Ibanez Valbee 5w amp

[Lu_B]

Has anyone played one of these little monsters?

I'm on the hunt for a small practice amp and was gasing for a Vox Pathfinder. But I've just stumbed across the Valbee.

The only thing that stops me from buying one is the "High Gain" tag, I'm more into classic rock and blues - AC/DC, Hendrix, BB King, Clapton, Knopfler, JJ Cale, Howlin Wolf than high gain shred stuff. should this worry me?

Spec from the Ibanez site
Suitable for home practice and home recording......

* Small body with Headphone/Recording out for home practice/recording.
* "Valve Powered" phone rec out for real tube drive sound
* Active EQs for versatile sound.
* High-gain distortion sound for heavy rock players.
* Heavy-duty design.

TUBES:
* Power Tube - 6L6GC x 1
* Pre Tube - 12AX7 x 1

Speaker:
* 6.5" IBANEZ ORIGINAL "POWER JAM 654"

Output:
* Output: 5W @ 4Ω

Controls:
* Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Presence, Volume,
* Power / Stand by / Boost switch

Control Jacks:
* Input, Phone/Line out, Send, Return

Dimension:
* 300(W)x280(H)x240(D)mm

 

[pac112]

Re: Ibanez Valbee 5w amp

im curious to know too. i asked around and noone i know played it before. do u folks think it could be a "mini-mesa" ?

 

[muttonchopsrule]

Re: Ibanez Valbee 5w amp

sounds pretty cool. i'd be curious to see how this one sounds.

 

[Lu_B]

Re: Ibanez Valbee 5w amp

We seem to have alot of curious people!

 

[Baltar]

Re: Ibanez Valbee 5w amp

i wanted to try one out, but no store here in austria has them in stock.

for me the roland microcube does it as a practice-amp.
for jammin, you need more power (eg fender pro junior) anyway.