B-52 Pro Audio LG100A Head

3 channels, decent reverb, XF Loop and line out.
Everything you need!

I used this thing for several years. The clean channel is virtually unusable... If you are planning to use a lot of cleans, or if you are using a processor for you sound, PLEASE go tube!
The distortion is pretty nice. Especially for rock and metal. It had a bright tone and HIGHS FROM HELL! And along with the B52 cab (or a Boogie if you can get it) the lows can be monsterous.

I likes this amp a lot for what I used it for.

It is pretty sturdy. Never had a problem with it.
Touring as much as I did with it, (which is the main reason I didn't use a tube amp for the longest time) I am surprised I had it as long as I did!

Honestly. I bought the thing used and never had a problem with it. So, I haven't testing that out!

If you can pick this up for a couple of bills or less... DO IT! It is loud and dirty! And with the right cab WELL worth the money!

I bought mine about a year ago. I was in a metal band and wanted something LOUD, CHEAP, and had good distortion. It's a pretty much a three channel amp; One clean and two different overdrives. It has an effects loop, a headphone jack, a decent reverb, and I'm pretty sure it came with the footswitch. It's solid-state; it covers it well but you can still tell that it's not a tube amp at times.

I play it mainly with my Schecter Gryphon. It's actually a pretty versitile guitar. It has two humbuckers that can both be tapped to get a single coil sound.
The distortion is very good. The second overdrive channel has a contour control that lets you warm up the sound or cut out the mids if you're a metal-head.
The clean is good; but it takes a lot of tinkering to get a pleasant sound. it's almost too punchy.
The amp isn't too noisy. The clean channel is almost totally silent. there is a little noise on the overdrive channels but not any more than any other amp. If you're having noise problems it is your guitar.
The amp sounds ok. It's ridiculously loud. They make a very similar amp that is 200 watts but i don't think many people have lived after playing one. I want to make it know that this amp breaks up at anything past about 5 on the volume knob. and not in a good way.

It can take a beating. after almost a year of abuse the second overdrive channel broke and lost a ton of gain; so now it's like a blackface sound. it'll hold up though.

don't know

it's a decent amp for the price but you only should buy it to play heavy music. It either does heavy or the pretty clean but no in-between whatsoever. I play softer stuff now and can't really get a tone I like out of it. I think i'm going to sell it and get a lower-wattage tube amp so I can drive it just a little bit; and not rip off faces.

It's your basic solid state amp, at a budget price. 1 clean Ch. 2 distortion ch. FX loop. Reverb......which is becoming more rare in lower priced amps. I'm sure there is a better listing of features somewhere here. I give it a 10 for this category.

I am a tone snob. Love tubes....love tube amps.....love what a tubescreamer does to a tube amp. Most solid state amps get bagged on for being to " digital " sounding. On this amp, it totaly works !! Sorry Marshall !!!...this is WAYYY better than your low budget stuff.

I really do NOT think of this as an " amp "....I feel it's the worlds biggest distortion box. Master of Puppets tone right out of the box.....NO S*%# !! I was using it OVER my tube amp for months...WITHOUT any distortion boxes ! I was ripping out "Puppets " and " Damage inc." and loving the tone.

I have had ZERO issues with mine.....though I know there are reported issues with it.

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I've had mine for a year and a half. It' is my back up, but I like to break it out and rip up some old school metal on it. I don't have any complaints.... or wishes.

The price is right, great for a newbie wanting to get some " tone mojo " on mom and dads money ( I wish I had one in 1981 when I started playing ).

I would bet another if this were stolen, due to they are in-expensive...NOT CHEAP !...and one always needs a back-up.

100 watts, reverb, effects loop, 2 channel (1 distorted with 2 gain settings, and 1 clean)normal shit.

As it is, the amps sounds really decent for a transistor amp, but when you start trying to use any effects though the loop, it stunts the volume, even if you have the effect's levels turned up properly

Pretty low..I bought it, brought it home, and found that the reverb did not work. I had a huge hassle returning it to guitar center becasue they didn't have another one in stock, which made me have to wait a week, then drive 30 miles to the other store to get another one. The 2nd one had a problem with the effects loop, which may have been something wrong with it, or it could of been the nature of the beast. When you put an effects unit in the loop, it severly cut down the volume, and even with the proper levels set on the effects unit (alesis nanoverb) It still had a diminished output. To make things worse, if I turned the bass knob up more then half, the amp just made this nasty buzzing noise, and it also made the clean channel useless because of this constant buzz, even with the bass knob turned down.

Didn't deal with them. Guitar Center refunded my money.

It sounds decent right out of the box, but if you try to use it to do anything real, it does not function properly. It would work for someone who just wants to plug and play, but sucks for someone who is trying to play gigs and use other equipment with it.

This amp has 3 channels one clean 2 distortion and reverb so its got some versatility now if your an effects freak your gonna need an effects pedal or just go for something like line 6 its a solid state but like everyone else said on here the distortion is amazing for a solid state i loved it when i first got it but i grew out of it i sold it to my best friend though, the whole stack (the head and the b52 cab) for 450 dollars i paid 600 for the whole thing the best styles to play this amp would be metal hard rock anything with distortion

The distortion on this is amazing for solid state with reverb it sounds very creamy the clean channel though, i hated it you have to mess with the eq so much or the clean channel sounds like crap i did recordings with it clean and yeah unless you got an effects pedal i suggest not using the clean channel but the distortion is the best ive heard from a solid state most of the time i would rather use this amps distortion than an effects pedal and im picky about my tone but yeah i just grew out of it i used to play hardcore shred metal stuff but i got into more indie music and i do not like this amp for this style

this amp could be used to smash doors down its built as sturdy i think as orange amps and those are known for being tough this amp has always worked i would not worry about having a backup for a gig this is a weel made amp

never had to thats why it gets a 10 on dependability

i have been playing since i was 7 im now 17 i got this amp for my 15th birthday i loved it i was so happy with it but yeah everytime i played in my band id complain about my tone because my style changed up a bit and they said i grew out of it and i did i finally sold it today but if you want punchy in your face distortion bass that could vibrate your whole house id say go for it it is a great deal but it just does not sound good to me clean but whenever i need to describe this amp to my friends i just say"it wants to take over the world" if you try one you will know why

It has a clean channel, and a distortion channel with two differant gains on it, also it has a reverb, as well as a level knob for each channel and a master volume as well. so it can get very loud!
I play metal, not just metal but metal metal! heavy shit, like lamb of god, and devil driver. i used to play on an amp that was $700, but i played on this amp at guitar center just so i could test out a guitar i wanted to buy. it turned out i bought the amp instead. it's very cheap and can dish out alot. i play in an international metal band called dark asylum. so i usually don't buy cheap equipment. but i played this and thought it was a damn good deal for the price! it's a solid state amp with good tone.

I use and esp F-200, and a digitech GNX3. the digitech floorboard is where i get my distortion, so i always use the clean channel on the amp. when i was testing out the amp at guitar center i thought damn that amp has some brutal distortion, so i bought it. when i got back to the practice space, i had to turn it up to full stage volume. i wanted to test the factory distortion first, and i had alot of fuzz. so i used my pedal board, it made my already good destortion preset even better, so i then start messing with the amps EQ. it had great low end. witch my $700 creat head could never do. i wouldn't use the amps factory distortion but when i run it thought my pedal board it has the greatest sound.

i've had it for a couple of months now, and so far so good. but i never gig without a backup! thats just industry standards! but so far i have had no trouble with it.

i got the amp with a one year warranty, but there was a longer option if i wanted it. as for the customer support center i've never had to use them.

overall i think if your going to be using this amp for it's distortion, i hope you will be playing it in a small setting, or else you will get a lot of fuzz. but if you have a digitech, line6, or boss pedalboard with it, or some rack mounted amp modules, it will work very will. it has a lot of low end if you use it right.
If this amp was stolen i would buy another one, it was cheap for the sound i was able to get out of it!
the only thing i hate is the color of the amp, it looks like a marshall with the gold trim on it, but hey, the sound is what truly matter to me.

Only comes with 2 dirty and 1 clean and also reverb, I play through a Line 6 PodXT Live effects pedal, so I run all my effects through it, but the sounds on the head are still very good.

The sound of this amp is really unbelievable, I play PS900, w/ 2 Humbuckers, and the sound is great. The clean channel I find to be awesome never loses its brillance. As far as the dirty channels go, they are good, but like I said I play through an effects pedal, but I really don't need to, this amp gives you all the balls you need. I play classic rock to heavy and even some country, and they all sound great through this amp.

I've been playing guitar for 10 years and I've played through alot of amps including Marshall, Fender, Peavy, and Crate, and beleave me I've had my share of problems w/ amps, but I find the B-52's to be well made and very reliable.

Never had to use them.

I have to say that for the money, this is hands down one hell of an amp. When I bought it I tried out the Marshall MG100HDFX, and a Crate, and thier amps at that price couldn't compare, they seemed very cheaply made, but this amp is built like a tank, which is just what a working musician needs. If anything were to happen to this amp
I would run right back to Guitar Center and buy another one. If you want amp that you can trust, and you don't own a bank, this amp delievers. TWO THUMBS WAY UP!

