sahlomonic":28y9ff2l said:
Correction on my above post:
My Runt 50 arrived today. After messing around with it for only a few seconds I realized that when I demo'd it a few days earlier I had the Boost switch in the "cut" position. Totally different perspective now that I've had time to really lay into it.
With the gain fully dimed, it's the perfect amount for me. I also have a Splawn Quickrod, and usually have the gain at noon and on Gear 1, maybe Gear 2, and almost always OD1. So basically not a real high gain type of player.
All in all, the Runt is fantastic. The voicing is quite different from my Splawn, and in a good way because I'm not buying the same amp again. The Runt is a keeper for sure.
That's good to hear. Because sometimes when I read these forums I find myself wondering "how much freakin gain are these guys playing with?" Seriously... I've played seven strings in modern hard rock/metal bands and have never had the gain past noon or one-ish on the various mid-high gain amps that I've owned (VHT, Engl, Bogner, Marshall, etc). The older I get, the more I want to hear individual notes, as well as space between phrases (as opposed to endless compression/sustain). This is especially true at gigs, where I tend to turn the gain down another notch or two because the power tubes are being run harder and compressing the sound. I get the whole tight gain thing for metal, but I guess that I'm just getting old.
Btw... my favorite thing about the Runts so far is the clean channel. So there ya go... more proof that I'm over-the-hill.