I'll be honest, I was alittle skeptical about this amp when I first got it home and started fooling with my pedalboard with it. It really seemed to be very bright sounding, with a bad upper mid thing that I really couldn't touch.
Let's just say my opinion after gigging with it yesterday is.......well I'm no longer skeptical.
I knew with in 3-4 tunes that this amp was exactly what I was looking for. I play a lot of newer country, southern rock, and blues. This amp does this with ease.
My setup yesterday was very simple. I used an older Fulldrive, my Keeley Compressor, older Klon, & TC Nova Delay. I run my fulldrive before my compressor & the Klon after the compressor.
The cab is a 2-12 open back with a Vintage 30 and a G12H.
I play an Anderson tele with a vintage style Frailin in the bridge. I also play a strat with a lil 59 in the bridge and texas specials in the mid and neck.
The amp really hits that sweat spot at very usable volumes. It's loud enough for gigging but not crazy loud.
Tone wise, I think it has a Fenderish tone like a good sounding older Super Reverb. Unlike the Fender amps, the bottom end stays tight. The mids are there, not bumped, but there. The lower mids are round and easy. Fender amps seem to scoop the mids.
The high end is not brittle as I was talking about earlier. They break up a little when pushed. That is really nice. It's bright enough to cut thru but not offensive.
I'm not a huge spring reverb guy, but this reverb is the best sounding spring reverb I've ever heard. Now I haven't heard the EZG reverb in person.
The Tremolo is sweet. I didn't use it on anything yesterday, but it sounds great.
For me, it's exactly what I was looking for. ;D ;D
Next on the list are road cases for this beast!
btw-anyone tell me how to post a picture?