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Published on 12/22/10 at 07:32This is a VOX DA5 5W amp modeling. It has a selector (0.5, 1.5 and 5W) to measure the power. Not to make too much noise, we start at 0.5 with a volume loud enough to carry a little more dynamic amp.
It has 11 amp types (from clean to high gain) to cover a wide range of sounds.
A tone knob adjusts the tone. A gain knob plays on ... the gain of the amplifier and hence the distortion on some amps.
Side effects, there is a compressor, chorus, flanger, phaser, delay, reverb. Some may be put in chains (2 maximum), for example compressor + chorus. There is also a noise gate to reduce noise.
There is no strap for convenient wear (it would have been nice to have one before you can have it at the shoulder).
In terms of connectivity, of course the guitar input, but also a microphone input with volume control (sound will not be altered by the effects and amps), an auxiliary input jack large format (for an mp3 player for example) and an output headphone.
The all feeds with a 12V transformer (supplied) or batteries.
For 100 €, it is very correct.
UTILIZATION
Use "default" is simple: you select an amp, it adjusts the gain and tone and add an effect. on the other hand, if you want to modify the effect parameters, it gets complicated: we must both push a button and turn a knob edict. And when two effects are set simultaneously, it is not clear what influences what button. So we grope and it can be daunting for a beginner. Not very intuitive stuff. Why did not you put 3 buttons to shoot instead?
It is complicated even for the noise gate: you have to bypass the effects and touch a button by turning a Knob ... And then each amp's noise gate setting by default. So when you change your amp, it should again be the setting of noise gate does not fit.
It does not bother anyone who has ever touched multi-effects but for someone who has no experience, bof Bah, what ... It would therefore simply use the default settings at first.
And unfortunately, no footswitch ... Therefore impossible to change the guitar sounds without releasing
SOUNDS
The clean sounds are amazing! On the ass ... I borrowed from my son at times! The blues are nice crunch. For cons, the distos high gains are not really top (at least with the original HP, I have not tested on another outing with HPs larger). To hide it, you have to play on the pitch and put a little effect. It's playable but do not expect him to breathe fire.
The effects are good and can cover many types of music.
If I could find that the clean and crunch, I put 9 / 10. I put 7 / 10 for all.
OVERALL OPINION
I (well. .. my son a. ..) this amp for 3 weeks. I found the best clean sounds in the Roland Micro Cube. In distos is very close with perhaps a little more heat on the cube.
The value for money is very good and this amp can play alone at home. It is primarily an amp to play clean sounds or slightly crunch. That's why I bought it for my son who starts scratching. It is unfortunate that the edition of the effects is so heavy.
For a beginner wanting to touch the dissto, I would put 6 / 10. In my case, I put 8 / 10, mainly thanks to the clear sound quality.
It has 11 amp types (from clean to high gain) to cover a wide range of sounds.
A tone knob adjusts the tone. A gain knob plays on ... the gain of the amplifier and hence the distortion on some amps.
Side effects, there is a compressor, chorus, flanger, phaser, delay, reverb. Some may be put in chains (2 maximum), for example compressor + chorus. There is also a noise gate to reduce noise.
There is no strap for convenient wear (it would have been nice to have one before you can have it at the shoulder).
In terms of connectivity, of course the guitar input, but also a microphone input with volume control (sound will not be altered by the effects and amps), an auxiliary input jack large format (for an mp3 player for example) and an output headphone.
The all feeds with a 12V transformer (supplied) or batteries.
For 100 €, it is very correct.
UTILIZATION
Use "default" is simple: you select an amp, it adjusts the gain and tone and add an effect. on the other hand, if you want to modify the effect parameters, it gets complicated: we must both push a button and turn a knob edict. And when two effects are set simultaneously, it is not clear what influences what button. So we grope and it can be daunting for a beginner. Not very intuitive stuff. Why did not you put 3 buttons to shoot instead?
It is complicated even for the noise gate: you have to bypass the effects and touch a button by turning a Knob ... And then each amp's noise gate setting by default. So when you change your amp, it should again be the setting of noise gate does not fit.
It does not bother anyone who has ever touched multi-effects but for someone who has no experience, bof Bah, what ... It would therefore simply use the default settings at first.
And unfortunately, no footswitch ... Therefore impossible to change the guitar sounds without releasing
SOUNDS
The clean sounds are amazing! On the ass ... I borrowed from my son at times! The blues are nice crunch. For cons, the distos high gains are not really top (at least with the original HP, I have not tested on another outing with HPs larger). To hide it, you have to play on the pitch and put a little effect. It's playable but do not expect him to breathe fire.
The effects are good and can cover many types of music.
If I could find that the clean and crunch, I put 9 / 10. I put 7 / 10 for all.
OVERALL OPINION
I (well. .. my son a. ..) this amp for 3 weeks. I found the best clean sounds in the Roland Micro Cube. In distos is very close with perhaps a little more heat on the cube.
The value for money is very good and this amp can play alone at home. It is primarily an amp to play clean sounds or slightly crunch. That's why I bought it for my son who starts scratching. It is unfortunate that the edition of the effects is so heavy.
For a beginner wanting to touch the dissto, I would put 6 / 10. In my case, I put 8 / 10, mainly thanks to the clear sound quality.