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The only problem was that it just sounded slightly differently bland and lifeless no matter what you put in it.
It did also probably start the craze for 'lunchbox' amps, which is still with us.
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
they were the second coming of the Lord according to the press at the time, too.
^^^^ Exactly this, I remember reading many of the magazine reports, and GAS'ed for one (out of my price range back then).
They can be trebly, I find running it at louder settings helps quite a bit. Also maxing the bass control and reduce the attack a bit can warm it up, or even (god forbid) using the tone control on the guitar.
Amps seem to be more faddy than diets...
I can totally imagine that, to a jobbing journalist tasked with demoing gear and recording clips to go in a regular magazine, stuff like the Univalve and Cornford Harlequin must've been amazing coming from 20 years of your only options being big loud stuff like JCMs and AC30s.
But makers have improved on those ideas and made newer amps since that make them look a bit meh today.
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I sold it when I bought a Matamp C7...one of their finest hours to my ears.
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