I'd attend an ampfest in a heartbeat if I saw one reasonably close by. I have to drive about 2 hours to find a music store that carries higher quality gear and even then it's still mostly mainstream run-of-the-mill stuff.
I've been wondering about this thing myself, seems like it would be great for a pedalboard based fly-in rig.
I would probably go with a single channel Marshall and some sort of distortion pedal if I was doing black metal but I imagine a 5150/6505 would be alright too. You want lots of treble...
I haven't listened to any clips of it yet nor am I much of a Misha/Periphery fan but I have to hand it to them, it looks like a lot of thought went into that design and feature set. There's a lot going on but it's incredibly practical.
Huge fan of those things! I have an SS-140C that was my go to metal amp for years, it's hard to find anything much better for old school death/thrash tones.
I have a Metalhead modded 2203 and I think it pretty much nails that sound BUT...not all of them are created equal. I came across a few pictures of these amps while I was looking for one, they're all set up a little differently. Mine has the built-in noise gate and bass boost but I've also seen...