Product: Harmony Power Pal Combo
Price Paid: US $2thrift shop used
Submitted
04/25/2004
at
07:34am
by
anon
Features
:
7
Practice amp .Its old, maybe from the '70's. Runs on batteries, or adaptor. Has 2 inputs and headphone jack. 4" speaker.
OK for practice at home.
Sound Quality
:
7
I use guitars with humbuckers. Best sound is running amp clean, and use your best distortion pedal. Sounds OK clean, not thin or scratchy.
The amp is mostly clean at low volume, distorted if turned up past 2 o'clock or so. Not sure if this is the speaker or the circuit distorting.
Reliability
:
6
I really can't gig with this. You might do a home recording with it as an effect. Its been abused/neglected a little.
I put in an extra switch to turn off the power from the batteries. The input jacks serve as "on/off", but one or both is stuck on, so the batteries will just drain if you leave them in. The extra switch I added in the back disconnects the (-) side of the batteries, so they are out of the circuit and they last a lot longer. There is a lot of room in the box/cabinet, so a lot of mods could be made (better speaker, dist. circuit..)
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No idea on customer support. I think the Harmony name has changed hands since this amp was made
Overall Rating
:
7
I am rating it a 7 because of the fact I got it so cheap and it works. Bottom line is that is that if you want it for practice, or to jam with a friend, it gets the job done and sounds OK. It must be durable, because it still runs and the previous owner did not take very good care of it.
