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Published on 04/15/04 at 15:00I bought this amp head from Zeagler Music in Monroe Louisiana for $1300. It came stock with Svetlana EL34's but I swapped them for Sovtek 6L6's right away.
This amp has some amazing features. It has 3 channels that can be used together for different sounds. It also has a selectable 6L6/EL34 switch and can accept 5881's as well. The clean channel has a very good fender tone to it. The first stage of the gain channel is very round sounding. You can get that SRV slow breakup or the clapton fuzz! Click the modern gain button together with the classic and you get a very heavy bet sharp gain. This is my favorite setting! There is a tube contour on this part of the amp that will change the tone from Mesa sizzle to Marshal fuzz in no time flat. This amp also has one of the best 3 bad EQ's I have ever used. You can select between 50/100w and in 50w you can get everything breaking up easier for that bluesy sound. I think 50w is more than enough for most medium sized venues.
The reverb package is the only thing I thought fell short.
This unit is built very well. It is heavy duty all around. The internals are laid out very well.
I would never get anything other than this. You can save money from buying a Diezel or Soldano and it has more features than the Mesa's and can get the same sound. The tube contour is the best feature in my opinion. You can make the tone as sharp as a Dual Rectifier or as fuzzy as a Hywatt. Inbetween is where I like it as that is right around the Bogner/Diezel/Soldano sound. I only move the knob 1/4 either way to get any of those tones.
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This amp has some amazing features. It has 3 channels that can be used together for different sounds. It also has a selectable 6L6/EL34 switch and can accept 5881's as well. The clean channel has a very good fender tone to it. The first stage of the gain channel is very round sounding. You can get that SRV slow breakup or the clapton fuzz! Click the modern gain button together with the classic and you get a very heavy bet sharp gain. This is my favorite setting! There is a tube contour on this part of the amp that will change the tone from Mesa sizzle to Marshal fuzz in no time flat. This amp also has one of the best 3 bad EQ's I have ever used. You can select between 50/100w and in 50w you can get everything breaking up easier for that bluesy sound. I think 50w is more than enough for most medium sized venues.
The reverb package is the only thing I thought fell short.
This unit is built very well. It is heavy duty all around. The internals are laid out very well.
I would never get anything other than this. You can save money from buying a Diezel or Soldano and it has more features than the Mesa's and can get the same sound. The tube contour is the best feature in my opinion. You can make the tone as sharp as a Dual Rectifier or as fuzzy as a Hywatt. Inbetween is where I like it as that is right around the Bogner/Diezel/Soldano sound. I only move the knob 1/4 either way to get any of those tones.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com