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nitz31 « Great for transistors »
Published on 01/22/14 at 16:55100w combo amp transistors.
Full connectivity, including two footswitch input, line and headphone outputs, effects loop.
Two channels, bright and saturated with tri-band equations and independent volume. The boosted channel also has a boost setting and a character.
UTILIZATION
Very simple config, this is an amp.
Getting a good sound is easy.
In his clear, it is stunning clarity and brilliance. HP Celestion is warm and clear. Pushing the volume you can get a nice crunch. It develops against a lot of bass. The equation is fortunately effective.
Saturated, it was fine in normal crunch and powerful distos in "more gain". Again, the sound is well defined, expressive, with lots of bass. The EQ does its job well, do not hesitate to mount media. Do not hesitate to turn up the volume to reap the trunk of the animal, even a large breath may occur.
The reverb is very vintage (hears the spring), effective in a retro style, but not very thorough.
The mix knob of the effects loop is pretty weird I think, you never know exactly where we are. The only big downside for me.
SOUNDS
I play post-rock and post-hardcore. I love the organic and warm sound. I played a lot of amps to transistors (Vox Peavie, Marshall, Line6, Yamaha, Fender ...) and some tube amps (Laney, Vox). I took a long time to find an amp that is in my budget and match my personality and my use. I found!
1 / It has lots of character, personality, what, without distorting the sound of guitars. The fact that many developing low troubled me at first. But I think it is compared to other transistor amps midrange, with more HP lazy maybe. Once you find the right settings (the mids at least halfway and lowest ever over a third in my opinion) the sound is huge.
2 / IL is versatile. You can spend a clear lens for expressive crunch, "beautifully dirty" to convaicantes distos. However, impossible to play modern metal with this amp. The equation makes its taf and you can have a relatively broad sound palette.
3 / For a "simple" amp, it still has two footswitch inputs, line out, headphone output, and an effects loop. This is a minimum it seems to me, but all the amps in this range do not offer!
OVERALL OPINION
I have since 2012, I have tried many before, which really horrible things, yet we find in many stores, musicians and studios. To my knowledge, this range of quality (super HP, no electronics) and prices (between 150 and 200 € in secondhand) it holds the upper basket. I find it a real pleasure to play on. We almost forget, closing his eyes, it is only transistors ...
I will divide them in that duress, or to pass on a really good tube amp (vox or orange). But it is not at all the same budgets ...
The +:
- Comprehensive connectivity
- Personality without overwriting
- HP Celestion very good bill for his always well defined
- Look nice, robustness and perfect craftsmanship
- The price occas'
The -:
- Its elephantine weight (twenty pounds)
- The mix knob loop effect is oddly thought
- The reverb too "vintage"
- From Puff to the high volume and high gain.
An amp that I highly recommend for the (post-) rock, blues, heavy metal sound unobtainable.
Full connectivity, including two footswitch input, line and headphone outputs, effects loop.
Two channels, bright and saturated with tri-band equations and independent volume. The boosted channel also has a boost setting and a character.
UTILIZATION
Very simple config, this is an amp.
Getting a good sound is easy.
In his clear, it is stunning clarity and brilliance. HP Celestion is warm and clear. Pushing the volume you can get a nice crunch. It develops against a lot of bass. The equation is fortunately effective.
Saturated, it was fine in normal crunch and powerful distos in "more gain". Again, the sound is well defined, expressive, with lots of bass. The EQ does its job well, do not hesitate to mount media. Do not hesitate to turn up the volume to reap the trunk of the animal, even a large breath may occur.
The reverb is very vintage (hears the spring), effective in a retro style, but not very thorough.
The mix knob of the effects loop is pretty weird I think, you never know exactly where we are. The only big downside for me.
SOUNDS
I play post-rock and post-hardcore. I love the organic and warm sound. I played a lot of amps to transistors (Vox Peavie, Marshall, Line6, Yamaha, Fender ...) and some tube amps (Laney, Vox). I took a long time to find an amp that is in my budget and match my personality and my use. I found!
1 / It has lots of character, personality, what, without distorting the sound of guitars. The fact that many developing low troubled me at first. But I think it is compared to other transistor amps midrange, with more HP lazy maybe. Once you find the right settings (the mids at least halfway and lowest ever over a third in my opinion) the sound is huge.
2 / IL is versatile. You can spend a clear lens for expressive crunch, "beautifully dirty" to convaicantes distos. However, impossible to play modern metal with this amp. The equation makes its taf and you can have a relatively broad sound palette.
3 / For a "simple" amp, it still has two footswitch inputs, line out, headphone output, and an effects loop. This is a minimum it seems to me, but all the amps in this range do not offer!
OVERALL OPINION
I have since 2012, I have tried many before, which really horrible things, yet we find in many stores, musicians and studios. To my knowledge, this range of quality (super HP, no electronics) and prices (between 150 and 200 € in secondhand) it holds the upper basket. I find it a real pleasure to play on. We almost forget, closing his eyes, it is only transistors ...
I will divide them in that duress, or to pass on a really good tube amp (vox or orange). But it is not at all the same budgets ...
The +:
- Comprehensive connectivity
- Personality without overwriting
- HP Celestion very good bill for his always well defined
- Look nice, robustness and perfect craftsmanship
- The price occas'
The -:
- Its elephantine weight (twenty pounds)
- The mix knob loop effect is oddly thought
- The reverb too "vintage"
- From Puff to the high volume and high gain.
An amp that I highly recommend for the (post-) rock, blues, heavy metal sound unobtainable.