Tech 21 Blonde Deluxe Sans Amp

[rokdog49]

Ordered on of these last week.
It's a combination of a Fender Amp Emulator and direct input pre-amp to a P.A.
It offers a variety of things such as inputs for two guitars at the same time, FX Loop, programmable effects using your stomp boxes and it's 100% analog.
Going to use it in our Praise Band scenario. Our other guitarist bought one and it's pretty awesome. $309.00

 

[foundjoe]

Technically, this pedal isn't 100 percent analog as it uses digital switching so you can save presets. I have to say, the layout seems very confusing and I'm curious whether this sounds any different than their character series pedal.

 

[bettyseldest]

$309 will be £309 when it comes over here, I'll just have to wait for the joyo version.

 

[rokdog49]

Technically, this pedal isn't 100 percent analog as it uses digital switching so you can save presets. I have to say, the layout seems very confusing and I'm curious whether this sounds any different than their character series pedal.

Ok 100% analog on the sound portion. I'll let you know if I get confused. Our other guitarist says it's easy "once you get the hang of it." Famous last words.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

$309 will be £309 when it comes over here, I'll just have to wait for the joyo version.

Or you can wait for the JHS clone and pay more for it. <ducks behind sofa/>

 

[shanghaitele]

I have the normal blonde and I love it so I ordered the deluxe and I just got it this week and it is amazing

 

[rokdog49]

I have the normal blonde and I love it so I ordered the deluxe and I just got it this week and it is amazing

That's great to hear. Mine's on order...should be here today or tomorrow. I can't wait.

 

[shanghaitele]

By the way, my rig now is

Tech21 power engine 60

Tech21 blonde deluxe as preamp

Zoom g3 or zoom cdr70 in the loop of the blonde deluxe for chorus delay and reverb effects

If needed a tube screamer in the input of the blonde deluxe

And I can have the same sound coming out of the power engine or from the PA

I have also the tech21 British, Liverpool and Leeds in case I wanton to change the flavor of the amp, but the blonde is so versatile.

 

[luckett]

Or you can wait for the JHS clone and pay more for it. <ducks behind sofa/>

 

[Jim622]

I have the Tech 21 Trademark 60 as my main amp and the programmable bass driver for recording bass. Tech 21 makes some great gear and good tech support too..

 

[socalscott]

TRI-Blonde!
This thing is as slick as analog modeling gets. I always like the amp feel Tech21 has after using digital.

I'd pick one up, but I'm waiting on a special little 1W/DI tube head from Fryette.

 

[rokdog49]

Got my Blonde Deluxe a few days ago and it's everything I hoped it would be. So far, I have only been able to run it ahead of my DRRI. Ultimately, it will be my amp to the sound system. It features two separate input channels with three available programmable settings for EQ and OD as well as a "character" setting for choosing an amp style. If you wish, you can use two guitars and set each up with the three settings, or one with six available settings. I have tried it with my Taylor acoustic electric and it's pretty sweet and very useable. You can generate a variety of acoustic character as well as even mild crunch which actually sounds good. This thing will give me all the options I needed and I've pretty much decided to ditch my pedal board for church use. Incidentally it does an FX loop for your delay and or other "time" pedals. Nice piece of equipment!