I play old metal, Old Metallica style, and the sound is good for that, but I also like my share of Industrial, and the Effects loop is a nice feature! The amp has a little hissing on gain, as any other, but it seems to be quite clean if you run your effects through the back. I like the fact I got the foot pedal free with it and I love the 2 seperate gain chanel feature.

I play a Jackson reversed-neck Dinky with EMGs. When I went to buy a new amp, at first, I tried a Marshall MG100 Half stack, but (Luckily) Guitar center had no more in stock, So I tried this, and it blew me away. It's very close to a tube amp sound, and the distortion sounds better than what I've heard in any Marshall or Peavy. It doesn't sound too harsh in any chanel, but the clean is quite a bit louder than the Distorion chanels, so it takes some major EQ.

Until it was stolen from me, I never had a problem, I only had it for about 1 year, but I giged with it and it seemed to stand up to the abuse of ongoing transportation.

I've been playing for about 9 years and I've played and owned all kinds of Marshall, Peavey, and Fender amps, and this was by far my favorite amp for recording and for live sound. Plus, it looks more sleek than most Boxy Marshalls or Line 6s. Lots of power! It sounds louder than just 100 watts, and may have very well been. It's not too complex and doesn't rely on any computerized effects. No digital effects banks! Which is good for setting up sound for a live gig in a rush. Mine was stolen yesterday and I'm going back to buy on this week!

Check the homepage for the full details. Quick version, it's a 100 watt, solid state had with two channels and two different flavors of gain on the lead channel. Effects loop, reverb, yadda yadda.

I play old Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, etc. Heavy stuff, not today's wanna be heavy crap. I use a Jackson Rhoads V with EMG's (81 in bridge, 60 in neck), and I have a variety of cabs (4x12, 2x12, 2x15) for different situations. The clean channel is usable, but I wouldn't go much further than that. It's louder than sh1t, but doesn't compare to a nice fender clean. The lead channel is very good for a solid state amp. I am a "tube snob" who just bought the amp because I needed something to use at lower volume at home and the price was too good to pass up. While the lead channel doesn't touch my 5150, it definately is a huge step up over most of the solid state amps I have heard before. It doesn't have that thin, tinny quality that most solid state amps have. I personally wouldn't mistake it's tone for that of a tube amp, but it gets closer than any other solid state amp I have played. Plenty of gain, the first being very smooth, the second having more bite. Also has lots of chunk for a solid state amp. The bass knob on the lead channel boosts the signal at 50 Hz, way lower than most, which gives it more balls than your typical solid state amp. The distortion isn't "rip your face off" brutal, but it can still do some pretty good heavy tones with Gain 2. Gain 1 is strictly for blues or classic rock.

Haven't had it long enough to say, but it seems to be put together pretty well.

These guys rule. Like I said, I'm a tube snob, and I only bought their solid state amp because it was too good of a deal to pass up. Having liked it, I started to look into the tube version of the Stealth head. They emailed me the manual, schematics, etc, and within an hour or so of having made the request. Also very friendly, as in they thanked me for thanking them for being so helpful.

If you want a no-frills head for a fair price look into these. There are better amps, but for the money ($300 new at guitar center, under $200 used on Ebay) they are a heck of a deal. Like any amp head, if you don't have a good cab you are wasting your time, so if it doesn't sound great through your dad's old PA speaker, don't complain, get real gear.

Covered pretty much by all the other reviews. I am an engineering gear nut more than anything else and this unit shows that a good deal of thought has gone into the design. Solidly built and yu will get a hernia picking it up if you are not careful. Love tha fact that it comes complete - I bought a Line 6 and brought it back to get the B-52 and the Line 6 didn't have a basic foot pedal for the price. :-(

I have a wide range of guitars - Peavey FAT Strat, Epiphone DOT, Alvarez Acoustic with pickup. I play mostly for my own enjoyment and I play pop, blues and some folksy stuff. Some traditional rock, but I am not into heavy metal or big distortion. I like the way it sounds clean and with the different channels. I am not an accomplished gigger but I do have two good ears. Just a bit of white noise shows up with the contoured channel engaged so that channel is not completely quiet.

I have the combo and both are as I said above built solid. I have a Yamaha G-212 combo which is still going strong after 30 ? years and I put this rig in the same category. It will probably outlive me :-)

Great support. Called in and got return calls from the guy who designed it who is a musician and was obvious he enjoyed talking about both the product and music in general. I had a question on effects and he even referred me to a friend who is a big time road tech for additional help if I needed it.

Would definitely buy more B-52 products. If it were stolen I would replace - might consider their tube product if I were to replace but would definitely be another B-52 Product. I bought the combo with the 412 cab so the price includes both. I think the head is about $300 street.