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(almost) ngd - albion tct35c

domhatch

so i went on saturday to try this amp out. i hate this process with a passion akin only to that of having a string break on you and losing blood like you were bitten by a vampire with a finger fetish. that is to say, a heluva lot. why? because i just can't get to grips with an amp in a shop. even in my small, acoustics-unfriendly study i feel like there's more of an affinity. i imagine a few of you may have an inkling of which i am speaking about.

on to the amp. i tried it out using a chinese tokai les paul. nice axe, by the way, great feel and very pretty charcoal colour, but it must have been standing around for a while - it went out of tune more often than justin bieber going through puberty. bad, bad old strings. the clean channel is - how do you say? - out of this world. clear and warm at the same time, note definition beyond description, but i suppose these days that's the kind of stuff you'd expect out of most tube amps. still, what can i say? this one spoke to me. the o/d channel i wasn't 100% sold on, but i wasn't fiddling around with it, and i was in a tiny space, so i didn't completely crank it. it sounded like it still had plenty to give. with the little i did do with it, i managed to get it to break up nicely, even though the pickups were probably not terribly hot (and still had plastic over them, although i'm not sure what difference that makes - someone help me out?). i'm willing to bet my p90s and dragon ii's will do a lot more to this amp, and i'm sure a bit more drive would help too.

in short, i would buy the tct35c. but my wife has given me a budget for my 40th, and the amp, plus a good boost and reverb pedal (essential to any home, i reckon), would probably do the trick. also, it's not shy in the looks dept. one thing to be aware of - it weighs about as much as your average chevy camaro.

coolio
dh

LooneyAtTheGate

Great review! Thanks for doing the dirty work! ?

Norman86

Dom,

You would buy it, but you didnt?? Holding out for something else now??
Just curious ?

domhatch

Norman86 wrote: Dom,

You would buy it, but you didnt?? Holding out for something else now??
Just curious ?

not quite. i just needed a few other goodies right now. the priority in my life is to master the art of getting my ideas out of my head and into some semblance of listenability - kind of like the magic wand to funny magic mirror dish thingy in harry potter. and when my missus mentioned what she had in mind to spend on my 40th, i knew i could pick up the above-mentioned goodies now, and wait a bit for the new amp. as well as spend some time looking around and testing it out against others to make sure i'm making the right decision.

it's still top of the list norm!
dh

Norman86

Did you decide on a reverb pedal, and have you gotten prices maybe?

The nova reverb in the classifieds seems to be a great deal!!