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Published on 01/19/07 at 05:23
Objective approach:
Type: Transistor
2 Channels: Clean, Warp
Clean controls: Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble
Warp: Gain, Master, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence
Connectors: Input, FX Send, FX Return, Footswitch Headphone, Speaker Outs 2
Footswitch: Included

Subjective approach:
The closer the Warp7, the more you want to avoid it. His apparent lack of robustness, its cheap plastic, its little red light "Jacky" in the middle of the mouth are all characteristics that are scary. No footswitch is inexcusable, even for a head of the Third World!

The knobs are a classic touch.

[1] This amp is assembled and the only thing I can find him (the price from below).

UTILIZATION

Avoid carefully the effects loop, more decorative than useful, and that tends to alter the sound. If you have distos effects and is input it will insert them.

The knobs turn and allow themselves to do their job with a good progressive (we might have expected worse).

Channels are viewable and handling of this material is easy.

The amp is easily damaged during transport often. It is therefore preferable, when mounted, to leave it where it is!

The lack of a footswitch request sprinting at each channel change ... bouhahahahah!

The reliability of different amps observed was poor.

[2] A head for use ... no more. No extraordinary specificity is present but lacks an effects loop and a few really usable controls for awesome sound more diverse. Which would have allowed to slip into the average.

SOUNDS

The clean is interesting because exploitable. For funk, reggae or derivatives, it shows a beautiful shine despite the lack of depth of the latter.

As for the channel Warp. He is honest without being able to climb in the average market heads. The crunch is nice, the dynamic is nicely done but, here too, the body of the instrument is not always respected as it should. I also note, according to the heads, the differences in their adjustment to equal. Not really surprising for a head built in a hurry!

[3] in general terms, the sounds are usable and better than all the first prizes in transistor amplifiers. You can also use this head as a basic distortion pedal. Significant staining (read "infidelity to the instrument") is not surprising in this price range.

OVERALL OPINION

The resale value of this head is about 200 euros. DO NOT BUY FOR MORE, because it does not apply! This is an entry level amp that has the merit of any defense at his request but there no more.

Reliability style "new Marshall" is disappointing and I would recommend to anyone looking for a head exploitable in the long run this turn to other competitors.

[2] Not good, not advisable ... but cheap


Note [5] is the average home.