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Published on 03/04/08 at 07:21
Finally, I!

It's all lights, that's why I wanted it!
It's going out of 5 watt bulbs: what to spend the walls of buildings but nothing to add sound to a room.
A low input impedance (from diagram) An output HP, a HP 4 Ohms.
A volume, a Bass EQ (high-cut, low pass, it's up to)

UTILIZATION

There's no simpler.
It immediately sounds pretty clean. Or modified without pedal, impossible to really cruncher or saturate. on the other hand, what dynamics! I finally understand how to play in tapping! It's simple: you touch the guitar: it sounds! I had never played on a tube amp, what strikes me is the sensitivity to the game, it brings inspiration immediately!
on the other hand can not imagine having a killer or a guitar hero: That's not it either. (Whatever that ... after amendment, to be seen ...).
My bass has never sounded better too! It's almost better than the guitar! Dynamics made really sound the slap! Even with old strings.
The pickups in single pass more I find, be it with the guitar or bass.
The manual we warn against the risk of electrocution, period. It's pretty confused about the ignition bypass the amp: There is an automatic timeout of 15s before playing.

SOUNDS

The sound is very typical, or rather, not versatile home, I hope to change that with some modifications.
The have tried it with a telecaster copy SSH and low J / P.
There are some noise inside the HP, which still sounds "boxy".
There is much more serious and less acute VOX my office. I have not tried other HP.
For cons, I realize that the tone color depends more on the cabinet that the amp puts it: My little Crate Powerblock it does finally come out not so bad: only lack the dynamics and "inspiration" (I definitely prefer the term "heat").

OVERALL OPINION

I have since yesterday, I will change the mind if I pass out the kustomiser. I found a Philips EL84 in the attic, which come from a radio receiver / turntable tube. I can not wait to test it.
€ 100 in toto for the power it has, that's fine.
The experience, I would have opened the beast, and I would say I would do if this choice.

Well, for the color beige, must love anyway!