Got a new toy!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:24 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:52 pm
Review?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:11 pm
Yes, review please! I've been intrigued by these since they were first announced......
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:30 pm
no headphone jack?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:40 pm
Thanks for the posts everybody!I think that this is a very cool little amp.About the same size as my 15 watt Solid State Marshall but more than twice as heavy.1 channel 8 inch speaker 5 LOUD watts Made in USA!Controls are just Volume and Tone plus Speed and Intensity for Tremolo.In the back is a control for the Power Sponge Attenuator.
This is a Class A amp tube's are: preamp 12AX7 power amp EL84(JJs).It has 2 speaker outs(4/8/16 ohms)XLR out effects in,but no headphone jack.I love the Power Sponge,I like to dime the volume then set the level with the Power Sponge and use the volume and tone controls on the guitar to go from clean to crunch.The single volume on the amp is very versatile it goes 1,9,10 that is as you turn the nob from 1 to 2 it goes to nearly full volume while gain is added progressively as you turn clockwise(2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)at 10 is another increase in both volume and gain.So to get clean headroom you only have to turn it up a little and still be a nearly full volume.
This is more like a vintage amp like Supro/Valco than a modern High Gain amp.Better for Kinks-Led Zeppelin 1 kind of sound than Heavy Metal.The Tremelo is very cool. Anyway it is perfect for me as I live in an apartment and can't play too loud so I can turn this up and get that sweet power tube distortion not get the fizzy fuzzy preamp sound like I get from my Solid State Marshall.
Alot of people on other boards have complained about how expensive this is for a 5 Watt amp but considering the quality components used and the fact that that it was made in the good old USA I think it's not such a bad deal(less than an Epiphone valve Jr combo with a "Mercury Mod" plus a Tremolo pedal and a Weber Mini Mass).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/fuzztone65/DSCF0020.jpg
This is a Class A amp tube's are: preamp 12AX7 power amp EL84(JJs).It has 2 speaker outs(4/8/16 ohms)XLR out effects in,but no headphone jack.I love the Power Sponge,I like to dime the volume then set the level with the Power Sponge and use the volume and tone controls on the guitar to go from clean to crunch.The single volume on the amp is very versatile it goes 1,9,10 that is as you turn the nob from 1 to 2 it goes to nearly full volume while gain is added progressively as you turn clockwise(2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)at 10 is another increase in both volume and gain.So to get clean headroom you only have to turn it up a little and still be a nearly full volume.
This is more like a vintage amp like Supro/Valco than a modern High Gain amp.Better for Kinks-Led Zeppelin 1 kind of sound than Heavy Metal.The Tremelo is very cool. Anyway it is perfect for me as I live in an apartment and can't play too loud so I can turn this up and get that sweet power tube distortion not get the fizzy fuzzy preamp sound like I get from my Solid State Marshall.
Alot of people on other boards have complained about how expensive this is for a 5 Watt amp but considering the quality components used and the fact that that it was made in the good old USA I think it's not such a bad deal(less than an Epiphone valve Jr combo with a "Mercury Mod" plus a Tremolo pedal and a Weber Mini Mass).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/fuzztone65/DSCF0020.jpg
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:20 pm
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:06 pm