Product: Clara Amps Champ Combo
Price Paid: 695.00 (canadian)
Submitted
12/31/2004
at
10:33pm
by
Bill G.
Features
:
2
This is a clone of the 5F1 champ,with a tweed cabinet and weber alnico 8" speaker.Made in may 2004.It has one volume pot and a negative feedback cut switch.Thats it.Pretty sparse.It has about 5 watts of tube power and it can get snarly.I use this amp at home and for recording.It has a 12AX7,a 5Y3,and a 6V6.All are NOS tubes( I requested them)
Sound Quality
:
9
i use a fender strat and an epiphone dot.The strat loves this amp!
I play old rock and blue and this amp does it for me.This little amp is loud for it's size and gets distorted nicely with the feed back cut switch on.the distortion is nice,but i wish it was at a lower volume.It has lots of grind with humbuckers and it's not farty.
Reliability
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No Opinion
It's holding up well so far,but it's not very old so we'll see.
this company is new,so i don't know how to rate this yet,but the amp is well put together and the wiring is very neat and clean.
Customer Support
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9
i had all questions answered before i bought it and had a couple after I got it.E-Mails were answered promptly.I found out about Clara amplification through a friend of a friend,so I was trusting my friend.It was a good deal,because this amp is great.It has a 5yr limited warranty in writing.
Overall Rating
:
9
I have been playing guitar about 20 yrs and ahve many amps and lots of recording gear.I needed an amp built in Canada so I wouldn't have to wait and pay the dollar difference and duty.I use it mainly for recording.It is as basic as it comes but that can be a good thing as it sounds sweet.I would definitely buy again if stolen or damaged.
