JeffB
Let it B
Cute Little Amp That Lights Up Blue..........
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Been GASing for one of these for a year plus. So far I'm digging it. Sounds great. It is very different than the Class5.
Much more refined/professional sounding, and has that "clear gain H&K sound"..Even with tons of gain you hear everything (good and bad!) in a chord.
MUCH more sustain than the C5 even at similar gain levels. Supa tight bass, and plenty of it.
Clean channel is very brilliant...reminds me of my old Mesa F50 clean channel...tight..big bass..round. Cranked it gets into that slightly breaking up type of thing (using PAF type outputs).
All the controls are very interactive, took me a bit to dial in the power amp and preamp distortion how I wanted.
Loop works well (Mooer Reecho tape/analog sim on top in the pics).
Lead boost is significantly louder and MUCH more gainy than the crunch channel. My 335 starts to feedback even on 5W. It sounds good too, kinda reminds me of the lead boost on my old Rivera Chubster. I will live on the crunch channel though so will just run a pedal for a boost. I cannot dial the lead boost channel they way I like without messing up the Crunch channel. the TM36 obviously would be a better choice in that regard (lead channel is separate).
On the 5W setting master full up, it is not as loud as the Class5, which is surprising, but it sounds like a full size amp (the Class5 sounds like a miniature amp, just a loud one). 18W mode is not THAT much louder than the class 5 and unlike alot of MV amps, it sounds good at full wattage with the gain up, and Master around 9 oclock or so. 1W mode obviously not optimal, but a bazillion times better than the Marshall low watt setting, and one might be able to get away with it at late night if you are far away from others and/or they are watching TV.
Not sure if its the amp I need, but it sure is a awesome piece of work, and I am having a blast with it. Hopefully I can get a clip up this weekend.
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Been GASing for one of these for a year plus. So far I'm digging it. Sounds great. It is very different than the Class5.
Much more refined/professional sounding, and has that "clear gain H&K sound"..Even with tons of gain you hear everything (good and bad!) in a chord.
MUCH more sustain than the C5 even at similar gain levels. Supa tight bass, and plenty of it.
Clean channel is very brilliant...reminds me of my old Mesa F50 clean channel...tight..big bass..round. Cranked it gets into that slightly breaking up type of thing (using PAF type outputs).
All the controls are very interactive, took me a bit to dial in the power amp and preamp distortion how I wanted.
Loop works well (Mooer Reecho tape/analog sim on top in the pics).
Lead boost is significantly louder and MUCH more gainy than the crunch channel. My 335 starts to feedback even on 5W. It sounds good too, kinda reminds me of the lead boost on my old Rivera Chubster. I will live on the crunch channel though so will just run a pedal for a boost. I cannot dial the lead boost channel they way I like without messing up the Crunch channel. the TM36 obviously would be a better choice in that regard (lead channel is separate).
On the 5W setting master full up, it is not as loud as the Class5, which is surprising, but it sounds like a full size amp (the Class5 sounds like a miniature amp, just a loud one). 18W mode is not THAT much louder than the class 5 and unlike alot of MV amps, it sounds good at full wattage with the gain up, and Master around 9 oclock or so. 1W mode obviously not optimal, but a bazillion times better than the Marshall low watt setting, and one might be able to get away with it at late night if you are far away from others and/or they are watching TV.
Not sure if its the amp I need, but it sure is a awesome piece of work, and I am having a blast with it. Hopefully I can get a clip up this weekend.
