schecterplayer
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Any of you guys tried it yet? Its the new 4 channel, 3 mode-per-channel all-tube marshall. I got to try it today with both an epiphone les paul with gibson pickups, and a schecter with duncans for quite a while before my guitar lesson.
The tone is actually really good, the three modes of clean are all noticably different: the channel gain knobs actually work in the first two clean modes to add warmth and thickness to the clean tone without really distorting it. In the third mode of clean, the gain is bypassed and the amp is set up like an old master-volume marshall. The crunch tones are nice and well...... crunchy, with again, three different flavored modes. The overdrive 1&2 channels give about as many flavors of mid-high gain you could ask for in a single amp, although i did not have time to explore them in depth. Since i was not playing at suitably marshall-y volumes, they were not as awesome as they could be, but sounded great, especially for a 100 watt head at that low of volume. If you are looking for an incredibly easy to use amp with a lot of different good tones, check it out.
On the more negative side, in the short time i spent with this amp i got the strong impression that the build quality is not exactly what you would expect on such an expensive head. I know all the MIDI and electronic gizmos are expensive, but if I was Marshall I wouldnt expect any gigging musician to pay roughly two grand for an amp that has a couple knobs that feel so loose and flimsy i'd be afraid to breathe too hard on them. Maybe this amp just had some bad knobs in it, and it is no indication of the workmanship in general, but i would scrutinize this thing pretty carefully before buying one at that price.
In short, its a pretty kickass amp with some possible quality control issues. give it a spin and post what you think:headbang:
The tone is actually really good, the three modes of clean are all noticably different: the channel gain knobs actually work in the first two clean modes to add warmth and thickness to the clean tone without really distorting it. In the third mode of clean, the gain is bypassed and the amp is set up like an old master-volume marshall. The crunch tones are nice and well...... crunchy, with again, three different flavored modes. The overdrive 1&2 channels give about as many flavors of mid-high gain you could ask for in a single amp, although i did not have time to explore them in depth. Since i was not playing at suitably marshall-y volumes, they were not as awesome as they could be, but sounded great, especially for a 100 watt head at that low of volume. If you are looking for an incredibly easy to use amp with a lot of different good tones, check it out.
On the more negative side, in the short time i spent with this amp i got the strong impression that the build quality is not exactly what you would expect on such an expensive head. I know all the MIDI and electronic gizmos are expensive, but if I was Marshall I wouldnt expect any gigging musician to pay roughly two grand for an amp that has a couple knobs that feel so loose and flimsy i'd be afraid to breathe too hard on them. Maybe this amp just had some bad knobs in it, and it is no indication of the workmanship in general, but i would scrutinize this thing pretty carefully before buying one at that price.
In short, its a pretty kickass amp with some possible quality control issues. give it a spin and post what you think:headbang:
