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Published on 09/05/04 at 15:00I purchased this amplifier new for about $250. Purchased at was then Mars Music (since gone out of business at that location). I was looking for a step up from my tiny Crate practice amp. I had joined a basement band and needed something bigger and more versitile.
The amp was perfect for me at the time. Small and light enough to easilly cary around, yet loud enough to hear over our drummer in the basement.
The clean channel has a nice Fender tone, and the distortion didn't sound horrible either.
It doesn't come with a footswitch, but I bought a Roland switch for about $20 that works fine.
Having two inputs in nice too.
The amp began to distort even the clean channel when turned up more than 5 or so. The reverb was pretty weak.
I have heard horror stories about these amps suddenly going dead. I've never had that problem at all. I've owned it for 2 years now and the only problem it has is that the 1st input connection is going bad - I have to wiggle the cord around a bit. I'm sure this would be a fairly cheap repair, but I've just been too lazy to have it worked on.
The bottom line is that this is a pretty good step up from those 10-15 watt practice amps that every new guiatrist (including me) seems to aquire. It'll hold it's own in a basement, but that's about the extent of it's gigging ability.
The model I have has been replaced with one with some digital effects built in - I think it's called the Champion 30 DSP.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The amp was perfect for me at the time. Small and light enough to easilly cary around, yet loud enough to hear over our drummer in the basement.
The clean channel has a nice Fender tone, and the distortion didn't sound horrible either.
It doesn't come with a footswitch, but I bought a Roland switch for about $20 that works fine.
Having two inputs in nice too.
The amp began to distort even the clean channel when turned up more than 5 or so. The reverb was pretty weak.
I have heard horror stories about these amps suddenly going dead. I've never had that problem at all. I've owned it for 2 years now and the only problem it has is that the 1st input connection is going bad - I have to wiggle the cord around a bit. I'm sure this would be a fairly cheap repair, but I've just been too lazy to have it worked on.
The bottom line is that this is a pretty good step up from those 10-15 watt practice amps that every new guiatrist (including me) seems to aquire. It'll hold it's own in a basement, but that's about the extent of it's gigging ability.
The model I have has been replaced with one with some digital effects built in - I think it's called the Champion 30 DSP.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com