Product: Drive VBA-30 112 Combo
Price Paid: Aud ($200) used
Submitted
07/02/2006
at
08:42am
by
Mike
Email: mikejmeehan<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
7
Korean built bass amp that I'm using for guitar. Volune, mid, treble, bass, presence controls only. 1 channel only. So no distortion or reverb. VERY basic amp. 12" generic speaker. Cool tweed cabinet.
Sound Quality
:
9
Ok, this is a freak amp. Mine may have been modded or something. Anyway, sounds beautiful. I'm using a G&L tele, a modded USA Fender Lead 1 and others through an horrendous chain of mostly Boss and MXR pedals and, usually, double amp to a Roland Jazz Chorus 120 and Fender Super 210. I'm not gloating- just saying that it's not as if this is my first amp and I'm saying its the greatest thing ever. But this amp can hold its place against the JC-120 or Super 210 AND beats my Vox Cambridge 30R and Fender Harvard hands down. And when you consider how light and cheap it is...it's hard to fault.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Can't say yet but there's basically nothing to it so it's hard to imagine that anything major will go wrong.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Don't know.
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing for 20 years and own heaps of good stuff. I bought this because I was sick of lugging 30kg+ amps to rehearsals. I tried a few at a pawnbroker. I had heard that Drive made a budget valve amp and when I played this, I assumed it was valves. But no. No valves. This is a great amp. Considering how light it is and the cost of it AND the fact that more than adequately replaces my other amps at rehearsals, I highly recommend it.
Product: Drive VBA-30 112 Combo
Price Paid: Aud ($200) used
Submitted
07/02/2006
at
07:58am
by
Mike
Email: mikejmeehan<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
7
Korean built bass amp that I'm using for guitar. Volune, mid, treble, bass, presence controls only. 1 channel only. So no distortion or reverb. VERY basic amp. 12" generic speaker. Cool tweed cabinet.
Sound Quality
:
9
Ok, this is a freak amp. Mine may have been modded or something. Anyway, sounds beautiful. I'm using a G&L tele, a modded USA Fender Lead 1 and others through an horrendous chain of mostly Boss and MXR pedals and, usually, double amp to a Roland Jazz Chorus 120 and Fender Super 210. I'm not gloating- just saying that it's not as if this is my first amp and I'm saying its the greatest thing ever. But this amp can hold its place against the JC-120 or Super 210 AND beats my Vox Cambridge 30R and Fender Harvard hands down. And when you consider how light and cheap it is...it's hard to fault.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Can't say yet but there's basically nothing to it so it's hard to imagine that anything major will go wrong.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Don't know.
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing for 20 years and own heaps of good stuff. I bought this because I was sick of lugging 30kg+ amps to rehearsals. I tried a few at a pawnbroker. I had heard that Drive made a budget valve amp and when I played this, I assumed it was valves. But no. No valves. This is a great amp. Considering how light it is and the cost of it AND the fact that more than adequately replaces my other amps at rehearsals, I highly recommend it.
