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«  BIG amp, multi-boutonnifre »

Published on 10/12/10 at 04:13
Lamps, a mega shit, even
Watts, a great mga shit, even.
Rglages the wazoo. Facade acnique (so many buttons that looks like an acne juvnile)
Power: 120-50-130W, depending on the configuration of lights you choose
It's heavy, it bti like a truck, it's what Mesa.
Pdalier imposing (4 channels + reverb + mute + solo + 1 + loop loop 2), I'll have rviser my tap class.
For crazy MIDI dception yet in sight, alas: no implementations. Big

UTILIZATION

manual (for an amp). In English, despite the law Franaise.
Requirements: must go slowly
And no, we do not get a good sound easily. You really have to look at rglages. Nevertheless have all the knobs noon, the fact dj (not the volume knob, Zetes crazy or what?)

The volume is very gradual (by comparison, is much easier rgler its volume than on my old Mesa DC5 and so much better).

The complexity of attention rglages I RPTE. And be careful you do not touch the rear slection that when the receiver is dyed, which is not ideal to compare the sound between them when one wants to play on the rear switches Dr. ..

SOUNDS

You can do anything with, it seems. But who wants to do everything?
Note the "plop" channel change, but not as deafening even (!), We hear them.
Many rglages!
For each channel (and there are four knobs which will have identical effects on the sound quite DIFFERENT) was in addition to the gain and tone:
- Presence of a rglage
- The volume of each channel (master) also affects the final sound.
- In addition you can choose the rectification (diode or lamp) for each channel sparment
- In addition you can choose the floor of amplification for each channel sparment
- In addition you can choose to send speakers A or B or both for each channel separately. Personally, I invested in the Mesa Rectifier 2x12 is still a family!
- And finally, you can choose use low voltage or high voltage for the whole beast

Our repertoire ranges from rock to rock music. The amp does everything very well.
I not only for the sound clear channel 1 (least saturated), I cruncher while I'm in the middle of the race to win, barely, yet not I play with the microphones that belch dead (57 mountains Gibson home on my ES-339). I will not if it verifies the lights that I put too true: it may be 2x6L6 not enough to have the headroom. I will try with 4x6L6 to see ...

In session can I tried for the first time the effects loop (at least the n1): small volume loss observed. I will have to compensate has, at least not if I rv. I

OVERALL OPINION

the beast in recent weeks at home o I could grind my buttons drunk, but her first session can only c'tait this week.
I could push the volume a bit, well ... is very good.

I have no great exprience amps: Vox AC30, Marshall DSL I-know-what-more, Fender Hot Rod, Peavey Classic, Mesa (dj client) etc ... I chose to port the beast to make me a big pleasure more than a few points "targets" pleasant:
- 4 channels is very handy, especially when all 4 are both in Chelonis graouh
- Loops are dclenchables foot, and the volume for solos: practice.
- Varit Sound: combinations of lamps are expressly studied for a.

Points negatives
- No MIDI, but I'm not user
- Very expensive but I was under the
- Very heavy, but my muscles
- Volume of effects loops, but I had the balls
- Plop the channel change, but it's so Mesa-ish!

My real fear: that this gas plant fails. The more widgets, more widgets may fail (Sioux proverb). We will see the solidity of the beast use

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