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This is a great amplifier.For me, it has several attractive features: it's lightweight, weighing only 9 kg, small and easy to transport, it has a fantastic clean tone, a great reverb to my taste (I don't usually use very pronounced reverbs with a lot of spatiality, so for me it's a great reverb and less noisy than the spring reverbs of other amplifiers I have), the tremolo is tube-driven and perfect for my musical taste, it has a great volume for practicing at home, it accepts pedals wonderfully well, and I can even play with it in a rock band. Anyone who thinks its 5 watts is low is mistaken. I usually use a clean boost pedal to increase the volume and I can reach 112 dB, which for me is a high and sufficient volume to rehearse with my rock band. For use in my room, I usually use a Bugera PS1 power attenuator and keep the volume between 5 and 7.5 with the attenuator at 40%, and I get the perfect tone to my liking. It's great for guitars with single-coil or humbucker pickups; the knobs are easy to adjust to get the best tone, and I consider it a much quieter amplifier than other tube amplifiers I own (Marshall DSL40CR, Fender Deluxe Reverb 65 reissue, and Fender Pro Junior III). For all these reasons, this amplifier has become my favorite amplifier out of all the ones I own and have played, for my style of classic 80s and 90s rock that I enjoy.

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Ive had this amp for a year. I thought it would be great for low volume home practice. Save some wear and tear on my gigging amp which is a Mesa Boogie TC-50. Plus I can leave all the boogie channel volumes alone for the next gig, just park the master. However, I found it to be a big yawn, just kind of Meh. Then I hurt my back but I had to play a bar gig. There was no way I could haul my full rig. So I figured I'd bring this and just mic it to get through the gig. Give myself plenty of volume in the monitor. I opted for my trusty Gov'nr pedal to hit the front end. We'll im here to tell you folks that this amp came alive up loud. I didnt dime it but I put her on 8. Then I hit it with the pedal. It was jaw dropping. This little amp was hanging on for life in the best way possible. The overtones and controlled feedback were amazing, allowing me to really go off. These amps wake up if you crank them. Totally worth the purchase price. Im not going to kill myself anymore for small gigs when I have this grab and go option. For real.

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Well it’s an expensive little sucker. I currently have a Vox ac15. Different kind of clean. A chime versus Fender sparkle. The problem is even though it has a boost channel it still has to be cranked a bit to get those tubes to flutter. Not a problem if you’re a gigging musician which I no longer am. It’s also quite a beast to lug around. It’s a classic so I will keep it. I was searching for a low watt tube amp that breaks up at a reasonable volume and the Vibro Champ fits the bill. The tube tremolo is excellent and the hall reverb is different perhaps a bit drier then spring but I want to say more spacious.Just a bass and treble eq but that works fine. Control your over drive with the volume on amp and guitar and you can tweak it any way you want. I run a Strat HSS, a Tele, and an Epiphone Sheraton through it. I will say the humbuckers seem a little muddy to me but I’m sure they will clean up when I get the amp dialed in. Single coils well there isn’t to my knowledge a better combo then Fender singles and this amp. You really have to hear it. Several vids on You Tube some comps with a vintage 57 ? Vibro Champ. I couldn’t tell a difference. This is a loud 5watts if you want it to be but it’s a coffee house, studio, basement thing. A drummer would mash it. Maybe get by with bongos. I guess you could mike it but why? It’s exactly what it’s supposed to be and it does it as good as anything I have heard. CONS: expensive, no foot switch but it does come with a cover