Been playing for 21 years, had a bunch of setups and amps, this is a keeper. I am using this little amp in the practice space with another guitarist, bassists and a drummer. It has exceeded my expectations by far. When running a modeler through it, I use it flat (tweed/clean/flat) and get excellent results. Stand alone, this little thing will really amaze. It is quite LOUD. Reverb is excellent, EQ is acitve, so you get true CUT and BOOST. Every feature, sound and amp model is a useful one, not a one-trick-pony. You can get many, many different tones with just a cable and a guitar. This is my recording amp from now on.

Solid construction, no Chinese splatter glue or half-@ssed staples here. The control console is polished aluminum (I believe) with a small vent to help cool the unit, the chicken-head knobs are smooth and the power switch is an all metal housing with an old fashioned toggle. The speaker mount is solid and all wiring has screwed down guides to hold them securely in place. The 10" is in a metal housing and screwed to the chassis. The I/O on this amp is fantastic. There is a 1/4 inch out for driving an external cab (4ohm), and effects send and return and an XLR out for going to a console, power amp, etc. The only reason it scores lower are: no ability to switch channels/voices and the fact that it has no corner protectors. The amp comes with a nylon cover that has a flap so you can carry it by the stitched leather, heavy-duty handle. Very cool.

If an idiot like me can get good sounds out of this amp, anyone can find good tones in this thing.

Tremendous workmanship, a really nice amp for the money. All components appear to be of excellent quality.

This has to rate in the top three of small amps available at this price. In fact, I'm not sure anyone else makes an amp this versatile, in this size and certainly not for this money.

I've only briefly dealt with Tech 21 when I called them to find out where the amp was manufactured. Everything they make is still hand-made in NJ. A human being picked up the phone after about three rings and gave me my answer.

This is a subjective area. I love it's appearance. It's like a vintage amp in the sense that is is timeless and won't look as goofy as my parachute pants do now.

Avid hobbyist, 21 yrs experience. Yes, I'm ancient at 37.

Rock

I have tried many amps over the years...(many years) and it seems the sound I had in mind was either elusive or too complicated to attain...or just too much of a hassle...BUT THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE...FOR HERE IN ONE EASY TO USE DEVICE I AM ABLE TO PLAY WHAT I HEAR IN MY IMAGINATION...OR MEMORY. THIS WITHOUT A DOUBT IS THE BEST RECORDING AMP/PRE AMP GOING...BAR NONE...AND I HAVE TRIED POD, V-AMP, VALVETRONIX AND SO ON....BUT IT IS MORE THAN THAT (TRADEMARK 30) IT IS A GREAT GIGGING AMP AS WELL.....EVEN IF IT NEEDS TO BE MIKED...OR SIMPLY XLR IT TO THE PA BOARD...AND OFF YOU GO....THE SOUND IS WARM WITH SWEET SWEET OVERDRIVE...OR IT CAN BE CLEAN AND REVERBY....OR ANY COMBO IN BETWEEN...AND IT IS VIRTUALLY NOISELSS...TO BOOT.....YOU CAN GET FENDER BLACKFACE AND TWEED SOUNDS...OR BRIT OD OR MESA BOOGIE MADNESS.....AND THESE REPLICATIONS ARE VERY VERY AUTHENTIC....BUT I SEE IT MORE THAN THAT...IT IS MORE THAN A MERE EMULATOR...IT HAS A SOUND OF ITS OWN....AND I LIKE IT

YOU HAVE LEVEL, DRIVE, LO, MID, HI EQS...AMP OR MOD OR SPEAKER OPTIONS...ALL TO EMULATE THE MESA BOOGIE, FENDER OR MARSHALL SOUND...AND THERE IS ALSO AN ACCUTRONICS SPRING REVERG INCLUDED...AND IT IS A USEFUL REVERB AT THAT...I LOVE THIS LITTLE MONSTER....

HEY....AND IT IS MADE IN THE USA...NEW JERSEY OR NEW YORK I BELIEVE....

YOU CAN SPEAK WITH LLOYD ON THE PHONE ANY TIME YOU LIKE....I LOVE THIS FEATURE...TECH 21 SHOULD BECOME THE STANDARD OF TODAY....I first used their products on the heels of the debut of the sansamp...and I recall it being outstanding way back then...but now with the Trademark series of amps....I am in awe....

it has a classy retro vibe

semi-pro musician

classic rock and blues pop

This amp has wide variety of sounds. Its definitely not a one trick pony. Perfect for recording in my opinion.

It pretty obvious this amp has lots of features. Read up on it. The only feature missing on this amp are 2 channels. Personally, I don't need it for recording.

Play around with it and get the sound you want. The interface on this is pretty straight forward. Read the manual for fun. Also its a light amp and easy to carry around.

Everything seems to be well put together on this amp. Very good quality on the materials and build.

One of the best purchases i've made in a while.

Sharp and classy looking combo amp in my opinion. Tech 21 nailed a design that you'd have to be a weirdo not to think this amp was nice looking.

recording engineer

any

decades playing no longer gigging out

heavy fusion, blues to metal

20yrs Pro

Rock, Jazz, Latino

I own a 10-year-old Trademark 10 (predecessor to the Trademark 30) - it sounds warmer and sweeter than the best real tube amps. Tweed is a pure, clean 50's Fender. British is a superb 60's Marshall. I play both acoustic and electric guitars through the British amp model, with the drive (gain) at 2 and reverb at 5 - I use the XLR-out to my Yamaha 600-watt PA board with Yamaha or SWR speakers - signature sound!

