Product: Sunn ST-15 Mustang
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
04/07/2009
at
02:07am
by
shaun
Features
:
7
15 Watt (8 inch speaker) solid state practice amp made about 20 years ago in Taiwan.
I believe these were sold as a package along with the Sunn Mustang guitar (which was a late 80's early 90's Strat Copy).
Single Channel
Volume
Gain
Master
Treble
Middle
Bass
Headphones out
thats it..
The unusual thing about this amp is when you look at it from about 10 feet away and squint, it looks just like a Fender practice amp.
Get closer and look at the carry handle strap, that says Fender on it.
Finally, under the power switch it says F.M.I.C. which I believe stands for Fender Musical Instrument Company.
So it's a Fender practice amp in disguise, which is no bad thing.
Does exactly what it's meant to do and not much more.
Sound Quality
:
7
Works nicely at low volumes which is exactly what I needed it for. Nice warm clean sounds (as you would expect from Fender). The gain however is not very good but what could you expect? Reverb would have been nice.
Does it sound like a tube amp? No of course not, but it is loud enough for a practice room at a push (as long as you don't have an over-enthusiastic drummer with lead sticks). Stick a half-decent overdrive pedal in front of it and it's not bad.
Reliability
:
8
I bought this 4 years ago and it's been used at least 10 hours a week. I've never had it cranked up for long but it hasn't let me down yet. Pots are a bit crackly but nothing a good clean wouldn't solve.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Don't think I'd bother
Overall Rating
:
7
This is a bedroom practice amp that was marketed at beginners so expecting miracles is asking too much. Having said that if you come across one and you're in the market for a little amp you could do far worse than this.
It's basic but it does the job and that's all you need.
