ART T28 Attack Module

the line out is very useful! i use it to get the most out of it's Quad-S feature( surround sound for guitar!)

Reverb needs to be checked though. but i got it old already. this is the only flaw for me.

I love the lead channel!Really dynamic !and it has a bright switch much like the amps of old and a turbo switch if you want more drive in the lead channel.

this is basically an update of my previuos review of this amp.

I was able to get a matching extension cabinet! WOOOW! clean sound is very clear and warm! i now can crank this thing to full volume! and it hanldes it pretty well! Not that i have to put it always in full as it is already very loud. still not as loud as other 100 watt amps but i'm not complaining! that's what the line out is for! and that line out reaaally enhances the surround sound feature of this amp.

Very warm for a hybrid amp! the distortion really sings! Very natural sounding! Crunchy and it " breathes"! Waaay better than any crappy Valvestate or Fender solidstate! An no need for an external pedal for more gain! it has more than what you'll need!

it would have gotten a 10 if the reverb channel was working properly.
i hardly hear the reverb anymore.

i should cut this amp some slack since i didn't get this brand new. but ever since i got the extension speaker i don't have to worry about the speakers kicking the bucket anymore! plus it's lightweight so it's easier to lug around!

the ext. cab should have a handle though

made in usa
good for the stuff that i play(hard rock)
2 channels. Chorus. Quad-S spatial surround. Reverb. effects loop. stereo line out. two external speaker jacks. headphone jack.
a hybrid amp. i use this at home and at gigs.

both channels are great. surprisingly warm for an amp that is not pure tube. has a very slight compression even when the comp. switch is off. Distorion sounds a lot better than my previous amp(40 watt marshall valvestate). Real smooth. Not enough for heavy metal. But great for lead tones! I don't like the 8" speakers though. The 100 watts just dont come through. if you want to hear it's true potential use the stereo line out and hook it up with another amp or make yourself a pair of 12" inch celestions ext. cabinets. that'll do the trick. Plus it'll make the surround switch much more effective. have tried this once at a gig and it sounded a lot bigger than it looks.

again my complaint is the small pair of speakers. i feel like you can't really crank them up to a 100 watt capacity. Once you do, you'll have to have it reconed as you have a hard time looking for a pair 50 watt 8" speakers. the switches are not so reliable. but considering its more than ten years old i should cut it some slack. but then again i've seen a lot of older amps with knobs and switches in better shape than this

haven't tried. but the website doesn't have anything about this product. it should have at least an archived thing for discontinued products. They should help us out if these little speakers kick the bucket.

Since i don't have a lot of money to spare i bought this at half of the original price because it's been there since the mid ninties and no one has bought it yet. i was originally opting for a peavey bandit or a laney SS amp. But this old timer blew them away. i wasnt expecting this to sound this good.

Made in mid-90's.It actually has a lot of features.Stereo loop is killer.A note about the power: The power bottlenecks at the 8 inch speakers.If you can,hook up a couple 4 ohm 12 inchers to it.I've had it connected to a 4x12, and trust me,it can crank.It has the classic problem of the clean channel not being loud enough compared to the distortion channel,but you can suck the mids out of the distortion which lowers the volume and smooths out the sound.Charvel and Gibson Flying V faded are slammed through it.

Actually,pretty versatile.The clean is very clean,and it sounds great when you turn on the stereo chorus. The chorus sounds very good,also.The distortion is pretty good, especially when you engage the lead turbo boost.

It's been very reliable.

Even though their website is a bit of a pain, it's helpful.Downloaded the manual.

Overall,it's a good amp.Playing about 25 years, mostly hard rock and metal.Compared it to all the other amps in it's class, and it blew them away.All the features on it are very effective.Sure,I'd buy it again.

features on the amp are o.k. and it does have alot of decent features packed into this small unit and also, a 12AX7. Doesn't sound like 100W and could have been 50W if it sounded good

i've used ibanez 770 w/ emg 81s & 85s which don't sound bad at all through. A les paul special with standard pickups and a les paul lite with emgs 81s which all sounded pretty good playing hard rock/metal, aside from the noise. Clean channel is also decent (probably better than distorted) and i've only used an ovation acoustic/electric which was ok but i'd have prefered an all wood guitar which i didn't have a pickup for at the time

the only problem i have had is with the turd 8" speakers....one went bad and the other started to. Couldn't ab 8" speaker with the same ratings ANYWHERE ont he internet even. I eventually found some from carvin but the impedence is higher, so i'm taking a chance but it plays and much better than in the closet without any speakers.

I was basically shunned by ART for any support for the speakers..'We don't make 'em anymore, you CAN'T get 'em anymore. Good luck to ya finding 'em." was basically the response, but I didn't ask anything else. By the sounds of it, they might of gotten a lower rating if I would've.

All in all, I have to say it's ballsy, features are good for this amp...the only drawback I have found are the 8", 100W speakers.

Its a hybrid amp made in the mid 90's and no way it's 100 watts. I play metal and it fits my style fine.Its got a 12AX7 tube in it's preamp. It has 2 channels though I only use it's clean channel with stompbox effects coz the distortion is not enuff for me, effects loop, some digital effects I rarely use. I use this amp in our rehearsal studio, its loud enuff for band rehearsals.

