Jeroen
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A little while ago, I asked for advice on getting a small, low wattage, basic tube combo instead of my H&K Triamp mark 1 2x12 combo, which at 45 kilos isn't exactly what one 'd call 'portable'. I never used all of its potential (not the 100 tube watts, nor all six channels, nor the MIDI switching capability) which was a terrible waste in my opinion. So, time for something new.
Well, I GOT something new. But not exactly what I was looking for at first :fingersx:
She's a big 60 watt 1x12 three channel combo, and a pretty one too!
Meet my new Brunetti MC2 :banana:
I bought this baby secondhand from a local store where she had just been traded in. She came with the flightcase and the footswitch shown in the above pic.
These amps are handmade by a fairly small company in Italy (I guess they're not very familiar in the US, as there is no US distributor currently) at a very reasonable price. The MC2 is a three channel combo without a master volume. There's a clean channel with a three band EQ, input volume and a bright switch, and a reverb control. The crunch and lead channels have a shared EQ and reverb control, but both have their own gain and volume pots. The shared EQ is no problem, although the channels are voiced slightly different. The crunch channel is a tad bright, while the lead channel is a fair bit darker sounding. Still though, it's easy to dial in a good compromise on the EQ. The EQ does not work like most amps, with a center 'zero' position and a boost and cut on either side, but the knobs truly go to zero like on some old Fenders (?). This took some getting used to for me, but now it works very easy.
A five way footswitch is provided to switch channels, switch the reverb on and switch the 'Edge'-function on. Now this is something special: I don't know exactly what the Edge does, but I do know I'll never switch it off again! It just 'opens up' the tone, enhances harmonics on all three channels and...well...just spices up the amp. Cool feature, although I have no idea why they bothered to give you a switching option as I cannot imagine anyone would ever switch it off...
Two more pics for you, the control panel and the rear. As you can see, she's a closed back combo, giving a very tight and full bottomed low end and a lot of low mid punch.
This is one hell of an amp, and I'm very certain she'll stay with me for quite some time :notworthy
Well, I GOT something new. But not exactly what I was looking for at first :fingersx:
She's a big 60 watt 1x12 three channel combo, and a pretty one too!
Meet my new Brunetti MC2 :banana:
I bought this baby secondhand from a local store where she had just been traded in. She came with the flightcase and the footswitch shown in the above pic.
These amps are handmade by a fairly small company in Italy (I guess they're not very familiar in the US, as there is no US distributor currently) at a very reasonable price. The MC2 is a three channel combo without a master volume. There's a clean channel with a three band EQ, input volume and a bright switch, and a reverb control. The crunch and lead channels have a shared EQ and reverb control, but both have their own gain and volume pots. The shared EQ is no problem, although the channels are voiced slightly different. The crunch channel is a tad bright, while the lead channel is a fair bit darker sounding. Still though, it's easy to dial in a good compromise on the EQ. The EQ does not work like most amps, with a center 'zero' position and a boost and cut on either side, but the knobs truly go to zero like on some old Fenders (?). This took some getting used to for me, but now it works very easy.
A five way footswitch is provided to switch channels, switch the reverb on and switch the 'Edge'-function on. Now this is something special: I don't know exactly what the Edge does, but I do know I'll never switch it off again! It just 'opens up' the tone, enhances harmonics on all three channels and...well...just spices up the amp. Cool feature, although I have no idea why they bothered to give you a switching option as I cannot imagine anyone would ever switch it off...
Two more pics for you, the control panel and the rear. As you can see, she's a closed back combo, giving a very tight and full bottomed low end and a lot of low mid punch.
This is one hell of an amp, and I'm very certain she'll stay with me for quite some time :notworthy
I just had to answer it, even if it is true. 
