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«  A good head »

Published on 10/11/13 at 07:54
All-tube amp to power 18w max.
2 x 12 to the preamp AX7 and 2 x EL84 for amplification.
Classic 3-band EQ 2 + channel a boost, DI output, and affets loop.

UTILIZATION

Modulation between master and gain allows a multitude of sounds from the purest light, an aggressive distortion and this through a bluesy crunch well and that, whatever the channel ...
The documentation is well done, but we really need, as it is intuitive and conventional operation. This is not a criticism but more in my opinion.

SOUNDS

In terms of sound,

The clean sounds are superb, well crystalline and it can become very hot even if you push the master in the last third of the race

The overdrive channel can sound pretty rock that is very clean and really neat.

The boost for me as a true third channel which allows for large saturations.

The head is connected to a cab Vox VN112, I like the rendering of the Greenback cab that gives me everything I want in terms of rendering.

I plug in all my guitars either on this amp with the same happiness (Vigier, Strat, Gisbson Tom Marceau)

OVERALL OPINION

I went on this model after using a small combo Vox modeling.
There is another world, really nothing to do, I use it for over a year and I would do this choice without hesitation.
Of course if I had a budget more so the question arises differently though!