Amp arrived late today so only a few first impressions. First off everything about this head is just quality the look the feel of the controls the detail no doubt about this being a real boutique point to point wired
hand built amp.
Now the first tones. Set everything at 12 Oclock plug the head into my Blackstar 1/12 with the WGS Retro 30 turn both masters down all the way let it warm up and flip it on. Start on the gain side and slowly roll the master up and as she comes in it's amazing whisper levels and the harmonic content is just jaw dropping! Super low volume and the tones HUGE open not buzzy rich and organic! Roll it up to about 9 Oclock and it just keeps getting better fuller clearer by 11 Oclock it really coming alive and is just hammering! This is with my never touching ANYTHING on eq gain everything is just set straight up a noon and I'm thinking this is the best sounding amp I have ever plugged into for a smooth rich organic overdrive tone and it's not even dialed in yet!! Just absolutely blown away!! Wife is home and I'm spanking my ears pretty good at this point so I flip over to the cleans.
Again like the crunch side everything is at noon master all the way down so roll it in. Comes in very easily and smoothly very very good clean tons of headroom warm rich and big sounding. Cleaner and with higher headroom than my MT 15 and is very very nice. Doesn't have the pull boost and is a real clean doesn't break up even when I crank it a little on the gain and hit it hard with attack. Kind of a shame though it doesn't do that nice light break up like the MT 15 so it's much different. Should really take pedals well.
2 things that stood out on the amp immediately. This thing while having tons of gain is super quiet shockingly so. Second is just how amazing the tones are at super low volumes and how controllable it is. Baffling that this 50 watt monster is so super easy to get knock out bedroom level tones with at 50 watts while the little 15 watt MT 15 that supposedly is based off this one is SO impossible to control at low volumes. Bet the 50 watt combo versions of this thing would be the absolute ultimate bedroom amp!
Really have not gotten into it to see just what I can really do with it but so far am absolutely floored at how good this amp is . Will get back to you in a few days when I have had the chance to really work with it but after just this WOW!!
hand built amp.
Now the first tones. Set everything at 12 Oclock plug the head into my Blackstar 1/12 with the WGS Retro 30 turn both masters down all the way let it warm up and flip it on. Start on the gain side and slowly roll the master up and as she comes in it's amazing whisper levels and the harmonic content is just jaw dropping! Super low volume and the tones HUGE open not buzzy rich and organic! Roll it up to about 9 Oclock and it just keeps getting better fuller clearer by 11 Oclock it really coming alive and is just hammering! This is with my never touching ANYTHING on eq gain everything is just set straight up a noon and I'm thinking this is the best sounding amp I have ever plugged into for a smooth rich organic overdrive tone and it's not even dialed in yet!! Just absolutely blown away!! Wife is home and I'm spanking my ears pretty good at this point so I flip over to the cleans.
Again like the crunch side everything is at noon master all the way down so roll it in. Comes in very easily and smoothly very very good clean tons of headroom warm rich and big sounding. Cleaner and with higher headroom than my MT 15 and is very very nice. Doesn't have the pull boost and is a real clean doesn't break up even when I crank it a little on the gain and hit it hard with attack. Kind of a shame though it doesn't do that nice light break up like the MT 15 so it's much different. Should really take pedals well.
2 things that stood out on the amp immediately. This thing while having tons of gain is super quiet shockingly so. Second is just how amazing the tones are at super low volumes and how controllable it is. Baffling that this 50 watt monster is so super easy to get knock out bedroom level tones with at 50 watts while the little 15 watt MT 15 that supposedly is based off this one is SO impossible to control at low volumes. Bet the 50 watt combo versions of this thing would be the absolute ultimate bedroom amp!
Really have not gotten into it to see just what I can really do with it but so far am absolutely floored at how good this amp is . Will get back to you in a few days when I have had the chance to really work with it but after just this WOW!!
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