I don't often review things but felt the new to promote this thing as it's surprising it's not better known. I hadn't heard of it till stumbling across it and for the money thought I'd try it out.
I've been on a year's long search for a DI guitar sound that doesn't lead me start looking for the next thing. I've owned helixs and a headrush and have an Ampero (which i actually prefer to the helix) .
Out of the box, I made a note to self to keep the box so as to send it back, however, as I got my head round the (admittedly unconventional) controls I've come to love it. It just sounds and feels 'right' where the digital stuff never does somehow. It sits in the mix much better. My recordings sound more like records with this £170 box! It flatters my guitars and accentuates the sound/character, as you would want from an amp. It has a very detailed 3D sound. The difference you can hear between my les paul and tele is very pronounced, where it was not so much with all the amp sim plugins etc. (of which I've got loads). Going analogue like this means there's no internal FX, however, it takes them really in the box and has an fx loop for pedals.
It's pretty versatile, can be a nice 'jangle box', clean amp or give fat crunchy tones. Could even do jazz with it. It not a metal machine though and will get a bit fizzy if try very high gain. There is the Ampman modern which I hear isn't as good. I had a H&K Tubeman which was good for hi gain but sucked for cleanguI'd recommend this for heavier tones.
This great, not just for the money, is just a great amp for DI guitar. I think I'm finally happy with a DI guitar sound and I can stop looking at gear and plugins and get on with recording,
