When I picked up my new Strat, I grabbed one of these amps to give it a whirl because they're really cheap.
It has some beautiful clean tones in it. The breakup would best be described as swampy. With a 15" speaker its got a lot of thump too. It really interacts in wierd ways with input slamming/distorion pedals. I think I'm going to change out the 12ax7's with some higher quality ones as I've heard in reviews of these that the stock tubes are the cheapest they could make them but still have them actually function. It's nice and simple controls though with a few differently voiced inputs so lots of opportunity to chase different tones with it.
The built in Tremolo is fairly nice too. I wish it had a bit of a depth adjustment however.
Anyways, here's some pics...
And bonus Strat porn...
It has some beautiful clean tones in it. The breakup would best be described as swampy. With a 15" speaker its got a lot of thump too. It really interacts in wierd ways with input slamming/distorion pedals. I think I'm going to change out the 12ax7's with some higher quality ones as I've heard in reviews of these that the stock tubes are the cheapest they could make them but still have them actually function. It's nice and simple controls though with a few differently voiced inputs so lots of opportunity to chase different tones with it.
The built in Tremolo is fairly nice too. I wish it had a bit of a depth adjustment however.
Anyways, here's some pics...
And bonus Strat porn...
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