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Published on 01/18/13 at 01:35The Laboga Alligator is a 50W all-tube amp. It would appear that in reality it does so only 45, but we will not quibble!
2 channels (clean / distortion), the distortion channel with 2 knobs to gain switchable footswitch, which is pretty nice for a boost. It does not really 2 channels, but it opens up some possibilities.
The head has a reverb, activated by footswitch if we offer the additional pedal.
Amp handmade in Poland
1 spring reverb
Lamps: 4 x EL84, 2 x 12AX7
1 input jack
3 outputs (4, 8 and 16 ohms)
1 Effects Loop in series
1 foot channel / gain 2
1 loop pedal / reverb (optional)
equa common
Mode 1 switch eq
Bright 1 switch per channel
I put 7 for equa common, the additional footswitch which is a bit shabby: 1 pedal managing channel / gain / reverb would have been logical and fixed bias
UTILIZATION
The manual is more or less useless: we are in the amp lamp is not a gas plant. The only thing that can open the manual to eqMode are curious and bright switch.
The first, as its name suggests, is on equalization. What I can not say (not curious? ^ ^), It seems to me that it is the presence settings that plays a bit like the fact the contour knob on the mesas. Too bad that this switch is common to both channels.
The bright switches is very helpful, they make good common since the equation will give more or less slammed the selected channel. It is very obvious on the clean.
As mentioned above it's handmade, quality is at the appointment as its robustness that. The knobs are reactive, it's nice. The common equation can "scare" a priori limit it, certainly, but Laboga has put small offset options.
8 for equa common (head are two equas) and which is also common eqMode
SOUNDS
Level style, this amp is built for rock that sends. Ie it lacks gain for extreme metal, it lacks a little bit of gain for the metal (which is remediable by putting lamps high gain, it pushes a little), and it is too straight / clean the old rock
Overall, the sound is right but not cold, we can not speak of roundness either. This is Laboga paste, which I think gives a good compromise between modern and vintage sounds.
The clean can be as slamming of a soft, depending on your settings. This versatility is very nice, especially the head cash pedals very well.
By pushing against the gain of the clean channel, the crunch is not particularly to my taste. I like to clean the gain to 10h / 11h to crunch it a little when I press play, you feel the lights working but now it is not very convincing.
The distortion channel is very good. Personally I love the grain Laboga, just right it takes the grain brings a kind of heat.
Both gain knobs are not negligible for the sound palette.
OVERALL OPINION
I used it for almost a year and I wanted to have a head with more gain and follows me separated for Mr Hector (yes, still in Laboga). I think it is a very good amp, which was a bit tight for the style I play (rock / metal / fusion).
It is paradoxical that the brand but its got a typed, this amp has some versatility and the fact that it will accept many effects in this direction.
This is an amp that I recommend, and for those looking for a little more heat on the clean, I had the opportunity to test class A version which is absolutely superb.
2 channels (clean / distortion), the distortion channel with 2 knobs to gain switchable footswitch, which is pretty nice for a boost. It does not really 2 channels, but it opens up some possibilities.
The head has a reverb, activated by footswitch if we offer the additional pedal.
Amp handmade in Poland
1 spring reverb
Lamps: 4 x EL84, 2 x 12AX7
1 input jack
3 outputs (4, 8 and 16 ohms)
1 Effects Loop in series
1 foot channel / gain 2
1 loop pedal / reverb (optional)
equa common
Mode 1 switch eq
Bright 1 switch per channel
I put 7 for equa common, the additional footswitch which is a bit shabby: 1 pedal managing channel / gain / reverb would have been logical and fixed bias
UTILIZATION
The manual is more or less useless: we are in the amp lamp is not a gas plant. The only thing that can open the manual to eqMode are curious and bright switch.
The first, as its name suggests, is on equalization. What I can not say (not curious? ^ ^), It seems to me that it is the presence settings that plays a bit like the fact the contour knob on the mesas. Too bad that this switch is common to both channels.
The bright switches is very helpful, they make good common since the equation will give more or less slammed the selected channel. It is very obvious on the clean.
As mentioned above it's handmade, quality is at the appointment as its robustness that. The knobs are reactive, it's nice. The common equation can "scare" a priori limit it, certainly, but Laboga has put small offset options.
8 for equa common (head are two equas) and which is also common eqMode
SOUNDS
Level style, this amp is built for rock that sends. Ie it lacks gain for extreme metal, it lacks a little bit of gain for the metal (which is remediable by putting lamps high gain, it pushes a little), and it is too straight / clean the old rock
Overall, the sound is right but not cold, we can not speak of roundness either. This is Laboga paste, which I think gives a good compromise between modern and vintage sounds.
The clean can be as slamming of a soft, depending on your settings. This versatility is very nice, especially the head cash pedals very well.
By pushing against the gain of the clean channel, the crunch is not particularly to my taste. I like to clean the gain to 10h / 11h to crunch it a little when I press play, you feel the lights working but now it is not very convincing.
The distortion channel is very good. Personally I love the grain Laboga, just right it takes the grain brings a kind of heat.
Both gain knobs are not negligible for the sound palette.
OVERALL OPINION
I used it for almost a year and I wanted to have a head with more gain and follows me separated for Mr Hector (yes, still in Laboga). I think it is a very good amp, which was a bit tight for the style I play (rock / metal / fusion).
It is paradoxical that the brand but its got a typed, this amp has some versatility and the fact that it will accept many effects in this direction.
This is an amp that I recommend, and for those looking for a little more heat on the clean, I had the opportunity to test class A version which is absolutely superb.