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Non of you mofo's have ever seen or heard one of these. I promise.
Washburn PG100H. 100w SS head, single channel with a footswitchable gain boost and reverb.
Do you need a pedal for metal? Nope. Do you need 2 channels so you can do that clean stuff?
Nope. You just roll down your guitar volume (or use a volume pedal out in front) and it cleans up to a sparkling clean. You would NEVER guess I didn't switch channels. Has one set of EQ knobs because its only one channel. I have heard that its based on the RG100ES Randall but it don't sound like one to me. Its not fizzy or fuzzy. It sounds alot like a 5150 but without as much punch. I mated it up to a mint Peavey 5150 cab loaded with Sheffields and with the bass knob on 3 I can vibrate things off of the walls and shelves. Its tight and palm muting sounds awesome. The only one I ever saw listed on Ebay was selling for $129 and nobody bought it. Their loss. What an el-cheapo SS find for me. I got it as part of a large trade deal. The guy just threw it into the deal because he didn't want to carry it home. Fuzzy black covering on it. The guy I got it from told me he got it from a guitarist who just came back from a US tour with his band of misfits. They didn't have great gear or any money but they toured anyway. The guy I got it from never even plugged it in.
He figured its cheap, so it must sound like crap. Well, it doesn't. It sounds great. I don't know whats inside of it and I'm not taking it apart to find out! I threw a TS9DX tube screamer out in front and I can push it to any level of metal I want. I am just so surprised that an amp with this much gain can clean up so sparkling clean by rolling the volume down on the guitar. Usually, only really expensive tube amps do that.
I tell people the PG stands for Paul Gilbert. It must be his signature model amp!
Cool stuff out there if you are willing to take chances. I am.
Washburn PG100H. 100w SS head, single channel with a footswitchable gain boost and reverb.
Do you need a pedal for metal? Nope. Do you need 2 channels so you can do that clean stuff?
Nope. You just roll down your guitar volume (or use a volume pedal out in front) and it cleans up to a sparkling clean. You would NEVER guess I didn't switch channels. Has one set of EQ knobs because its only one channel. I have heard that its based on the RG100ES Randall but it don't sound like one to me. Its not fizzy or fuzzy. It sounds alot like a 5150 but without as much punch. I mated it up to a mint Peavey 5150 cab loaded with Sheffields and with the bass knob on 3 I can vibrate things off of the walls and shelves. Its tight and palm muting sounds awesome. The only one I ever saw listed on Ebay was selling for $129 and nobody bought it. Their loss. What an el-cheapo SS find for me. I got it as part of a large trade deal. The guy just threw it into the deal because he didn't want to carry it home. Fuzzy black covering on it. The guy I got it from told me he got it from a guitarist who just came back from a US tour with his band of misfits. They didn't have great gear or any money but they toured anyway. The guy I got it from never even plugged it in.
He figured its cheap, so it must sound like crap. Well, it doesn't. It sounds great. I don't know whats inside of it and I'm not taking it apart to find out! I threw a TS9DX tube screamer out in front and I can push it to any level of metal I want. I am just so surprised that an amp with this much gain can clean up so sparkling clean by rolling the volume down on the guitar. Usually, only really expensive tube amps do that.
I tell people the PG stands for Paul Gilbert. It must be his signature model amp!
Cool stuff out there if you are willing to take chances. I am.
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