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Ogmor « Typed, but very good »
Published on 01/26/14 at 10:36
Value For Money :
Excellent
This is an all-tube amp: 4 6l6GV and 4 ECC83, delivering a power of 100 watts.
Mine (blue Tolex, CRATE logo golden and writes standard font) is made in the USA.
2 channels: clear (Low, mids, and High volume, and a saturated (low, mids, high, gain and volume)
A short spring reverb, each channel has a knob for adjusting the reverb (which is not a footswitch accionables: either it is removed, or was the desired dosage via the knob).
A knob "presence" which plays on the presence of acute.
2 HP outputs, a switch allowing to choose 8 or 16 ohms.
A footswitch CONTROLLING effects loop and channel change.
A line out.
No dosage knob of the effects loop.
UTILIZATION
I had occas' without manual, but the settings seem simple.
Premium abbord, the sound of the amp with all equalo noon made me rather afraid. Fortunately, the knobs are sensitive: the amp is naturally loaded treble, bass pretty poor (at least with lamps Groove Tube of origin). It has a good reserve of gain on the overdrive channel and the clean channel is really not bad.
There is a huge difference in volume from one channel to another: the overdrive channel is 2 times less strong, even if ultimately it has sufficient reserves.
Note that the original lamps (all WG) in my opinion are of poor quality, and in any event not suitable for this amp: the sound is naturally aggressive, no need to put lights that highlight these features. I put everything in JJ, and my god, the result is quite surprising! Very effective!
SOUNDS
I play doom and stoner rock, and this amp does not look for it. That said, I can be satisfied in a (but it can not be not be the case for all). I would say it has thrashers address or death metallers, and also has black metallers for the overdrive channel. Basically, for the extreme metal.
What I like about this amp is above all this huge headroom. For stoner, it is not "heavy" grain amp as in Orange, but it was something warm and basic. On the satellite channel (^ ^) I put the bass 3/4, the mids might almost the same (slightly above), and treble to 12.30, and I rule the presence 2. And finally, the gain to 7, which is really not bad! The result is a hyper its not thick, but with enough body and a basic side-aggressive unusual in the genre, but it works. Then I regret one side a little too crillard for my style of music, but if I did the heavy, I find the delicate balance between warmth and coldness that hits!
I add quen adjusting the gain to 3-4, a very good crunch, which directs the amp in another register on GET TIRED more brittish rock. this is not why I use the most, but I think in a vintage record, he must make his case.
The clean channel it has a lot more body and presence that saturated, which makes it really welcoming to the pedals. His sound is still pretty slammed at the top of the spectrum, but the shape it has equallo happens, and I confess that I really like. Even volume snooze, it crunch not (unless the strings are buggers: it therefore remains dynamic).
OVERALL OPINION
I've had a year and this is my first tube amp, even though I played on the Engle Powerball for a while.
It is on it's an amp that has carracteristiques like it or not. Just do not be afraid to nag about the settings, but believe me, the EQ is effective and can give very different colors. There will always be this aggressive side with sharp shining, but the choice of lamps is paramount. You may say that it is a little the principle of a lights amp, but in this case, it can really make the difference between a sound you either love or hate. JJ seem all set for this amp: they soften to give him warmth and roundness, and there is obtained for an amp that is really cheap for its quality, something that has personality.
Personally, I do not know if I ever will play on this amp for the Stoner, even if it displeases'm not, but if I turn to a more extreme register, it will be any designated!
Mine (blue Tolex, CRATE logo golden and writes standard font) is made in the USA.
2 channels: clear (Low, mids, and High volume, and a saturated (low, mids, high, gain and volume)
A short spring reverb, each channel has a knob for adjusting the reverb (which is not a footswitch accionables: either it is removed, or was the desired dosage via the knob).
A knob "presence" which plays on the presence of acute.
2 HP outputs, a switch allowing to choose 8 or 16 ohms.
A footswitch CONTROLLING effects loop and channel change.
A line out.
No dosage knob of the effects loop.
UTILIZATION
I had occas' without manual, but the settings seem simple.
Premium abbord, the sound of the amp with all equalo noon made me rather afraid. Fortunately, the knobs are sensitive: the amp is naturally loaded treble, bass pretty poor (at least with lamps Groove Tube of origin). It has a good reserve of gain on the overdrive channel and the clean channel is really not bad.
There is a huge difference in volume from one channel to another: the overdrive channel is 2 times less strong, even if ultimately it has sufficient reserves.
Note that the original lamps (all WG) in my opinion are of poor quality, and in any event not suitable for this amp: the sound is naturally aggressive, no need to put lights that highlight these features. I put everything in JJ, and my god, the result is quite surprising! Very effective!
SOUNDS
I play doom and stoner rock, and this amp does not look for it. That said, I can be satisfied in a (but it can not be not be the case for all). I would say it has thrashers address or death metallers, and also has black metallers for the overdrive channel. Basically, for the extreme metal.
What I like about this amp is above all this huge headroom. For stoner, it is not "heavy" grain amp as in Orange, but it was something warm and basic. On the satellite channel (^ ^) I put the bass 3/4, the mids might almost the same (slightly above), and treble to 12.30, and I rule the presence 2. And finally, the gain to 7, which is really not bad! The result is a hyper its not thick, but with enough body and a basic side-aggressive unusual in the genre, but it works. Then I regret one side a little too crillard for my style of music, but if I did the heavy, I find the delicate balance between warmth and coldness that hits!
I add quen adjusting the gain to 3-4, a very good crunch, which directs the amp in another register on GET TIRED more brittish rock. this is not why I use the most, but I think in a vintage record, he must make his case.
The clean channel it has a lot more body and presence that saturated, which makes it really welcoming to the pedals. His sound is still pretty slammed at the top of the spectrum, but the shape it has equallo happens, and I confess that I really like. Even volume snooze, it crunch not (unless the strings are buggers: it therefore remains dynamic).
OVERALL OPINION
I've had a year and this is my first tube amp, even though I played on the Engle Powerball for a while.
It is on it's an amp that has carracteristiques like it or not. Just do not be afraid to nag about the settings, but believe me, the EQ is effective and can give very different colors. There will always be this aggressive side with sharp shining, but the choice of lamps is paramount. You may say that it is a little the principle of a lights amp, but in this case, it can really make the difference between a sound you either love or hate. JJ seem all set for this amp: they soften to give him warmth and roundness, and there is obtained for an amp that is really cheap for its quality, something that has personality.
Personally, I do not know if I ever will play on this amp for the Stoner, even if it displeases'm not, but if I turn to a more extreme register, it will be any designated!