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Published on 03/11/09 at 18:40
Value For Money : Excellent
- What kind of amplification (lamp, transistor ,...)?
Amp all-tube class A with
<ul> Prampli: 1x 12AX7B
Power: 1x 6L6GC </ul>

- What is the power dlivre?
5 Watt ...

- What connection?
Between 1 + 1 effects loop (Send In / Out Return) + 1 headphone
Power switch 1 switch + 1 StandBy

- What are the rglages the effects? ...
Intgr no effect.
Rglages: Volume, Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Prsence
A button to switch on the channel distortion

BALANCE SHEET
A simple amplifier handle. We are not facing a gas plant. Allows you to set foot in the world of light!

Most:
The effects loop.
Setting "Prsence"
The standby (yeah that price is the one able to apprcier)
The original design if you really apprcie (my case)

The -:
The absence of an HP Output
The original design really apprcie if not (not me)

For me, it's worth a 8 / 10!

UTILIZATION

- The configuration is it simple?
Yes, rglages ractifs are and actually do their job. They are accessible and rather well done for.

- Gets it easy to sound good?
Cf Tones ...

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Unfortunately never had!

BALANCE SHEET
Well I put 8 in the absence of HP Output
Most:
30 seconds for a sound and understand how the bazaar!
The -:
The lack of exit HP confined bte use the home or studio

SOUNDS

Above all, this amp I used (and uses) for about a year of daily fawn.
My expriences amps (which greatly influence my opinion, no doubt):
Marshall MG30DFX 30W Transistor (;))
Peavey Studio Pro 112 Transistor
Marshall Valvestate 80W Hybrid
Transistor Drive CD20R (Mouarf)
Amps studio: JCM800, 900 Valveking, 5150, Vintage Modern, etc ...

My style: pop kitten (the Kyo), the hardcore bar (The DEP, Meshuggah, Ion Dissonance) and tatal that spot (Gojira, Pantera)

- With what (s) guitar (s) / low (s) or effect (s) do you play?
My guitars: LTD MH400NT LH (Mount 81/85)

- Is it your style of music?
Yes but with distortion pedals of Additional and eq!;)

- What are the sounds you prfrez, you dtest?
In rglant the amp in clean, Bass 5, 6 Middleton, Treble 7, 8 I get to have a great range of sound that does not include me dplaisent playing with rglage pr sences to make clear sounds softer and distorted sounds more aggressive.

- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
Without forward chaining, the sound obtained with the channel distortion is trs rock, a moderately aggressive crunch does not m'intresse and I think for the lightweight mtal, too cold for the blues but IDAL for the soft rock!
With or without chaining, even when the sound has more mouth, more than me with the lights ...
That shut me skeptical about the diffrence lamp / transistor, I admit that the job of those in the dernires Valbee changes when the same cot trs "electronic" transistor amps!
The sound of the body, it is much more alive!

BALANCE SHEET
This amp sounds like an amp 150/200 lamp! I jou on the JCM800, JCM900, 5150, and it is clear that the valbee is not a "mini" version of these monsters! It's a lil amp to play Penard lamp at home, not a box of the race scne fates: it has t built design with this in mind!
Most:
If you know nothing about lights in amp is for discovering the IDAL
The sound "tube" is l!
The -:
I not see that price, not DSOL!

I put 9 / 10 because there are other models that mritent probably some attention!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
Year or two

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
I love the sound, shape, design, simplicity and efficiency for this price!

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
No, DSOL!
- How do you report qualitprix?
Excellent! Used especially as it begins be an even more attractive price!

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
I do not know but I do not really regret this choice
EDIT: 2 years APRS, yet I do not regret this amp which I'm not prs me spare. For home use, it's really THE TOP! In addition, the price, I think there is still one of the few to offer a real legalization, not a poor Tone (see Fender, Epiphone). It is also the "muscle in this CATEGORY. It sounds even low volume, the top is really clear to cash pedals!

It is even IDAL for those who want to get their hands on the customization amp because the net is full of tutorials to change HP, sound, etc. ..