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«  Fender sound ... solid but not perfect »

Published on 11/05/10 at 01:46
All Tube Combo (3x 12AX7 2x6L6) 40W
HP 12 "+ jack External speaker
Spring Reverb Fender
3 channels clean, drive and more drive with footswitch
Bright switch
loop power amp in preamp out (to cut)
3-band EQ + Presence

UTILIZATION

Not read the manual ...
You plug the guitar and it rocks live.


SOUNDS

Very nice sound and versatile, the clean is beautiful as well as easily snapping the scratches.
Crunch a bit messy in the bass, perfect for blues / rock 70s but a bit tricky to adjust. Depending on the style OD pedal allow more sounds, such as not enough for the family of the metal sounds.

Beautiful dynamic sound, well-tuned it responds very well to the attack, as well as setting volume / tone of the guitar.

The drive is actually more a +12 dB boost on the drive channel, so still a bit more rough but very convenient for out of the mass on a solo etc..

Used on a variety of styles blues rock reggae pop funk jazz bossa and even country, with an Epiphone Les Paul and Fender Telecaster.

One or two pedals or a multi-purpose, and effectively expands the palette. changing preamp tubes may be worth, they are not original fabulous.

Very beautiful with an organ or Rhodes


OVERALL OPINION

5 years of use.
tested quite a few amps of all makes, often going into my favorites types fender twin sounds, it's still a good compromise, a bit expensive but reliable for its manufacture

the -:
crunch a bit messy, see above
connections rather fragile
one EQ for all channels
very long reverb, can be aggressive even though she is very beautiful
Heavy ... but if one seeks the good combo lamps will be always larger transformers
some parasitic vibrations, but maybe just mine

The pros:
beautiful object
nice sound, good power output, it suffices to repeat or even in small room
suitable for what I need ... try it, it's very distinctive and will not suit everyone.