| marcus from nestor |
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| Subject: | Outstanding Epiphone Amp |
| Quality:
| quality generally Exceeded my expectaition. Solid wood cabinet is very nice. |
| Sound:
| The sound of this amp is very good. Its a quiet amp with great Bottom and Mid rage. If it has any weakness its the Highs are a little vague. Thats true of all epi tube amps, and can be deal with. Many low cost tubes amps have the opposite problem and thats harder to cope with. Will provide a great midrangey/bassy "vintage" sound and a mid scooped sound using the contour control. The reverb Is absolutely, without question, one of the best sounding and deepest of any amp ive ever heard. ANY. It has more than enough gain for almost any use, very orange or Martshall-like levels. Only Mesa and Randall really make amps with more gain than this one. If you needed more its not expesive so you could afford your favorite pedal. |
| Reliability:
| The models made in late 05 and in 2006 had some transformer issues. I had one the died. I have since gotten another one and its been going stron for almost 2 years. |
| Overall:
| Im glad Epi decided to keep this in production. The "E valve" range is great, but the SO CAL 50 rounds them out. The BC Custom,Valve Jr. and Valve Sr. are fantastic, the high 50 watt is a needed for those of us who look to Epi for a Low cost - High quality option. |
| Playability and Feel:
| This amp is on the loose side. Not as loose as an old Fender, not as tight as most modern Hig gain types. Very good touch dynamics. Very tube-y |
| Tone:
| I play with single coil and HB pickups and the amp handles them all well. Like a good tube amp it responds to different guitars, setting and playing styles. the tone is not bright or dark. very midrangey. |
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| I think it looks great. |
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| Not sure how this applies. this amp is ready to use out of the box. |
| Skill Level:
| Semi-Pro |
| Do you own this product?:
| yes |
| Date submitted:
| 11/18/2009 |
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| EpiAliff from Sutton, WV, United States |
| aliff_ryan@yahoo.com |
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| Subject: | Epipihone = Cheap... I think not! |
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| This is a very reliable, solid, well built amp with a lot to offer for today's gigging musician. I have this head and a matching cab. The cab is not the strong suite of this duo. Mine is setting pretty on top of a vintage bassman cab. But the head has excellent clean, crunch, and full on face melting distortion. I run mine with no pedals and have no problems getting all the tones I need in a gig. but as a wrap, this is an amp with a lot of features made available to the ones that cannot afford Marshall, Orange, Mesa, ect valve amps. all in all a great head. |
| Reliability:
| I have had mine since they came out and have not had one problem with it yet. just a really reliable "built like a tank" amp |
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| A well made product for the middle class jammer or maybe your first tube amp. I would compare it to without hesitation against lower and middle class Marshall products |
| Playability and Feel:
| This is a very nice sounding amp and is most tweakable. I can get splanky country tones all the way to early Metalica stuff and anything in between. |
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| Tone is like If Jim Marshall was 20 something again today and in his garage replicating bassman's |
| Finish:
| great black tolex covering although the logo tends to fall off. |
| Action:
| great sounding out of the box, but made better with groove tubes. |
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| Semi-Pro |
| Do you own this product?:
| Yes |
| Date submitted:
| June 25, 2009 |
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| GoldTop Sam from Arlington, Texas |
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| Subject: | Epiphone SoCal 50 Head |
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| USA design and engineering by Gibson. Solidly built. Comes in about 45lbs. Smooth controls. Independent/Interactive EQ adds more punch when engaged. Rocker switches for power and standby. 50/25 watt power switching. Multi 8/16 ohm jacks on rear. No effects loop. Available 4x12 cab with Eminence Lady Luck speakers |
| Reliability:
| Had it for a year now with no problems. Some say sounds better with tube swap, but mine has been fine with the Shaguang(Ruby) tubes that came with. Gigged without backup many times, held up fine. Could use better Tolex, but I have a case for it now |
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| This is a Guitar Player magazine Gold Award winner of the month and rightly so. It has been called the poor man's JTM45. Has the crunch of a Marshall JTM without the accentuated mids the JTM45 is known for. The available cab does not do this amp justice. Mine sits on top of a Marshall 1960B Lead cab. Could use toggle switches, never been a fan of rocker switches. Overall a good, punchy rock machine. Simple layout. Contour control can scoop mids nicely, but is rather grainy if cranked over. Great Blues/Rock/Hard Rock amp. Metallurgists need not apply. |
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| Semi-Pro |
| Do you own this product?:
| Own it |
| Date submitted:
| 12/30/2008 |