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I could just about get a tolerable sound on the Bluguitar (I think on all the channels in isolation, but I can't remember for sure), provided I didn't try radical changes of dynamics. It certainly didn't have that hideous overpowering, grating, fatiguing tone of the Micro Terror, and there was no 'after buzz' in my ears when I stopped playing.
So the Micro Terror's position as the Worst Amp Ever remains unchallenged for now...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Thank you very much for sharing information about Amp1 it really helps me to sorting out. I have a question about MIDI1 cable which is a mono jack not stereo. Could someone who has MIDI1 cable, check with multi-meter and share which midi pin connects which part of mono jack please? I am trying to solder my midi cable.
Thanks in advance!
I bought an Amp1 a couple of weeks ago having done some online 'research'... I've had back pain and been diagnosed with a couple of bulging lumbar disks, nothing serious but enough for my GP to tell me to stop lugging a Marshall combo around (a Haze 40, very nice despite some users hating it).
So anyway - I got the Amp1 and the pedal unit. No midi for me!
I have a couple of Celestion 10" 80W speakers in a homemade cabinet that I've been running a Fender 5E3 (Neil Young's amp) clone into quite successfully so I've been plugging the Blug into that. There's no way I can justify spending another £450 or so on the Nano or Fat Cab.
I play an SG with Burstbuckers, a Strat with Bareknuckle Rory Gallaghers and a Tele in open 'E' for slide so a VERY wide range of pickups and outputs.
I'm having second thoughts about the thing now, but will persevere a bit longer. I have found it's a devil of a thing to set up to get a really nice tone from, and it's so easy to get a nasty harsh vile-sounding fizzy distortion, takes some real dialling-in, just a half a step out on any of the tone controls and it's horrible.
What I HAVE found works is to have the master volume set to at least 8 in order to keep the nanotube driven hard; then set the Classic channel (which doesn't have side-panel trimmers) up with Bass/Middle/Treble controls set to 7, 4.5, 4.5; gain set to 3 and input master volume to control overall volume (i.e. NOT the 'main' master volume). Then set up the Vintage channel using the side-panel trimmers, and the Modern channel similarly (although I rarely use that channel for the stuff I play). I have the side-panel 'boost' control set to about 75%, which I find works best.
With this setup though, it's still difficult to get a 'crunch' out of the clean channel (even with 'boost' on) unless it's at ear-splitting volume so I have to use the power-brake facility on the pedal unit to tame it.
I'll give the thing another couple of weeks (and a gig next weekend) before deciding if I'm going to can it. I REALLY want it to work but I think it's going to be a hard slog to get there. In the back of my mind is a voice saying "No amp should be this finicky to make usable!"
Just ditch it before it's out of returns.
There are so many better options.