Frenzel 5E1BF

Very Basic controls Gain, Treble, Bass, Mid, Master and Pull "M" pot. No effects loop but will take various tubes. Extra charge for a cover so keep that in mind while considering the purchase.

The clean channel sounds great on the "F" mode. It is full range with good clear bass and defined highs. The "M" switch only changes the EQ and doesn't add any gain. Somewhat of a worthless feature in my opinion. The gain knob is equally useless. This amp sounds like a bad fuzz or a really farty overdrive when the gain is dimed. Maybe that is the way a vintage amps sounds but not usable at all for me. The good news is that it takes pedals very well. It loves stompboxes of all kinds and overdrives pretty well with a clean boost. Excellent for recording or home use.

So far so good.

This is a very nice but limited amplifier. I think it is a little expensive considering its a one trick pony. Maybe other models offer a usable overdrive. Not even a good blues drive, just sickly sounding.

The "F" and "M" modes seem like a gimick to me. The "F" mode sounds like a full range EQ while the "M" mode boosts the mids and cuts the bass a little. Does nothing to improve or change the gain.

That said it offers a very 3 dimensional clean and very responsive tone controls. A great platform for pedals and has a low noise floor. Quality components with good workmanship.

This amp does it all. It will run 6V6 ,EL34 , 6L6 power tubes from 10 to about 5 watts ,and it also has a line out with level control that you can send to a power amp that will cover any situation. Fender to Marshall sounds and everything in between. Well built.Good communication with the builder. All tube ,point to point wiring.

very good. has a pull switch on gain control for Marshall -like tones
it is very low volume ,unless you run it thru a power amp. .I wanted low volume for theater venues and I use in-ear monitors.

Only played at home .hasn't been on the road yet ,but very well bulit