CBHScott
How did I get here?
Needed an amp. Was going to go with an inexpensive SS or modeler.
Not happy with the new Fender Mustang GTs - seems like while they added a bunch of new Line 6-ish features, they sacrificed actual TONE, which was the main selling point of the previous Mustang series. The new Spiders sound like ass on a stick. The Boss Katanas sound fantastic (I briefly had the K50), but I wanted something small that I could travel with, while still being able to play at home without a large footprint. The standard "mini" amps (Roland MicroCube, Blackstar ID Core crap, Yamaha THR10) are cool, but still kinda sound...mini.
I have had my eye on this since Winter NAMM, and after Bollinger's and Anderton's reviews, I went out and played one myself, and was hooked. Decided to wait until GF to get the set at a discount:
Oh, MAN! - the NuTube technology, which is also the basis for the BluGuitar preamp/amp, works beautifully. The AC tone is there in spades, while the head is smaller than a Quilter Mini 101. I can put the head in a gig bag pocket and throw it in my car on my work road trips . The matching 8-inch cab sounds fuller than it should, although of course, the amp sounds better through a larger speaker. So cute!
I had tried both this head and the "Clean" version at GF, and was really agonizing over which one I wanted to get, because the tone of the Clean is really good as well - nice Fender Blackface all the way up. I can always get that head later, though .
Not happy with the new Fender Mustang GTs - seems like while they added a bunch of new Line 6-ish features, they sacrificed actual TONE, which was the main selling point of the previous Mustang series. The new Spiders sound like ass on a stick. The Boss Katanas sound fantastic (I briefly had the K50), but I wanted something small that I could travel with, while still being able to play at home without a large footprint. The standard "mini" amps (Roland MicroCube, Blackstar ID Core crap, Yamaha THR10) are cool, but still kinda sound...mini.
I have had my eye on this since Winter NAMM, and after Bollinger's and Anderton's reviews, I went out and played one myself, and was hooked. Decided to wait until GF to get the set at a discount:
Oh, MAN! - the NuTube technology, which is also the basis for the BluGuitar preamp/amp, works beautifully. The AC tone is there in spades, while the head is smaller than a Quilter Mini 101. I can put the head in a gig bag pocket and throw it in my car on my work road trips . The matching 8-inch cab sounds fuller than it should, although of course, the amp sounds better through a larger speaker. So cute!
I had tried both this head and the "Clean" version at GF, and was really agonizing over which one I wanted to get, because the tone of the Clean is really good as well - nice Fender Blackface all the way up. I can always get that head later, though .