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hippietim
November 25th, 2007, 12:16 PM
After returning my Line 6 Spider Valve and selling several other amps I was actually left without a traditional guitar amp of any kind (my Splawn Quickrod is almost done though). In the spirit of the Spider Valve I still wanted a small light weight "grab and go" rig. So I strolled into Fat Sound Guitars here in town and strolled out with a Bogner Duende head.
It absolutely smokes! Features:
6V6 power tubes - 15 watts (a very loud 15 watts) - I like the 6V6 voicing so much better than the typical EL84 amp you'd normally find in this category - I find it to be a much fuller tone with the 6V6 powert tubes
2 channels - you can run either or BOTH channels at once - the both channels at once option is interesting because you can use it as a boost or cut or EQ tweak depending on how you balance the levels
Fantastic clean (but not too damn clean) channel - plenty of sustain and ring with a good amount of low end
The gain channel is ripping. You can get from smoky blues to classic rock to 80's metal
It's got a surprisingly nice reverb with separate levels for each level
Really great tremolo - very smooth
Effects loop - it takes pedals no problem
I gave it a pretty thorough test drive before I bought it with a Custom Shop Strat and a Historic Les Paul at Fat Sound so I had a pretty good idea what it could do. But once I got it home and plugged in my guitars and cab I got a chance to really dime it and experiment. This amp really sings. It is extremely touch responsive and cleans up great when you roll your guitar volume down.
I experimented with different pedals in the loop and was pleasantly surprised. So I went ahead and ran a Yamaha Magic Stomp in the loop and it worked very well. BTW, the Magic Stomp is a highly underappreciated pedal - it's basically the effects from the classic SPX series - great modulation and time based effects in particular.
The head is really light. With a small pedal board (wah, vibe, overdrive, Magic Stomp) and a 1x12 or 2x12 cabinet I think I have my "grab and go" rig to replace the Spider Valve combo.
It absolutely smokes! Features:
6V6 power tubes - 15 watts (a very loud 15 watts) - I like the 6V6 voicing so much better than the typical EL84 amp you'd normally find in this category - I find it to be a much fuller tone with the 6V6 powert tubes
2 channels - you can run either or BOTH channels at once - the both channels at once option is interesting because you can use it as a boost or cut or EQ tweak depending on how you balance the levels
Fantastic clean (but not too damn clean) channel - plenty of sustain and ring with a good amount of low end
The gain channel is ripping. You can get from smoky blues to classic rock to 80's metal
It's got a surprisingly nice reverb with separate levels for each level
Really great tremolo - very smooth
Effects loop - it takes pedals no problem
I gave it a pretty thorough test drive before I bought it with a Custom Shop Strat and a Historic Les Paul at Fat Sound so I had a pretty good idea what it could do. But once I got it home and plugged in my guitars and cab I got a chance to really dime it and experiment. This amp really sings. It is extremely touch responsive and cleans up great when you roll your guitar volume down.
I experimented with different pedals in the loop and was pleasantly surprised. So I went ahead and ran a Yamaha Magic Stomp in the loop and it worked very well. BTW, the Magic Stomp is a highly underappreciated pedal - it's basically the effects from the classic SPX series - great modulation and time based effects in particular.
The head is really light. With a small pedal board (wah, vibe, overdrive, Magic Stomp) and a 1x12 or 2x12 cabinet I think I have my "grab and go" rig to replace the Spider Valve combo.