Astoria Cleans

[surfnorthwest]

Check this out guys. Below is some clarification as to how the clean tones behave with the sensitivity control. Man do I dig the flexibility of this.

On the AST1 there is a control called 'Sensitivity'. This is a knob that compensates for the different outputs of various pickups. If you turn the volume up to full, you can have the amp break up like a Plexi by leaving the Sensitivity set high, or retain a clean sound by setting it lower to counteract the extra drive from hotter pickups. It is not simply an extra volume control.

Only the AST1 has this facility. The other amps clean tones will break up like a Plexi when turned up full with hot pickups.

[Cousin Muely]

That is cool.

[surfnorthwest]

That is cool.

Agree, that is a very usable feature.

I think I might own my first combo ever with the AST1. I have enough high gain amps, not so many great clean amps.

[Goldtop2011]

Very interesting (and useful) concept. Has that ever been done in any amp? I've never really heard of a knob changing the dynamics of an amp like that other than varying the wattage or that Class A to Class AB knob Peavy did (or something like that) lol.

[Mats A]

Sounds great!