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NAD yesterday.
Ordered a SV20H from Sweetwater, this past Thursday night. Fedex dropped it off on my front porch Saturday afternoon. Less than 48 hours shipping time. I was truly impressed with how fast it got here.
But, to the fun part. I've owned a Lead 100 MOSFET head for about 25 years, a Class 5 head for about 10 years, and Mesa Single Recto Series 2 head, for about 12 or 13. The Marshalls both sound good, in their own way. The Boogie is a great sounding amp, and is usually what I plug into. But I've ALWAYS wanted a Plexi.
I set up on one of my Marshall 4 x 10 cabs, and let it warm up for a short while. I warned my wife, "It Might Get Loud" (movie ref). She was like Uh Oh. Jumped the 4 holer, plugged straight in (no pedals or anything) and dicked around with the volumes, at 20 watts. I rarely dime an amp, so I'm not accustomed to the cranked ear splitting loudness. But I cranked it, and blended the channels to my liking. It was loud to say the least. Window rattling loud. I flipped it down to 5 watts, and kept it cranked. Still VERY loud, but tolerable. HOLY CARP ... the tone, harmonics, saturation, etc etc yada yada ... was just blasting out of it. Everything that I hoped for from this amp was there in spades. Totally in love with this thing. Easy to dial in a great sound.
I couldn't shut up about it at supper time, I was so stoked about the sound. Wife nodded her head a lot, probably wondering when I was gonna start eating.
Today, I did a comparison between the Class 5 head and SV20H. Keep in mind, the Class 5 is literally about $1K cheaper than the SV20H. So results were what you'd expect. Controls set at 5 o'clock. The Class 5 cranked, sounded a good bit thinner on the bottom end. Kind of like just playing the bright channel on the SC20H. But it was just as loud as the SC20H at 5 watts. To get a tone that I liked, I adjusted the tone controls a bit. But compared to the SC20H, it was a bit fizzy and thin. This is in no way a knock against the Class 5. At it's price point, its well worth the money. But in a quickie basement amp shootout, the SC20H handily dominated.
In the near future, I'm gonna compare the Single Rec against the SC20H. I realize these are 2 different animals, and the results are probably going to be closer but different, with the Mesa having 2 channels, and each channel having 3 gain settings and master volume.
Anywho, since my wife has grown tired of my Marshall fanboi rambling, I thought I'd run it up the flagpole here.
Nothing beats new amp day ... except for maybe new guitar day, or birthday sexy time.
Ordered a SV20H from Sweetwater, this past Thursday night. Fedex dropped it off on my front porch Saturday afternoon. Less than 48 hours shipping time. I was truly impressed with how fast it got here.
But, to the fun part. I've owned a Lead 100 MOSFET head for about 25 years, a Class 5 head for about 10 years, and Mesa Single Recto Series 2 head, for about 12 or 13. The Marshalls both sound good, in their own way. The Boogie is a great sounding amp, and is usually what I plug into. But I've ALWAYS wanted a Plexi.
I set up on one of my Marshall 4 x 10 cabs, and let it warm up for a short while. I warned my wife, "It Might Get Loud" (movie ref). She was like Uh Oh. Jumped the 4 holer, plugged straight in (no pedals or anything) and dicked around with the volumes, at 20 watts. I rarely dime an amp, so I'm not accustomed to the cranked ear splitting loudness. But I cranked it, and blended the channels to my liking. It was loud to say the least. Window rattling loud. I flipped it down to 5 watts, and kept it cranked. Still VERY loud, but tolerable. HOLY CARP ... the tone, harmonics, saturation, etc etc yada yada ... was just blasting out of it. Everything that I hoped for from this amp was there in spades. Totally in love with this thing. Easy to dial in a great sound.
I couldn't shut up about it at supper time, I was so stoked about the sound. Wife nodded her head a lot, probably wondering when I was gonna start eating.
Today, I did a comparison between the Class 5 head and SV20H. Keep in mind, the Class 5 is literally about $1K cheaper than the SV20H. So results were what you'd expect. Controls set at 5 o'clock. The Class 5 cranked, sounded a good bit thinner on the bottom end. Kind of like just playing the bright channel on the SC20H. But it was just as loud as the SC20H at 5 watts. To get a tone that I liked, I adjusted the tone controls a bit. But compared to the SC20H, it was a bit fizzy and thin. This is in no way a knock against the Class 5. At it's price point, its well worth the money. But in a quickie basement amp shootout, the SC20H handily dominated.
In the near future, I'm gonna compare the Single Rec against the SC20H. I realize these are 2 different animals, and the results are probably going to be closer but different, with the Mesa having 2 channels, and each channel having 3 gain settings and master volume.
Anywho, since my wife has grown tired of my Marshall fanboi rambling, I thought I'd run it up the flagpole here.
Nothing beats new amp day ... except for maybe new guitar day, or birthday sexy time.
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