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$390.00
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9.0
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Description:
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400 watts, 19", 2U.
One 12AX& and two ECC83 tubes.
Quadrumatrix dial to alter basic tube characteristics.
Rotary controls for gain, bass, mid 1, mid 2, treble & master out.
Separate low & high boost, mid shift 1 & 2 switches.
Phones jack, mute switch.
Rear panel: groundlift switch, DI out (switchable pre/post), parallel effects loop, tuner out.
Fan cooling (temperature controlled).
Weight: 33 lbs. / 15 kg
Depth: 16.93 in. / 430 mm
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perogato02
Registered User
Registered: January 2007
Location: Belgium (Antwerp)
Posts: 907
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Review Date: Tue June 17, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $390.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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the sound - the power - the preamp
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Cons:
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not suitable for 'softer' music
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After having a Hartke 3500a for a year, I was looking for a head with some more growl ...
I was a bit sceptic when I won this head on the 'bay, but after trying it out at the seller I was totally won over 
The preamp, a quadrumatrix, has a tube gain and 4 presets for easily dialling in the wished for sound: from deep and warm to harsh and bright.
The eq consists of a classic 4-fold controls with boost and (for the mids) mid shift.
Add a mute switch for the tuner and some blue led's and the thing looks killer in black and chrome 
For playing rock and harder, this is an amp that I absolutely recommend: it is easy to use and
almost every imaginable rock bass sound can be extract out of it ... unbelievable.
For softer genres, I can't recommend it 'cause this thing is behaves like a bucking mule ... Maybe that is due to my settings of course, I play with the tube gain on 7'ish and there is this fuzzy tube overdrive that really wants to gnarl through the mix. But hey, I play in a hardcore band 
The 400 watt plugged in 2 Hartke XL 410's cuts through the drums and guitar (a half stack Marshall JCM 2000 tsl) with ease and moves some serious volume of air.
This amp was meant to be a contestant for the Ampeg SVT-3-PRO and in my eyes, this one earns a flawless victory 
Too bad they are discontinued 
There is also a Quad VI: it is the same as the Quad IV, only with 600 watts of power and the blue W lights up (mine is only painted on the casing  )  talking about cool
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