jmh151
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Just got this baby- traded my Marshall and Carvin in for it, then waited 6 weeks, finally came today
I heard complaints about a volume drop between channels 1 and 2, maybe that was on the first run, because it seems fine on this one. I mean 2 is gonna sound louder since its overdriven, but the difference seems reasonable.
Tone is EVH for days, especially with a phase 90 in front. I'm still dialing it in, Channel 2 is the brown sound, though it's more Women and Children First than VH1-mind you, I'm playing an Ernie Ball Axis through it, so maybe that may give you the WACF tone over VH1.
Channel 3 is mayhem, so far I find the sweet spot at 2:00 on the gain.
Very pretty clean channel, very fendery, the best I've heard on a high gain amp.
The amps very quiet, even with a lot of gain, though pedals like a Phase 90 can add noise, it's tolerable.
Even at high gain on channel 3, it has clarity and definition on chords.
It's different than my Carvin V3, I could dial in a brutal Mesa killer tone on that, but a creamy solo tone was missing unless you added delay and a booster. I'm still dialing in a brutal metal tone on the EVH, but the solo tone is great, no booster neded at all, and you still have gain on reserve.
Unlike all my other past amps, and the reason I got this amp, it still sounds great at lower bedroom levels. If you want even lower it's got the headphone jack. Nice feedback on lower levels too
I like the look of the stacked 1x12's, but I have to see how the 2x12 compares.
I heard complaints about a volume drop between channels 1 and 2, maybe that was on the first run, because it seems fine on this one. I mean 2 is gonna sound louder since its overdriven, but the difference seems reasonable.
Tone is EVH for days, especially with a phase 90 in front. I'm still dialing it in, Channel 2 is the brown sound, though it's more Women and Children First than VH1-mind you, I'm playing an Ernie Ball Axis through it, so maybe that may give you the WACF tone over VH1.
Channel 3 is mayhem, so far I find the sweet spot at 2:00 on the gain.
Very pretty clean channel, very fendery, the best I've heard on a high gain amp.
The amps very quiet, even with a lot of gain, though pedals like a Phase 90 can add noise, it's tolerable.
Even at high gain on channel 3, it has clarity and definition on chords.
It's different than my Carvin V3, I could dial in a brutal Mesa killer tone on that, but a creamy solo tone was missing unless you added delay and a booster. I'm still dialing in a brutal metal tone on the EVH, but the solo tone is great, no booster neded at all, and you still have gain on reserve.
Unlike all my other past amps, and the reason I got this amp, it still sounds great at lower bedroom levels. If you want even lower it's got the headphone jack. Nice feedback on lower levels too
I like the look of the stacked 1x12's, but I have to see how the 2x12 compares.
