Time for a quick review.
I bought this from
@Catthan and after my happiness was derailed by a failing PP2 causing all sorts of noise and crap I have finally had the chance to properly get to know this amp
30W, 2 EL34 and 3 12AX7
The styling is very "Marshall" but the tone is not completely in that ballpark. There is definitely a strong hint of Plexi, but there is something else too - giving it a bit more sparkle. The EQ is very sensible and can be used throughout the sweep of the controls.
At low gain levels it has a very plummy clear clean sound, especially with single coils, and it crunches up with humbuckers but always reacts very well to the guitar volume - I'd say that it reacts better than any other amp I've ever owned to guitar vol changes.
As the gain gets up to halfway it gets very crunchy in an AC/DC sort of way and initially it got a bit woolly as the gain went up. Knocking the bass down a bit solved that completely.
At full gain and with all the tone controls up it doesn't quite get to an EVH1 level of saturation but it's damn close.
I'm using it with the gain on about 4 for a nice crunch and then hitting it with pedals. It reacts great to simple boosts and to the mental gain levels on my AMT stuff.
I am a very happy bunny indeed. All I need now is a much bigger cab - I've only got a 30W 1x12 EVH cab. First job will be loading a 65W Creamback into it. When I have some more money.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
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I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd