lou_pajarola's Reviews
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What would you even use this thing for?
I imagined the Screaming Bird to sound like ... well, a screaming bird I guess. And in some way, that must be true, since my ears really ended up hurting after using it on a distorted signal. There is simply NO way to get a pleasant sound out of that thing. Either, it boosts your treble so heavily that it sounds like you're using a 2" speaker in a cardboard cabinet, or it distorts your signal, which can give it some kind of Rory Gallagher-like tone, but hell, there's so many better ways to achieve it than by using the Screaming Bird ... it's fun to use if you want to emulate "real" 60s and 70s combo amplifier sounds, think early The Who or The Kinks, but besides that ... it belongs in the bin, in my opinion.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
DON'T put the potentiometer past 12'o clock.
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Beautiful amp - mostly
I bought the amp to replace my dying Boss Katana 100 MK3. I was really impressed by the sheer power of the post-amp, and the pristine clean tones you get on the clean channel. Almost like a low-budget JC-120 at times. It's a beautiful pedal platform and sounds really well - until you try using the second channel, the "dirty" channel. It sounds thin, reedy and grainy, and generates a lot of feedback. It took me quite a while to dial in a usable tone. I must say, I really prefer the tone of a "cleaner", warmer overdrive. But it might be exactly what you're looking for, if you're looking for a heavy, fuzzy, saw-like sound.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
If you want to use the amp as a pedal platform, I urge you to stay on the clean channel and boost it with an EHX Soul Food or something Klon-like.