Product: Polytone Taurus Brain
Price Paid: AUD 200
Submitted
12/11/2006
at
08:31am
by
eponymous
Features
:
10
Incredibly versatile bi-amped guitar head. Two bridgeable channels w/ bright/dark switches, assignable spring reverb, crazy stereo modulator, and an amazing distortion that has a sweepable frequency: even though it's solid state it really changes character when you boost your guitar's volume knob, in a gritty yet smooth way. (!?) It's got a switchable crossover and two amps in it. Fx loop, keyboard/guitar switch, all controllable with a digital footswitch! I thought it was a prototype because it looks totally, well, functional, and the hand written serial number is #003. Amazing design, great sounds. Not very loud, though.
Pawnshop special: $200 australian - couldn't believe my eyes or ears! A great find.
Sound Quality
:
10
Reliability
:
9
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
Product: Polytone Taurus Brain
Price Paid: $350 (Australian Dollars) used
Submitted
05/12/2003
at
03:15am
by
Nick
Email: thefailuresofthemodernman<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
9
I've recently become the proud owner of a (used) Taurus Brain Stereo, circa 1990. It's not a lot to look at - it seems like it should be a rackmount, not a head. But man, is it versatile. Jazz, New Wave, Folk, Drone, Metal - it all sounds great through this. Being a jazz amp, the clean channel is phenominal, but the effects loop is top notch also. The distortion is very light, but this suits me fine - it's somewhat reminiscant of Billy Bragg to my ears. Good reverb, nice crazy modulator... twin channels which can be bridged with a switch, effects loop, headphone output... All the effects, plus channel switching can be controlled by the footswitch, which is a very handy addition. It's not the loudest amp out there, but that's not why I bought it - it's still more than powerful enough to irritate the neighbours. I'd love a tremolo built in, but that'd just be making a great amp better.
Sound Quality
:
10
I'm playing this with a horrible Ibanez GRX70, with a Boss ce-3, rv-3 and mt-2 and a danelectro pastrami. The amp came with a 4x12 road box, which teams up well with the amp (though it does make it look rather small.) No hum or irritating crackle to report, no distortion when turned up high. I've yet to find a genre that doesnt sound good through this.
Reliability
:
9
I haven't owned it long, but the guy i bought it from had been storing it for 5 years... It came to me in a rather sorry-looking state, but all the sound quality is brilliant. It's as solid as a rock, and heavy enough to match
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
N/a
Overall Rating
:
10
Really good, especially for the price I paid. Pick one up - ignore the size, it's a great little thing.
Product: Polytone Taurus Brain
Price Paid: 1700 (Dutch guilders)
Submitted
09/28/2001
at
02:33pm
by
albert weterings
Features
:
8
1990 combined with Mini brute 15"cabiet
jazz style
2 channels channel switching but I miss the digital remote switching (DIN plug)
2x180 watts RMS
Sound Quality
:
8
Gibson Wes Mongomery jazz guitar L5 type
it has the right sound I want to hear
Reliability
:
8
the amp is new !
it was stored in a musical shop in rotterdam Netherlands for about 8 years before I bought it after long searching
Customer Support
:
3
I asked Polytone for the remote control and 2 mounting ears for 19"rack mounting but they never answered me
who can help me ?
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
jazzguitar since 1982
any offers for the original digital remote foot switch and 19"rack mounting ears
