30 days in, sitting in the hospital waiting for my diabetes meds to get out of my system for Gallbladder removal so I won't be playing today. And a bit loopy on some meds.
This amp is a masterpiece! The power section with the bald man, the young turk to the caveman switch (no hair, hair and hair+) make real changes you can hear and feel, not like some other amps where you are not sure what position you are in at any given time. The Density knob (negative feedback) can change all channels tone so drasticly it could be it's own EQ. Just moving this knob can change the feel of this amp more than most amps can do with an entire eq stack. Reminds me of the Orange Shape knob but you still have the EQ stack. The presense and depth are still there to tune that power section as needed.
Channel 1 Uber sounds like the Uber synergy moduel and the modelers various versions. The bright swtich is not as much here, it's noticable but to me it's the most tame switch on the amp. The cleans are very nice, reminds me of the Fender Blackface from the modlers. Again with the Density knob it has so many different sounds from a bit darker to ultra chimey. Crunch is a good crunch too but it's not my thing so I don't spend time here.
Channel 2 Uber just has a little more here and the Ultra just slaps the shit out of it. I like gain, probobly becsaue I need that crutch for my shit playing but good god this gain knob can stip the paint off my Stealth red channel. The boost is a nice clean boost, it really reminds me of my NOTAKLÖN pedal but I don't even use it to be honest. The Metamorph is a big changer too.
When the switch is set to Tight, the Metamorph knob cuts lows at the input.
When the switch is set to Fat, the Metamorph knob cuts highs at the inpu.
And finaly the Doom/Focus/Bright switch is another nice tone shaping tool that helps get that loose doom sound or a focused modern metal and almost twangy brightness for that clunck clunck so many people do nowdays.
Some folks say this amp is hard to use or can get bad sounds... I think it's just because it can get so many sounds you will find some you don't like but I always think about how many objectivly bad some tones are out there I don't like to play but when others play them they sound killer, Randy, Dime or Kurt to name a few.
Usually my honeymoon phase won't last a month, I think this is the single best purchase made so far of all my gear.
My only complaint is the footswtch is flakey at best, sometimes it just won't do shit and others all the buttons work. Most of the time the loop has to be toggled from the rear as the switch won't light up or change the setting.
Mine is the EL34 option and I don't think I care, some amps I tell myself the 6l6 or the whatever tube option might sound better but with this amp I really don't think about that.
Enjoy!
