Steve Stewart from Fort Worth, TX, USA
Quality:
Very good craftsmanship
Sound:
Good tone possibilities
Reliability:
Recent purchase
Playability and Feel:
Not a guitar
Skill Level:
Pro-Rock Star
Do you own this product?:
yes
Jeff from Fort Collins, Colorado US
jlr57777@msn.com
Subject:
AWESOME ACOUSTIC AMP!!!
Quality:
It is hefty and well built, but easily portable. Have had no problems thus far and expect none.
Sound:
Sparkling highs, full clear mids and solid boomy lows. The best I have found in an acoustic amp.
Reliability:
I have had the amp for a only a couple of weeks. So far all is good. This amp is well built and this coupled with SWR's reputation,I am expecting no problems.
Overall:
This is a well built amp with all necessary features that make my acoustic guitars sing!
Playability and Feel:
n/a
Tone:
Incredible acoustic tone. Makes my Taylor T5-12 string "fill the room". Love the low z input for the Taylor expression system!!!
Finish:
Tough blonde vinyl cover, chrome metal corner protectors, and a vibration free metal speaker grill. Outstanding!
Do you own this product?:
yes
Date submitted:
1/17/2011
Kent from Buffalo, New York, USA
Quality:
These amps are built like tanks.
Sound:
I tried a Fender acoustisonic, The Genz Benz and for my money this amp makes my Taylor twelve string sing.
Reliability:
My original Blonde was with me ten years and other than the radio station bleed I had no issues or repairs to that amp.
Overall:
I had owned an original California Blonde but had issues with radio interference in a club where I play due to old electrical wiring. I traded my old Blonde for a Genz Benz, but after two months I missed the huge sound of the California Blonde amp and I took a chance that the new model might have circuitry to reject the radio station bleed. I am glad to be back with this amp again. The new features are great and I am getting complements on the sound.
Playability and Feel:
I like the separate control buttons for phase and reverb for each channel.
Tone:
The tone was what sold me on my first Blonde and it brought me back to this newer version.
Finish:
My only complaint was a dent in the front face board. It could have happened in shipping.
Action:
I like the new three direct outputs on the back. Phantom power for microphone is a major plus.
Do you own this product?:
yes
Date submitted:
8/25/2010
Ram from Annapolis, MD
Subject:
Best acoustic amp I've ever heard
Quality:
Very sturdy, built to last
Reliability:
Everything as worked fine. Use it several times a week for almost a year now.
Overall:
Would not buy any other amp for acoustic guitar after hearing this one. Heard someone else use it in a band, seperating vocals through PA, and acoustic through this. Rocks!
Playability and Feel:
It works like any other amp.
Tone:
You can tell these guys made bass amps. Gives you all the bass you would ever need.
Action:
Took a little while to get the sound dialed in, like any amp.
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Do you own this product?:
Yes