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PrimeSinister
Published on 07/31/06 at 14:26
The Ibanez Valbee is, it must be borne in mind, an entry-level model at a price defying any concurrency in the premier class of tube amps.
The blue cube just under 8kg (if I remember correctly) issue a "power" of 5W, with two lamps. Yes it's little, but enough so sometimes, to play in his apartment but with good sound.
Also, the settings are reduced to a minimum logical: Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence, Vol. Two channels are available (Clean / Boost).
Note the presence of an input for the jack (not surprisingly?), Output (headphone / recorder), and a surprising entry level amp, dedicated to the effects of two doses (internal output effect , input for external effect).
Not very original idea but nice, the amp has a switch to switch to "mute", useful when you need a little quiet for a while (for example, when our wives ask us to play weaker: p).
I put 8 / 10 for features, two points being deducted for low power settings to the "bare minimum". But for that price, can we ask for more?
UTILIZATION
Use side is worthy of Playskool.
We put the switch "Power", a button to switch the channel to boost clean, very short instinctive. Beware of the trap, however, do not confuse the switch "mute" switch with "power", lol that just happened to someone I know.
Getting a good sound was relatively easy for me, both in clean, in full, were a few adjustments.
As against the manual is very light or nonexistent. 7langues 20 pages, two pages to the user manual in French, and anything useful in it. The carton at this level is more interesting, as are represented in six configurations of sounds (clean, arpeggios, Nu Metal, Hard Rock Lead, Crunch, Metal).
This small gap is a black mark on the final grade.
SOUNDS
I like many styles of music, the SRV Blues, Hard Rock at Randy Rhoads, Blues-Rock ZZ Top, Power Rock AC / DC, with this amp it's going very well, the sound is round / warm clean, heavy and "muddy" (in a good way) in clean, without distorting the sound. The settings come easily, and his approach to research that one fairly easily.
For cons, I also enjoy the crystal clear melodies of guitarists like Mark Knopfler, and there seemed to me that the sound was a little less satisfying. However playing on a Gibson SG, and have not looked hard crystal clear sound, I'll give the benefit of the doubt Valbee. A test with my Strato!
As the sound is still superb for the price (the lamps there is the way to go), I think that another note is that the maximum of haggling.
OVERALL OPINION
I did not long ago, but I am very satisfied.
I highly recommend guitarists conscientious, applied and lives in an apartment, wishing to make their ranges, their riffs and solos without triggering a "sonic tsunami," while maintaining great sound.
I recommend it to penniless guitarists (often the same: D) in search of luxury and "real" feeling.
5w is little, but € 225 for a tube amp is even less, and nothing prevents you from putting dirty hands in to mount an output to an HP on this wonderful little combo
The blue cube just under 8kg (if I remember correctly) issue a "power" of 5W, with two lamps. Yes it's little, but enough so sometimes, to play in his apartment but with good sound.
Also, the settings are reduced to a minimum logical: Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence, Vol. Two channels are available (Clean / Boost).
Note the presence of an input for the jack (not surprisingly?), Output (headphone / recorder), and a surprising entry level amp, dedicated to the effects of two doses (internal output effect , input for external effect).
Not very original idea but nice, the amp has a switch to switch to "mute", useful when you need a little quiet for a while (for example, when our wives ask us to play weaker: p).
I put 8 / 10 for features, two points being deducted for low power settings to the "bare minimum". But for that price, can we ask for more?
UTILIZATION
Use side is worthy of Playskool.
We put the switch "Power", a button to switch the channel to boost clean, very short instinctive. Beware of the trap, however, do not confuse the switch "mute" switch with "power", lol that just happened to someone I know.
Getting a good sound was relatively easy for me, both in clean, in full, were a few adjustments.
As against the manual is very light or nonexistent. 7langues 20 pages, two pages to the user manual in French, and anything useful in it. The carton at this level is more interesting, as are represented in six configurations of sounds (clean, arpeggios, Nu Metal, Hard Rock Lead, Crunch, Metal).
This small gap is a black mark on the final grade.
SOUNDS
I like many styles of music, the SRV Blues, Hard Rock at Randy Rhoads, Blues-Rock ZZ Top, Power Rock AC / DC, with this amp it's going very well, the sound is round / warm clean, heavy and "muddy" (in a good way) in clean, without distorting the sound. The settings come easily, and his approach to research that one fairly easily.
For cons, I also enjoy the crystal clear melodies of guitarists like Mark Knopfler, and there seemed to me that the sound was a little less satisfying. However playing on a Gibson SG, and have not looked hard crystal clear sound, I'll give the benefit of the doubt Valbee. A test with my Strato!
As the sound is still superb for the price (the lamps there is the way to go), I think that another note is that the maximum of haggling.
OVERALL OPINION
I did not long ago, but I am very satisfied.
I highly recommend guitarists conscientious, applied and lives in an apartment, wishing to make their ranges, their riffs and solos without triggering a "sonic tsunami," while maintaining great sound.
I recommend it to penniless guitarists (often the same: D) in search of luxury and "real" feeling.
5w is little, but € 225 for a tube amp is even less, and nothing prevents you from putting dirty hands in to mount an output to an HP on this wonderful little combo