Ok... second impression (first one was in the store).
Brilliant amplifier... wow.
Played it a bit on the 30W attenuation today... Master and Gain at 7... man that's loud on a small room like mine.
My wife was surprisingly fine with it though :dance
I hadn't checked the Attenuation overview in the manual until afterwards... so I figure I was at about 30W.
I think I'll mostly play with around 3W though... don't want to ruin my hearing either... it's still quite loud.
I have earlier mentioned that I thought the #34 tone was very thin... but then I tried it on some sort of Mesa cabinet.
Not really that thin on my 1960AV... a little adjustment on the tone control on my Les Paul did the trick. Didn't need to change the tone control for the AFD mode either... so all good. Naturally, the AFD mode is still the mode I love most.
Tried to put some OD pedals in front of the amp, but that just killed it... haven't explored it really on the #34 mode yet though. But I don't think it'll contribute to the amp in any way. So what I'm picturing I'll end up with is reverb, delay and chorus in the FX-loop and guitar straight into the amplifier (maybe a tuner and a Wah). I tried that using the Malekko Chicklet, Strymon Brigadier and Retro Sonic Chorus... they sounded absolutely amazing in the FX-loop... not really that good in front of the amp.
I also found the cabinet badge... it must have fallen off because it was stuck to the cardboard box... inside one of those small pockets (if that makes sense to anyone). A little bent, but that's ok.
It didn't knock my Lil' Elvis off the self for sure... that'll be the main part of my sound still... although I'm confident that they'll work well together and the AFD will most likely take a big part of the lead sounds... you know... almost like Malcolm and Angus Young. Malcolm Young is not credited enough as he is the foundation of the AC/DC sound... while Angus Young is the cream on top
So I'll have to sort out how I want to set up my pedals... what pedals I want where... but I'm loving this amp... and with the 1960AV cabinet it's a winner.
Can't wait till the cab gets broken in...
Currently I'm just using the two left speakers... The two right ones I'm thinking of replacing with a couple of Greenbacks at a later stage for a future VM...
Using the two leftover speakers to build my own cab sometime... But now I'm thinking far ahead... plans may change.
The procurement of the VM just got postponed as well since I'm not drooling over a Hummingbird.