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Published on 04/20/05 at 12:31
50-watt solid-state amp, 12" speaker
2 Channels: clean (3-band EQ, volume) and boost (2-band EQ, contour, gain, volume).
One reverb, one footswitch to switch channels
UTILIZATION
The amp is very easy to use, you simply have to plug in and toggle easily between two very different sounds using the footswitch.
The manual deserves a special mention for providing different settings to get typical sounds.
SOUNDS
The clean channel is very interesting, you can get good sounds out of it.
Distortion sounds are not as useful, they are shrill and you can, unfortunately, tell that your are playing a solid-state amp. I play a Strat and I've had a hard time getting a decent distortion sound, maybe humbucker pickups allow you to make better use of this channel.
Anyway, the boost channel allows you to go from bluesy sounds to nu-metal without problems by cranking up the gain to the max.
OVERALL OPINION
In short, it's a nice, powerful amp, although It might not be enough to play with a band (I have never used it with a drummer), but the 12" speaker knows how to kick some ass!
I changed it for a tube amp due to the distortion channel, which didn't really suit me. Nevertheless, it's an affordable amp and, at this price point, you can use it to explore different and pretty varied styles.
2 Channels: clean (3-band EQ, volume) and boost (2-band EQ, contour, gain, volume).
One reverb, one footswitch to switch channels
UTILIZATION
The amp is very easy to use, you simply have to plug in and toggle easily between two very different sounds using the footswitch.
The manual deserves a special mention for providing different settings to get typical sounds.
SOUNDS
The clean channel is very interesting, you can get good sounds out of it.
Distortion sounds are not as useful, they are shrill and you can, unfortunately, tell that your are playing a solid-state amp. I play a Strat and I've had a hard time getting a decent distortion sound, maybe humbucker pickups allow you to make better use of this channel.
Anyway, the boost channel allows you to go from bluesy sounds to nu-metal without problems by cranking up the gain to the max.
OVERALL OPINION
In short, it's a nice, powerful amp, although It might not be enough to play with a band (I have never used it with a drummer), but the 12" speaker knows how to kick some ass!
I changed it for a tube amp due to the distortion channel, which didn't really suit me. Nevertheless, it's an affordable amp and, at this price point, you can use it to explore different and pretty varied styles.