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Hi Pete, I still have the FAB. The amp sounds pretty good with everything at 10, save for the 'mud' circuit which tightens or sags the OT. It has a preamp, based on the JCM 800, with an Ampeg V-4 style power stage. Being single ended and Class A, it sounds like a cheap version of a Bad Cat at low volumes. After having it for a year, I am still on the fence with it. (I damn myself for the honeymoon review).
Rob is known for liking loud amps. Even at 3 watts with the 1/2 power switch, it has to be way too loud to get the tone with a vintage Super Overdrive to give it the extra juice.
Keep in mind that I live in a 60 year old house in Japan with no insulation and corrogated tin siding. This type of cheap home was prominent after Japanese cities were flattened after the war. Therefore, I can hear almost everything outdoors and can touch on of my neighbours exterior walls from my kitchen window. I cannot get the FAB to a decent tone level without disturbing my neighbours. The siding actually rattles with the right frequency.
I would normally never consider a pedal this expensive. As I have tried almost all the options I could imagine, the Cornish pedal offered the solution in spades. I tried the new Krank pedal-it is a buzz box for kids, the
Menatone 'King of the Brits', which had a great JCM 800 tone, yet was still too thin at living room volume and needed lots of time to be dialed in, while the SS-2 delivered a tone unimagined at such a low volume.
I will be using it with my FAB, though my custom built double depth cab loaded with a Celestion Century, original version. All I need to do is get some time away from research for my job and to get over my cold.
Rob is known for liking loud amps. Even at 3 watts with the 1/2 power switch, it has to be way too loud to get the tone with a vintage Super Overdrive to give it the extra juice.
Keep in mind that I live in a 60 year old house in Japan with no insulation and corrogated tin siding. This type of cheap home was prominent after Japanese cities were flattened after the war. Therefore, I can hear almost everything outdoors and can touch on of my neighbours exterior walls from my kitchen window. I cannot get the FAB to a decent tone level without disturbing my neighbours. The siding actually rattles with the right frequency.
I would normally never consider a pedal this expensive. As I have tried almost all the options I could imagine, the Cornish pedal offered the solution in spades. I tried the new Krank pedal-it is a buzz box for kids, the
Menatone 'King of the Brits', which had a great JCM 800 tone, yet was still too thin at living room volume and needed lots of time to be dialed in, while the SS-2 delivered a tone unimagined at such a low volume.
I will be using it with my FAB, though my custom built double depth cab loaded with a Celestion Century, original version. All I need to do is get some time away from research for my job and to get over my cold.
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