price is actually pretty great considering what kind of a product you're getting. This is definitely a PRO bass head. And the name: World Tour kind of sums up what it's about. But it can be used in the studio too.