Product: Carol-Ann Custom Amplification OD2 100W
Price Paid: USD 3300.00
Submitted
02/18/2008
at
12:57pm
by
Tonejunky
Features
:
9
Two Channels. Clean and Overdrive. Foot-switchable Mid-Boost for both channels. FX Loop, Voltage selector. Sparkle switch, Gain shift for clean Channel. 100 watts EL 34's. Separate tone controlls for both Clean and Drive Channel. Separate Master s for each channel.
8 and 16 OHM switch.
Easy Lay out. No brainer.
Sound Quality
:
8
Clean sound is verrry clean and sounds like a real big punchy Fender twin. Not as brite as a fender but very fendery. Can do Jazzy or country pickin and clean funk on this channel. Hudge head room. very loud clean.The OD Channel on this model is the Standard model. It is fairly versital. Rock, Blues, fusion. Not metal. Cleans up nicely and has singig sustain. Not so good on ACDC rock ryhtm but close. Think Dumble type lead sound with a tad bit of edge. The mid boost adds girth to both channels. The FX loop works just fine. I tried a Rocktron Intellifex through it and did not seem to need to run a mixer to parellel it.
Both channels do what they are supposed to. Overdrive channel is very controllable. Can scream and sound cranked at a reasonably low volume.If you need a loud meat and potatoes amp, this one will do.
Reliability
:
9
IT seems to be built very solid. Not noisy at all.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Warranty is Two or three years<I forgot which. The maker seems to be a nice guy. However if he says by Monday, it will be Friday. If he says November , it will be late Dec or Jan. Thats the way it went with me anyway. His parts suppliers are at fault on some of this and he is a very new company so, I got to give the guy a 10 on good intentions but a 6 on actually comming through.
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
For an amp that cost this much and how long the wait was.I do not totally love the amp, but I do not hate it either. Just was not what I was looking for. I am very hard to please I guess. I am still looking for a two channel amp that is the shit. This one came fairly close but no cigar. I play variety. Rock, Blues country. I need to go from Buck-Owens, Sultans of swing clean to, Ricious howling thick meaty bluesy overdrive. with FX. So far my Matchless SC-30(sometimes with an extention cab) and pedals are still my main rig.
I play a hot rodded tele and a Les Paul custom.
I guess I will have to go with a two-amp rig to get what I am needing to achieve
