michael_carter

This was suggested to me by someone at Chicago Music Exchange. I tried it and it's a very versatile pedal that I can dial to such a tone that it's there but it's not overly noticeable. It's an always on pedal that I plan to move from the pedal board (which only has what I turn on/off) to the amp. This is a very good pedal.

This one has been outgrown. It's for sale. Power supply brick only, no cords.

Setting 1 is the beloved Ibanez tube screamer setting. It replicates a JTM45 sound pretty well. I really like using this for rhythm work. The JCM800 channel is thick and has a ton of presence. It can make single coils sound huge. Those are the two channels I like. The only issue with this pedal is that you can't go from one to the other while playing. That said, when it's on my pedal board it's there for the JCM800 lead sound which makes a strat sound thick. The ability to blend in the clean sound is quite interesting, but I haven't used that. It has two other setting for modern metal. I don''t use that.

A nice analog delay that doesn't color the tone. It's easy to use and it works great.

I set this to no gain and vintage with the DIP switches. It does something great to the tone of fender amps. I like it with the marshalls too but it doesn't sound as good with a marshall clean. This is a very nice pedal in front of any Fender tweed style tube amp. It actually makes them warmer.

I have a love hate relationship with compressors. This one is very good and offers functions most compressors don't. You can tweak the input and output levels to drive an amp if you desire. I have used it to reduce the input level going to the amp. I've never liked using compressors but this one is as close to invisible as any I've ever used. Still I prefer to not have it on the board. It has a slight "lag" when clicking it on or off and that's the reason it's not a 5 star product.

I primarily use this with a clean setting. It makes regular chord strumming interesting. I've played with it some on a dirty, fuzz, setting, but I prefer what it does to a cleanish tone.

This pedal can make single coils sound heavy. It's a great thick sound. With this nearly maxed and your guitar's volume up it's that rich Foxy Lady sound. When you back off the volume it cleans up nicely with a bluesy tone. Fuzz isn't for everyone, but this pedal does it very well.

This is a great amp. Fender's best. All hand wired. It's loud. It's warm. It's distinctive. It cuts through a mix well. The active EQ takes some getting used to. It's a heavy amp. After back surgery I cannot justify trying to move it. I'm using a head and 2 12. So this one, Blonde VK and extension cab are for sale.

This amp was on my "want" list not my "need" list. I love the headroom it has and the sweet sound it has. It's the 2005 hand wired head so it's sweeter than a normal 1959. It's a basic no frills amp. Like my 2061, I jump the channels together now so I can adjust out the sometimes piercing shrillness of the stratocaster. This amp is loud. This amp makes the vibro king seem normal, and that's a loud amp. Seriously, without some attenuation it would be very difficult to use this anywhere but outside and stadiums. It's playable at lower levels but it's not warm until you get the volume up to around 4. At at that volume it's unbearable in a confined space. I'm going to try putting the cabinet on it's back to see if that works so the sound it's jetting forward in a deafening way. I'm only running it through a Marshall 2 12 cabinet. I can't imagine a 4 12. Don't get me wrong I love this amp and I'll keep it for life. But if you are pondering one and trying to justify how you will use it in your rig playing small venues, borrow one before you buy. Still, it's the real thing everyone lusts after. Dynamic, responsive, warm and loud, really, really loud.

I love my vibro king, but have been wanting to build a small and large Hendrix rig. I chose this amp for the small rig. I join the two channels. I run the volumes around 2-4 for home practice and 4-6 out. It's a loud 20 watts. I run it into a 2-12 with either Cessation vintage 30s or G12ms. It's not as warm as the fender sound and I'd like to use and A/B box to run both. But, this amp is great for emulating Hendrix. It's a small very portable amp head. I run in pretty clean, but warm and toasty. I use either an Hendrix 70th Fuzz or a J. Rockett Archer to get the dirt. This amp is a great pedal platform. It really doesn't have any negatives. It's simple but it works.

I have the heavy relic version. It has a U neck profile with 9.5" radius fretboard. It plays great and sounds amazing. I restrung it with Jimi's gauge strings. It takes a while to get used to the low E being so light. I own several guitars and still own a showcase edition les paul and several incarnations of the wolfgang along with a tele. This start is my favorite, period. There are certainly easier guitars to play, but none so rewarding.