B-52 Pro Audio LG100A Head

when the guy first showed me this at guitar center i thought it was gowwing to be a piece of crap,but it is far from it.there is 3 channels,clean,distortion 1 and distortion 2.it sounds as good as all the marshall heads ot there,but its $350 not$1500.but the thing that amazes me is how loud it is.it is way louder than the randalls and marshalls.

the clean channel is great,but its the disyortion channels i love.with the gain low it sounds like a tube screamer,but when its crancked its somewhere betwwen DS-1 and MT-2.

this thing is as solid as a rock.i've dropped it three times and there weren't any dents or anything.

i havent dealt with them.but it comes with a lifetime warranty(fuckin sweet)

overall this is the best head you can buy.

This is a new release from B-52 Pro Audio. I was looking in Guitar Center for something to replace my Fender Blues DeVille 212 tube amp, and the salesman showed me this 1/2 stack. i had never heard of B-52 before, but I guess they have a reputation for pro audio/sound equipment other than guitar amps. The head looked a little weird, but very functional. It was basically the traditional "marshallesqe" black and gold, with two channels, clean and gain. The gain channel has two actual switchable gain settings, so you could dial in a smooth rhythm dist. and then tap the pedal and get your overdriven lead stuff from the same channel. Master reverb (switchable) and two speaker outs, effects loop, the usual suspects.....

The reason I'm replacing my Blues DeVille 212 is that I don't care too much for the tube sound, and Fender colors your signal no matter what you do to make it sound "fendery", so that just wasn't me. I play mostly hard rock, 80's/90's and some classic, but the DeVille was just not "razor sharp" enough for my taset. Using this amp's built in gain, I got exactly the distortion sound I was looking for, and I still can't seem to dial it in on my GT-6, so the amp is perfect for me. It had the low end "chink" when I muted some power chords, and it held it's own soloing with some pretty high notes, and bends, etc... The reverb was quite nice, and if you didn't want it, you could just switch it off with the 3 button foot controller. The clean tone was average, nothing special, but I would probably add a chorus pedal to the mix all the time through the effects loop. The loop has separate volume controls for send and return (pretty cool!) and it will support 2 4x12 cabinets if necessary. The salesman forced me to crank it up at almost full volume, and I must say, I couldn't tell if my brain was shaking or the sound was breaking up, but I think more so my brain. It seemed to handle loud volumes without breaking up really at all.

Have no idea, but the speakers have a 5 year warranty, and the cabinet construction has a lifetime warranty. The head I think is 1 or 5 years too, but not sure.

Have no idea, but there here in the states, so that's a plus at least!

For the money, a very nice package. I doubt you could get much better unless you spent about twice the amount. Definately something you can use for semi-pro to pro applications. The gain was incredibly nice, and the power was something to be reconed with, so I think overall it's got to be the best buy in guitar gear in several years!