I use a Japan made Jackson PS-2 equipped with a Floyd Rose copy bridge, DiMarzio X2N on the bridge and Duncan Hot Rails in the neck, a late 80's Japan made B.C. Rich NJ series Bich equipped with a Kahler Flyer vibrato with 2 DiMarzio super distortions and a Korean Samick Firebird copy equipped with Duncan Custom-custom and 59 humbuckers. Amp ain't noisy at all, even at loud volumes. Dsitortion aint brutal at all, i use stompbox effects for that.

I used it on small gigs and parties with no back up and it went well, I got this amp 2nd hand in top shape. Never failed me, though i think the 12AX7 tube needs to be replaced soon

A.R.T. was very helpful in my questions even though the product is already discontinued.

Been playing on and off for the past decade, been playing seriously for the past 8 months.If lost or stolen, I will save enuff money to buy a Marshall or a Boogie.

Made in the mid 80's is what I can gather, no way in hell it's 100 watts, I'd guess 50-60. Enough punch for my workshop with a home made cab (4x12 cellestions) but it is versital run through a mixer(stereo outs a nice touch).

Very clean on the clean channel, I can jack it way up and other than the crappy little 8's it holds it's own. Nice for a classic sound but a bit weak on the distortion. A bit more hum than I like with the distortion cranked but I'm a little picky. Nice chorus, decent reverb, but excellent compression.

Headphone jack doesn't work, speaker switch no longer lives. but I don't know it's history all that well.

sucks ass

I've been playing for 12 years now and I've come acrossed worse, it's no marshall or any decent stack (but where ya gonna find a stack for 75bucks) I can't bitch a whole lot. I kinda bought it on a whim and wouldn't miss it a whole hell of alot but with that note I'd rather jack into my ASI or a Marshal or hell, anything else heh heh.

Made in the 80's I'm guessing. Pretty versatile, but only in an electric-guitar idium, not the best for amping an acoustic guitar- but better than my Gallien-Kruger 250ML. lead and clean channels, with switching. Effects loop, headphone jack, stereo effects loop and outputs all there. 12AX7 tube preamp, too. Quite full featured- features are it's best, well, feature. It's got some sort of quad-sound sqitch, can't hear any real difference, I think it's a gimmick. Rated by ART as 100 watts, but I don't believe it any more- not nearly as loud as my GK-250, which is also rated at 100 watts. Compares more to my Crate KX-80, so I'd say it's got about 70-80 watts.

Use it with Westone guitars with various pickup setups usingsingles and tapped/split humbuckers, and Dean Markley Pro Mag on my Seagull acoustic. Suites me pretty well, for acoustic rock, blues and folk, and electric rock and blues. Clean stays pretty clean all the way up, distrotion is mid-pack- not as warm as all tube, not as nasty as all solid state.

Has been dependable, but one warning- be very careful using pot cleaners- post have lots of plastic, cleaners can damage them.

Emailed ART and GK to get each's spin on why I might want to sell the other's amp. ART was responsive, but they want outragious prices for the little plastic jewels that fit into the front of the amp and glow when the lite behind them is on, and for the manual, so the get a low rating.

Overall pluses- light and easy to carry, case makes it it's own monitor (rock it back and it faces up at you) when plugged into the board, quite versatile. minuses- Over-rated power output from ART, cheap pots. Tube preamp a little disapointing. If lost, I'd replace it with something else.

The amp was manufactured in 1994, and has since been discontinued. It is a 100w tube hybrid and has 2 8" speakers It has 2 channels, one clean and one distortion, which uses a single 12AX7 tube, but otherwise the amp is solid state. It has digital effects, including compressor, bright boost, and chorus. Also, it has an "EQ Para SHift Countour," which cuts the midrange. It also has an effects loop, with a mono out and stereo return, a high gain and a -6db input, and a stereo line out and stereo headphone jack. It also has two extension speaker jacks. It has a jack for a footswitch, but i don't have one, and i cant seem to find one IF YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET AHOLD OF ONE, EMAIL ME, I'VE GONE THROUGH HELL LOOKING FOR ONE.

I am currently running a Carvin Ultra-V with dual EMG 81s. This seems to work pretty well, you need quite a bit of power to get the distortion right, but i think the tube is going out as well, as there is more than normal noise on the overdrive channel, but on the clean channel there is NO noise, it is very quiet, all the way up, untill the speakers start to crackle, but even then it isn't bad and has a lot of range on the EQ. It makes a pretty good blues amp as well, and it sounds great with a strat on the neck pickup. This amp can do everything but give very heavy distortion, but like i said the tube is going out, so that should help when i replace it.

It hasn't given me a problem yet, other than that tube

I emailed ART to see what kind of footswitch i need and frankly i dont think they have the slightest idea what they are talking about. their customer service people apparently i have no idea what i'm asking, and can't seem to give the right answer, first they told me i needed an AP1, which is a volume pedal, and now they are telling me it is a MIDI controller (wrong again)!

I've been playing two years and before this i had a piece of crap Crate that makes horrible noises untill you kick the shit out of it, which seems to make it's little demons go back into their little hole. So obviously, it's an improvement. I really wish it had 10's or 12's though, those 8's just aren't quite enough