FINE I’ll buy the Two-Rock loop interface I guess.
Can the amp also do the more classic vowely Dumble sound or is it pretty exclusively in the plexi camp? I have good plexi tones covered, not 100% sure which Amplified Nation amp I would get. The Reza demo sounds good. Amp sounds pretty good here as well:
If you do end up going with this Amp (Ampliphonix and Gain), you may want to try some of the cheaper options for an effect loop buffer before pulling the trigger on the 2 Rock Effects Loop interface unit. For my personal situation, I have a boatload of amps that cover the Marshall plexi sound. The Ampliphonics and gain is very plexi like on the gain channel, but north of 1oclock on the gain knob it begins to round things off, getting a more chewy overdrive that for me starts to pull it into a more dumble-esque sound. In Reza's video, he never takes the gain higher than 1oclock either. So to answer your question, yes, I believe that the amp can certainly go into more vowel-esque Dumble Sounds on the gain side with higher setting of gain. I'm still new to playing with this amp, but I did do a gig a month ago with it and kept the gain at about noon and it nailed harder rock stuff in a fantastic way. When I needed to push the Amp even more into high-gain territory, I hit it up front with a Klon copy overdrive pedal, and it's sounded fantastic. Really takes overdrive petals very well!
Now the Ampliphonic (Clean) side of the amplifier is a whole Other beast entirely. For starters,, it's loud as shit! I can't get it above one and a half on the volume knob without getting concerned that my speakers may implode! The cleans are very rich and 3-D, and then there's the foot switchable boost for the clean channel which puts some hair and even more volume on your clean signal! The reverb on the Amp sounds killer on this channel; you can turn the reverb all the way up and it's still somewhat usable and not over drenched like some fender amps can get. Just shy of noon on the reverb dial gives you an amazingly lush and very 3 dimensional tone. Haven't tried it yet, but this channel with a good fuzz/overdrive/distortion pedal should be on point!
These Dumble style amps are growing on me and I may end up trying a few others like 2- rock, or maybe a used Bluto-tone or Welagen or something. The amplified nation A&G to me has one foot in the Dumble camp, and the other in the Marshall plexi camp. It's a great amp for a newbie like myself to explore some Dumble vibes while still being able to crunch out some Classic higher gain tones. An the feel under the fingers is really good. Yeah, I think they should have went with a tube buffered fx/loop on board,,maybe you can have them customize an amp with a tube buffered loop.
As far as gain goes, I was told that the A&G has the most gain of any amp they offer.
Keep me posted on which way you go
Len
It can get tiresome blasting that amp for extended periods of time. I've considered moving my QR on. The MGL covers the classic Marshall 800 tones pretty well for me.
