Tried to see a new 200 watt "lunchbox" amp at NAMM, but the company backed out at the last minute. Should have known better, but I ordered one. It came in today, and is not worth owning.


The main problem is, there is a persistant hum, too loud for most of my gigs. The solution is to turn up the gain and minimise the volume setting, which, of course, produces distortion. So those are the options....hum or distortion.

Also it has a "reverb" control, which is supposed to create the effect of an open back cabinet. It's not a conventional reverb at all. It's really LOUD and have no doubt that it would drive a cabinet with 4 12's as the promotional copy states.

All in all, not worth owning. It's cute as hell, but that's about it!

Damn! I wanted tro use it for single guitar jobs and for short 1 hour keyboard jobs.


Russ