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Originally Posted by boris bubbanov
I looked hard at the GA-5 last month when Sweetwater lowered them to $ 399.
The comments about them at this forum (two threads) were not very favorable; I think a lot of people were still disgusted that Gibson had marketed them at $ 699, which is silly high. Harmony Central is as cautionary in summary about them as Musician's Friend buyers/reviewers are totally gushing.
I just 'wasted' my MF discount coupon on some small change items, knowing it'd be worthless after next week. #@#@&!
This amp basically does one thing. Question is, is this thing your thing?
Maybe a whole GA-5 mod craze could happen; it seems like a good place to start.
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I think that the two inputs and open sound of the cab make this one of the most versatile small amps I've owned. If I remember correctly, the HC reviews tended to mention the brightness of the amp and background noise. I can say that noise was not an issue at all with the 3 GA-5s I've played, and as far as brightness goes, I think that the amp was voiced wonderfully. You don't want a small amp to sound overly dark, because we tend to push these little guys, if it's dark, it turns to mush really quickly. I found the amp to work exceedingly well with my Teles. I liked it MUCH more than the boutique models I mentioned in a previous post.
In my experience, the only thing the amp "Needs" is a guitar plugged into it!
