Product: Sundown SD-1000
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
02/25/2007
at
10:40pm
by
Amp Guy
Features
:
9
Amp was around '84.
2 channels, switchable, 2 effects loops, one for each channel.
Pull channel switching.
Sound Quality
:
9
Sounds great.
Channel 1 is like a Fender Deluxe.
Channel 2 is like a Marshall/Boogie combination of tone.
The distortion is NOT brutal, but Keith Richards-like. Sounds great for classic rock, and country.
Slap a pedal in front of it and you can get some gain.
Reliability
:
9
Amp was modded by Jeff Snyder.
Blew up after 20 minutes of use. Seriously. Cost me $300 to fix it.
No more Jeff Snyder mods.
When I took it to another tech who repairs high end stereo equipment (Mcintosh, etc...) and has worked on my Fuchs, he said it was a mess inside.
Anyway, he fixed it, replaced parts that needed switching, and now it's perfectly completely reliable.
Have not had a problem since.
Customer Support
:
10
Called Dennis.
He's the best.
Still services his stuff.
Very nice, and helpful.
Overall Rating
:
9
I've been playing for 25+ years.
I do studio work on national releases, and tour some nationally.
Very nice amps....most certainly an "closet classic" that no one knows about. These amps are the best value for the money out there.
John Scofield, Alan Holdsworth, Peter Frampton, Jan Hammer, and more used them.
BIG transformers, loud, built in power soak/variac kinda RMS control.
Very cool.
