Is this a good high gain amplifier for Slipknot & other metal sounds?
1537747
quite an amazing tube amp. i can plug my acoustic to it and play on the clean channel or plug in my les paul through a pedal and go to town. the sound is clear and crisp if you want to sound that way or adjust the knobs to make it sound the way you want it to. i like to play the blues, but if you are into heavy metal, this amp can handle it. you can also switch the tubes for different sound affects. watch a few YouTube videos on it. hope this helped.
1537748
Yes. I play in a metal band and this has more than enough gain for many types of metal. I usually play through the "lead" channel with the gain set at around 1 o'clock. I also have an EQ pedal through the FX loop to modify the tone even more as well as an overdrive for a little extra boost. But on its own it still sounds great. It's loud, it's clear. There's very little mud unless you're unnecessarily pumping too much gain through it. Overall a great, affordable amp for metal. I think it's a solid alternative to getting a Peavey 6505.
1537749
It's doable but I would look for something else and a higher range like Blackstar
2051129
What M. Olsen said. The Gain and Master Volume are going to add "volume" (Gain, loudness) to the signal chain. So there will be a noticeable difference between the two especially if you like the way your amp responds to overdriving the amp's preamp tube with the Master control. You could increase the gain and lower the Volume setting on the pedal but you'll be getting your distortion from the pedal's preamp tube, not the amp's. You might like it, might not.
1957857
The advice from Henry is what I'd say and do. 4 Channel amp adjusted to your liking should sound good.
683556
I'm assuming you have something like a RISA Solidbody. If you do, this will work decently well. You may not be amazed by the tone (It's a piezo pickup, but it's designed for magnetic coil sound...) but it will sound relatively good. There's a Vox amPlug acoustic simulator which will sound better, but it's slightly more expensive. Neither is a bad investment. VOX APAG AmPlug Acoustic Guitar Headphone Amplifier
1061459
Higher ohms are always compatible. As long as you stay above 2 per channel or 4 bridged you'll be fine with this amp.
1319191
No because it's going to be way, way too much power for the 50ohm HE-300. I'd recommend a Fiio E17 Alpen, it's not a tube amp but sounds great & has a DAC built in. The Valhalla is a fantastic, clear sounding amp that won't really color or warm the sound as you'd expect from a tube amp. I paired them with 300ohm HD 650's (w the upgraded Equinox cable) and I thought it was a near perfect match.
927694
Yes, utilizing the power sponge knob (all the way up) and finding a setting with decent distortion will create a heavy sound that the metal/punk genre is known for. This amp still features a wide setting of distorted, and clean settings, so this amp can handle it all.
772673
High volume is going to be subjective, of course, and since I'm in an apartment, I'm not one to push too much. What I can say is that with the amp at 5 W, volume at 10, gain at 1, and with a Strat almost all the way up, it's pretty clean. If I use an LP clone with more signal, there's more crunch. So signal in affects the crunch and of course the volume. I've gotten clean sounds with this, but it's a balance between the signal in, the gain, and the volume. All that said, it is NOT an Fender Twin.
230196
It depends more on the sensitivity rating of the speakers (like, 90db at 1 watt/1 meter), and how loud you need it to be. For typical home theater bookshelf speakers, this amp is enough power for small rooms or enough power to supply background music in a larger room. The distortion increases pretty rapidly once you get over 10W peak output though, so the louder you need it, the worse its going to sound if you need more than about ~80db power at more than 2-3 meters away. Just keep in mind - if you're using this to upgrade from tiny computer speakers or the built in speakers on a TV, its already a lot more power than those systems are capable of, but a lot less power than a well built home theater receiver. tldr version: Its probably enough, but I don't have enough details about what you're using it for to be sure.
511283
Amp is a little underpowered for that. I would look at something a bit more beefy.
2178060
I think that this would be a good amp. It gets pretty loud, and seems to have decent sound. We've only used it with a theremin though...
362327
the clean channel sounds really good. I was happy with the distortion channel once I got the knack of dialing tones in. The amp is pretty loud alone. If you are using processor like Digitech or whatever, it really increases the volume. I no longer use this amp, it was just too loud for my needs, so I downsized to a 15 watt Marshall MG15CFX. I'll get around to reviewing that one of these days.
555624
It sure does, fantastic amp! I have it hooked to a p3d2 12" fosgate and its a beast! I will never go without the gain control knob ever again. Mine also rated at 898 watts just back May. Pull the trigger!!
230005
Sorry for the late response. Just tried it with a bass and bass amp. It's functional, there was some ground buzz when I turned the level up. Probably because of my setup. I don't know if you'll get that Metallica sound, but the pedal definitely works.
83287
The amp is great. Never had any issues with it. It will put out 160W per channel at 8 ohms ( I believe Peavey Black Widows are 8 ohms) Depending where you are using the setup, it should be loud enough.
1934667
That amp should drive this sub better than most, both are great products so in theory yes it should give you some great sound
1946635
Not necessarily but for optimum sound you would have better sound quality with amplifier, go with the amp you'll be happier.