MGR/Cantrell « Hughes and Kettner Attax Tour Reverb Combo »
Published on 07/04/04 at 15:00Paid EUR 425 (USD 510) and got it within a few days from Musikhaus Thomann (supposedly Germany's biggest Internet Gear shop). After a long-ish pause I was strating to gig again and I needed a nice but well-priced amp, a combo - by the way. Tube amps rule, but are heavy and expensive. The solution was to go for a robust solid-state amp.
It is a loud and clean 112 (Celestion speaker), 100-Watt combo. The crunch channel (soft overdrive) allows the player to control the amount of overdrive via the guitar's volume knob. The lead channel (serious overdrive) does what it's supposed to. On this channel there's also a nifty little knob called 'voicing' that gives brittle or swampy overdrive sounds - very nice stuff it does. The coil reverb is awesome. The price is a bargain.
It's not a tube amp - but that's not necessarily a disadvantage. And the foot-switches could've been included. The lead channel could use 10% more gain, but if you're not doing this kind of music (my case) then this is a negligible shortcomming. I don't think a 212 version exists, which is a pity, I would have bought a 212-er. For my taste the front panel is a bit ugly, but that's debatable.
It's armor-plated. Delivers 100W of clean sound.
In that price category you'll not find any better amp.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
It is a loud and clean 112 (Celestion speaker), 100-Watt combo. The crunch channel (soft overdrive) allows the player to control the amount of overdrive via the guitar's volume knob. The lead channel (serious overdrive) does what it's supposed to. On this channel there's also a nifty little knob called 'voicing' that gives brittle or swampy overdrive sounds - very nice stuff it does. The coil reverb is awesome. The price is a bargain.
It's not a tube amp - but that's not necessarily a disadvantage. And the foot-switches could've been included. The lead channel could use 10% more gain, but if you're not doing this kind of music (my case) then this is a negligible shortcomming. I don't think a 212 version exists, which is a pity, I would have bought a 212-er. For my taste the front panel is a bit ugly, but that's debatable.
It's armor-plated. Delivers 100W of clean sound.
In that price category you'll not find any better amp.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com