Guest HRB853370 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Alls well that ends well. I ended up picking it up at the Fedex Office store; for some reason they delivered it there instead of my home. She was very well packed, just like she would have came from the manufacturer. Seller did a fantastic job. Put her through the paces with some blues licks from my Gibby Les Paul Goldtop. The Heritage tryout will be later, I just picked up the nearest guitar out of the case. Triode mode is 50% power, Pentode mode is full power. Reverb is a little on the scant side (I guess compared to my Deluxe reverb, where if you put it on 4 it sounds like a concert hall). This amp, you must turn up to about 6 or better to even start hearing the reverb. The tremolo is smooth, but the speed is very very slow until you get the knob up to around 7 or more. No problem with the depth however. It has an interesting channel layout. Channel 1 is more aggressive and is no reverb, no tremelo, just bass, mid and treble. Channel 2 is a little cleaner, and has reverb and tremolo in addition to the three tone controls. In between the two is a mix input, which blends channel 1 and 2 for more power and allows the reverb and trem to be mixed in. The amp is pretty loud just in Triode mode at 15 watts. I tried switching her to full power, the 30 watt setting and it cranks. I think it would be loud enough for almost any room with that setting on. The old school look is pretty cool too, with the brown and tan tolex. No complaints about the Eminence speaker, I heard no breakup at all. I tnink I am going to like this little amp. Actually, she is much bigger than I expected, the box weight was 62 lbs and with only one 12 inch speaker, I expected a smaller cabinet, but thats ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koula901 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Congrats, Skinslammer. Glad it came without a hitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assumer Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Great looking amp. I have never heard one in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HRB853370 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Great looking amp. I have never heard one in person. If you read reviews of it, it is described as a Tone Monster, the LOUDEST 30 watter people have ever heard, great construction, killer tone, great for old school rock n roll, not a good metal shredding amp. The negatives were, it gets real hot, as the tubes are fairly close to the top. I guess time will tell. I got a steal on it though. Take list price, take 40% off that, then take another 40% off that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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