The 3 amp models, 3 gain boosts, and 3 speaker models make this very user friendly, no matter what style you play. The spring reverb is very nice. 9 - It could have had a reverb footswitch (yeah...right). It only has one channel - but that's easily fixed with a boost pedal.

The control panel with the rock solid chicken-head knobs couldn't be improved. The knobs reconfigure according to the selected amp model. There is NO learning curve - the user manual is fine, but not needed. This amp has effects out/in, headphone out, speaker out (cuts off the internal speaker), and XLR direct out (with ground lift switch).

As others have said, this amp is beautifully constructed - in the United States, for a change! My luthier and amp technician opened it up and his jaw dropped. He only likes real tube amps - he never works on solid-states - but he swears by the Tech 21 Trademark series as the best touring amps made.

It would be worth twice the typical current selling price! I just *sold* my 35-year-old Fender Vibrolux Reverb - because it doesn't sound any better in side-by-side comparisons - I bought a new guitar instead.

In 10 years I've never needed support for my Trademark 10. I have never met *anyone* who needed support for a Trademark series amp. Five years ago, my brother and I took the chassis out and we transplanted it into a 30-year-old Fender cabinet with one Jensen 12". This fall, my reverb tank finally died (due to having lived in the damp trunk of my car for the first 5 years of life in hard winters in Michigan - it now lives in the back seat). We put in a spare Accutronics tank and it works fine again.

Players who see and hear my Trademark 10 drool with envy! A fine young lead player in Detroit called me every Monday last winter to ask if I was bringing this amp to the open jam - so that he could leave his Fender Twin at home - he liked this amp *better* into the PA board.

Active Professional for 50 years

Jazz, Blues, Ballads, Rock

this is an unbeleivable,exciting,excellent sounding amp.The sans amp into the console is just a player,s dream.U can reproduce any sounds you can imagine...i,ve never been so satisfied with an amp since my 57 fender bassman(4X10"jensens)If u don,t @least try this little powerhouse u r missing out on one of the best little amps on the market...the accutronics reverb springs sound like the old hammond reverb tanks...i liked mine so well i bought 2 & play stereo thru the send&receive....WOW!!!!!TRY THIS ONE OUT YOURSELF>>..~~~~A contented audiophile...

the only thing i miss is a switch like the trademark 60,s..other than that u can,t beat this little pumper!!!

this will last me a lifetime(i,m 65)& still gigging the guts & cabinet r sturdy & well constructed..

if it had the clean_lead switch i,d give it a 10;;;

i,ve talked about several with a tech,forgot his name,real nice guy & answered all my questions & more;;;great company...

it makes feel like i,m the man when i set my tele 2 the sounds i,ve been using 4 @least 54yrs.

active player for 47yrs..

i,m an old rocker;;;all the below

This really is THE MOST VERSATILE USEABLE SOUND combo amp made PERIOD! I own 25 amps! I know, WHY? Well, they all have different sounds and sure the tube amps are in a league of their own! But, this little BRUTE can DO IT ALL and then some! It has the blackface/princeton sounds with the ability to MORPH into ANYTHING! It has the Marshall sounds which can be MORPHED into ANYTHING! It has the MESA SOUNDS with MORPHING ALSO! So basically, this amp really has something NO OTHER AMP HAS! SIMPLICITY! I am truly AMAZED as EVERY SOUND SOUNDS GREAT! The reverb is in a league of its own! I have it running through a M13 board with a Spider Jam in stereo on a certain clean setting and have FOUND SOMETHING AMAZING! The Tech 21 MADE THE DIFFERENCE between a decent sound and a sound NEVER HEARD BEFORE that becomes part of the person! EVERYONE COMPLIMENTS it and players KEEP PLAYING ON IT! THEY CAN'T STOP!!!!!!! I am VERY PROUD OF MY WORK and SETUP! This setup has musicians almost begging me to set up their sound! I can't take the credit for it all but have found the settings and gear to achieve! THANK YOU TECH 21!

The Tech 21 SPEAKER is a LOT BETTER than the replacement!!!!

After spending $$$$$$$$$$ I realize this little BRUTE REPLACES ALL OF THEM!!

I had trouble with my FX loop and Lloyd told me to clean out the outputs! I did and now it works fine! That was over a year ago!

Hobbyist

Classic Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Metal

Played for 40 years. Quit in 92 after band split. Now picking up guitar again as a hobby. (God, I've lost a lot.)

Blues and blues-based rock.

pro studio, private retired from bands

heavy fusion

This little box is THE BEAST! OMG, it does it ALL! Very simple to find the sounds and actually reacts as good if not BETTER than a real tube amp! The little speaker has great projection and punch! I have an older one with the Tech 21 speaker and have heard they are better then the ones in the new models but still has THE SOUNDS! I am AMAZED at the simplicity of it yet the SOUND is AMAZING! Pick light it is clean and sweet pick hard and it SNARLS and GROWLS!

VERY SIMPLE DESIGN! It has a balanced DI to go to the house system and a speaker out for an extra cabinet along with a headphone jack. VERY LIGHT WEIGHT! IT AIN'T A TOY EITHER!

A baby can use it!

You WON'T find a better made solid state amp period! Unless you get a TECH 21 of course.

NO BETTA!

Don't need to call as this thing is THE BEAST!

Well if sound is SEXY she is a MODEL! VERY SEXY!

hobbyist

Blues and Rock!

40 yr professional

Rock, Blues, Hard Rock