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Published on 05/06/05 at 15:00Bought from a New Zealand Music Shop for 200 NZ bucks, about 140 US. (Its 95 US on Musicians Friend) I bought it just a practice amp, but I've ended up playihg it with a band.
Specs:
8 inch speaker
38 watts
2 channels
1 1/4 input/1 RCA AUX input
!/4 headphone out
This thing has pretty cool distorion, good for metal I think, pretty sizzly. EQ does an okay job, the bass control is nice for getting sum of that cool palm muting cruch.
Its pretty small and light; easy to carry. On the subject of transport, it is really quite sturdy. I've dropped it, smacked it, tipped it over, and not even a single ding. Last but not least, this friggan loud, for a practice amp. I used a different one(a friends amp) in a punk band, where we did some Green Day and Nirvana covers. We had 2 other guitarists, a bassist, who we ran thru the PA, and 2 drummers, though only 1 played at a time. I played lead, so I gotta turn up the loudest, and I was cutting thru the drums at 6-7. In my latest band, I've been playing thru a BOSS HM-1, so my dist sounds similar to the other guitarist's. I crank the clean up to 8-9 cuz we like it loud.
Just minor annoyances:
The nut holding the Input jack steady is plastic, and tends to work its way off.
Once you turn up to 10, the sound goes down the tubes, but 9 is almost as loud, so its not really a problem.
There is a volume jump when turning the clean or drive volume up. As you turn from 1-2 it goes from quiet to LOUD all of a sudden. You can fine tune it, but it takes some fine motor skills...I dont play that soft anyway, Its an AMP, so it doesnt really bug me.
As I said in the "likes", its quite durable. The handle is nice too.
Kool little amp. Good clean channel, decent dist. Pretty cheap if ya buy online. It doesn't really stand out from the hordes of little practice amps, but its not worse than any. It would prolly be better to buy the 15R model, it has reverb. But, hey, its a Fender, its pretty kool.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Specs:
8 inch speaker
38 watts
2 channels
1 1/4 input/1 RCA AUX input
!/4 headphone out
This thing has pretty cool distorion, good for metal I think, pretty sizzly. EQ does an okay job, the bass control is nice for getting sum of that cool palm muting cruch.
Its pretty small and light; easy to carry. On the subject of transport, it is really quite sturdy. I've dropped it, smacked it, tipped it over, and not even a single ding. Last but not least, this friggan loud, for a practice amp. I used a different one(a friends amp) in a punk band, where we did some Green Day and Nirvana covers. We had 2 other guitarists, a bassist, who we ran thru the PA, and 2 drummers, though only 1 played at a time. I played lead, so I gotta turn up the loudest, and I was cutting thru the drums at 6-7. In my latest band, I've been playing thru a BOSS HM-1, so my dist sounds similar to the other guitarist's. I crank the clean up to 8-9 cuz we like it loud.
Just minor annoyances:
The nut holding the Input jack steady is plastic, and tends to work its way off.
Once you turn up to 10, the sound goes down the tubes, but 9 is almost as loud, so its not really a problem.
There is a volume jump when turning the clean or drive volume up. As you turn from 1-2 it goes from quiet to LOUD all of a sudden. You can fine tune it, but it takes some fine motor skills...I dont play that soft anyway, Its an AMP, so it doesnt really bug me.
As I said in the "likes", its quite durable. The handle is nice too.
Kool little amp. Good clean channel, decent dist. Pretty cheap if ya buy online. It doesn't really stand out from the hordes of little practice amps, but its not worse than any. It would prolly be better to buy the 15R model, it has reverb. But, hey, its a Fender, its pretty kool.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com