• Amazing!

  
  As reviewed by Jake E. on 12/31/2009

  I purchased this amp a few days ago, and tried it out immediately once I got home. I was thoroughly impressed! The clean channel is nothing short of amazing! The Overdrive channel is somewhat weak, but can still be used for playing some older Rock, like Aerosmith. When I play metal, I just have to hook up my Boss ME-20 and the sound is unbelievable! I would definitely recommend this for an intermediate player such as I looking for their first large amp. The 100 watts is just... WOW! I couldn't put it past two without my parents yeling at me! Seriously, I recommend this.

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• AMAZED

  
  As reviewed by Dillon on 3/11/2010

  As a player and teacher I play a vast and widely differing variety of music. I normally use modeling amps to achieve the different tones and sounds that I need for the gig, but recently wanted to start using less amps and more pedals as a back-pain alleviation tool. So I took my Flextone II, and my Cybertwin SE, and traded them for a FloorPOD and this amp. At first I was really skeptical, but after sitting down at my local GC and playing for about 30 seconds, all my fears had subsided. THIS AMP IS AMAZING!!!!!!! The clean channel is just that, CLEAN. The drive channel, adds just drive. If I want to add a little bit of this or a little bit of that, I don't have to worry about pushing the wrong button, or spinning the wrong knob. The on-board distortion is great for and the option of a "more drive" is even better. I would recommend this to all of my students who are stepping into the intermediate range. Add a great multi-effects pedal like the FloorPod or one of the Digitech models, and you have just built the rig to get you to stardom!!!!!!!

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• Pretty good for a solid state amp!

  
  As reviewed by E York on 10/10/2009

  I fell in love with the tone of a Fender Deville 2x12 and wanted a practice amp to reduce wear and tear on the deville. I couldn't be happier for the price. Keep in mind that the deville is aproximately 3 times the coset of this amp. The tone is pretty close (well...for a solid state). While it doesn't compare to tubes it does sound remarkabl good for what it is. Firswt the pros: 1) real Fender spring reverb! You just can't beat that. 2) It uses the same "special design" speakers as the deville and other Fender tube amps (or so the sticker on the speaker would have us believe). 3) Tone over all is suprisingly good. Thiner than the tube amps but really good for the solid state series. Cons: 1) Yes...the volume needs to be pushed harder to attain the same level as the tube amp counterparts. This goes without saying though as this is the case with all SS... 2) Yes...the volume curve is sensitive. If I understand it correctly the pot is on an exponential curve (same as the tube amps-or at least the Deville) but it is more noticeable as the solid state pushes more amps...so...it doesn't get loud as soon as the tube amp but then eventually jumps up in volume). It's not a big problem actually. If it is for practioce, then...whatever. If it is for a gig then turn it away from you 2 degrees or so, or turn it backwards and use the monitor. Honestly, I anm very happy with this amp as a practice amp. If it was my main amp...hmmm. well, it is better than my line 6 (even though it doesn't have built in effects) for tone. Bottom line: if you have a bunch of pedals you like.. this will do well for you. If you don't haven pedals t6his won't do it but, honestly..great amp for amateur up to weekend pro...No worries. I think this amp might fall short if you are doing any "hired gun" work or "studio musician" work. But, if you are doing cover work, garage, start up band, high school or anything short of pro work this should get it.

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