One very convenient feature is that the amp can be used with 4, 8, or 16 ohm speakers. Incidentally, using the direct out and listening on headphones through a mixer does sound better than using the headphone jack on the amp, itself. But, I do think an actual speaker sounds better. It is very usable and I wouldn't hesitate to use it in a pinch. I tried the direct out through my mixer and listened on headphones. One interesting thing is that you can either use a direct out, with up to six speaker simulations, or you can use a "No EQ" out, which bypasses the speaker emulation and allows you to use your own IR box, loaded with your own impulse responses. There is a real spring reverb (but I use a reverb pedal in the effects loop) and a global presence control. Most enjoyably, the overdrive provides good articulation and just a great, meaty, grind. The overdrive channel has a volume (gain) control, a three band EQ and a master. I’m not trying to djent! But, with an overdrive pedal, you can saturate things a bit more. It's not gonna do death metal, but the rock to hard rock tones are great, which is what I wanted I wasn’t looking for a hardcore, heavy metal amp. The clean channel has it's own volume control and a two-band EQ - treble and bass. The clean channel takes overdrive pedals well, so if you want to add some hair onto the clean channel, it works great for that. They aren't a sterile type of clean, but a bloomy, rich clean. This 25 watt amp can get REALLY loud - I mean sound-waves-smacking-your-chest loud and the cleans keep right up. Their insight guided me toward this amp and I am really grateful for their help and experience. But, before I do, I need to extend special gratitude to and. Okay.I suppose I should go into a little more detail. I didn't want to attempt a review until I could test the amp with its final speaker match-up. Just today I finished my speaker enclosure with the Eminence CV-75 Redcoat speaker. I'm finding that I just leave this pedal active in my chain all the time, allowing me to use the eq controls.Okay, conspicuously (or, maybe not so conspicuously!), until now I have intentionally avoided doing any sort of a review on this amp. It has true bypass, but I find that I don't need to bypass it to get all my guitar's tone back - just rolling off the drive and setting the eq knobs properly allows all my original tone through it's very transparent, unlike most overdrives that suck parts of your tone out. These are the tone controls everyone wishes their amps had. HI eq from warmly rolled off to in-your-face biting leads, and the LO eq lets you get all your guitars low end back if you want it. These tone controls are hands-down the best I've seen on any pedal, and even amps. I was amazed at the usability and range of the two tone controls (the one tone knob most pedals offer is never enough, even if they worked well). Power chords are so rich and satisfying with this pedal it's hard to stop playing! Even at hi gain, this pedal is quieter than other pedals, due to the toroidal power transformer. At high drive settings, you can get searing, biting lead tones with tons of sustain and controllable feedback. At low drive settings, you get a warm, complex, bluesy grit, hendrix/SRV blues tones. This pedal is the gain stage that most players wish their tube amp had.
I'm using it with a fender deluxe strat with duncan antiquity custom bridge pickup, and custom shop '69 neck/middle, and a blues jr. In a word, the sound is brilliant from this pedal.
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