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How could they put so much value in such a small enclosure?!
How many tube amplifiers have such a feature set for the price you can find this beauty for?
- D.I. out
- Headphones Out
- Onboard Boost
- Switchable FX Loop
- Onboard attenuator 20/5/1W
- Speaker defeat
- USB audio interface
- Onboard Reverb
Okay, there actually are many options to achieve that. But if you look on the used market, you can get these for around $300 USD. All 4 models of the Peavey Micro Head (Classic, 6505, Valveking and Invective) all sound great and have about the same feature set.
Valveking has the best clean channel of all models (to my ears at least), put your favorite OD in front of it and you can get monstruous tube tones. I don't use the dirty channel since I have ODs that get me where I want to, but it still sounds very good for anything up to Hard Rock. The onboard Reverb is not that great, but if you use it as a Room Reverb it is very good. Just don't expect Strymon Flint-type Reverb, it only has one control knob anyway.
It really is the perfect pedal platform amp. If you're looking for a small tube amp that you can easily carry and still have a bunch of options, don't hesitate for one bit!
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Forget the plastic casing: it's all about the tone!
Behringer is well known for making clones. Some hate the fact they steal other's work. Me, I don't care for one bit.
The TO800 just sound every bit like its og counterpart, at a price that you can't just pass by. I use it to boost my other ODs, but it sounds just as great on its own in front of a clean amp.
There's not much to say about such a classic, so if you need a TS, you should definitely check it out.
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Turn your single clean channel amp into a 3 channel modern monster!
From Blues Rock all the way into Modern Metal territory, this OD (more like a preamp/OD) gives it all. Its feature set is very impressive for such a small footprint, circuit is all analog (!!!), and internal Gain pots gives you even more control over the gnarliness of this beauty.
The only thing I wish it had was a remote port for channel switching and on/off, so I could keep this beautiful baby away from my goofy feet!