The Golden Boy
Fleecy Sweaterologist
I managed to pick up a fill in gig with a cover band, so I've been spending a fair amount of time down in the basement learning songs. Yeah, I'm supposed to be playing bass, but I enjoy playing guitar as well. I did a little re-arranging in the basement and "stumbled" on this old Sovtek head that belongs to Wifey. She never plays it, and I played it when she first got it last year or the year before. But I decided to fire that sucker up and see what it could do.
This is a nice sounding head. It needs a bit of cleaning up, but I really dig this thing through my 2x12. My 2x12 is not the best sounding cab to my ears. With the master on 3 or so, and the preamp somewhere around 3:00 this amp has a whole lot of Malcom Youg tone going on. If you turn up the preamp higher it dissolves into a trebly, fizzy mess- but before that point, it's a great "clean" and dynamically responsive overdrive.
It used to be when I saw people playing these amps, my first thought was "that dude can't afford a Marshall." Now I understand there's something else going on there. No, it doesn't sound like my Marshall, but it's a "Marshall inspired" sound that's quite good in it's own right.
This is a nice sounding head. It needs a bit of cleaning up, but I really dig this thing through my 2x12. My 2x12 is not the best sounding cab to my ears. With the master on 3 or so, and the preamp somewhere around 3:00 this amp has a whole lot of Malcom Youg tone going on. If you turn up the preamp higher it dissolves into a trebly, fizzy mess- but before that point, it's a great "clean" and dynamically responsive overdrive.
It used to be when I saw people playing these amps, my first thought was "that dude can't afford a Marshall." Now I understand there's something else going on there. No, it doesn't sound like my Marshall, but it's a "Marshall inspired" sound that's quite good in it's own right.
