NAD -Close your books and go home.(HEADFIRST)

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Just got back from visiting The “Shea Man”
and picked up my Headfirst Alta 100.
No,no picks or video’s, just two dude’s talkin’ amps mixed with life with kids etc,
I had the privilege of playing the Skeleton Key.
Verdict?
-the sound of Vendetta-, don’t plan on coming
back after jamming on that thing.
Megatron MONSTROUS MUTES.
Shea reminds me of a fireman buddy of mine.
Solid dude.

Anyways, the Headfirst.
To cut to the chase, this is the best Marshall channel switcher I’ve ever played and heard.
Jason, the master volume is INCREDIBLE.
To be able to pull a convincing AC/DC at mouse fart volumes is pretty freakin’ cool man!!!
All channels stay true to the Marshall with JMP being the dominant voicing which is amazing to have at low volumes, even gained up the amp always has that awesome Marshall throaty’ness as opposed as leaning more Mesa/Marshall.
VERY WELL done!!

From clean to crossover to heavy crunch, it’s
all there seamlessly.
I can’t believe how amazing all the switches are man, damn.
And turned up??
SO PUNCHY & holds together as well as it’s very dynamic to the feel which most modded-Marshall are incapable of.
You can really feel getting up under the notes.
Nails -Master of Puppets, Facelift to Dirt
back to “Sad But True” FROM HELL on channel 3.
Super full and plenty of “punch in the grunt”.
The dopest clean channel with a gain adjuster and those magical switches which bring in all the Friedman Smallbox clean channel tones with the ability for MORE gain, bottom & fangs etc.
-actually with channel 3 and the gaiin at 11o’clock , no switches engaged is the meanest Hendrix “Machine Gun” deep tone.

And to have the ability to have all of these functions on the fly is pretty freakin’ kewl’ man.
F’n AC⚡️DC EVERYWHERE, whenever & wherever you want’em!!!
Jason, you set the bar up real high for the industry
in multi-channel channel amplifiers with the
Alta 100.
The addition Masters and that “Response” adjuster
is the silver bullet that kills the beast.

- And for the price, it’s a win for whole band!!!!, lol!
STOKED.
 

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Jesus we're going to need some clips on this! That's pretty solid review congratulations that is awesome you love it so much!
 
Jesus we're going to need some clips on this! That's pretty solid review congratulations that is awesome you love it so much!
Right on!
Btw, the clean channel also has a sweet warm Plexi clean in 100 watt mode, (there’s a 50/100 watt switch which is super good).
With humbucker’s strumming cowboy chords, there’s plenty of headroom before break-up, which is my main test with clean channels and if it has complexity & ring, -indeed it does!
Also having a gain control that actually brings in the heat is awesome.
I have a 4X12 coming in 3 weeks, I’ll make clips then with this phone.
 
I had to give up my spot on this run due to the year end fucking my wallet. Hopefully I'm getting in on the next one. And I definitely have getting another monomyth on my to do list for 2023.

I have a pretty nice bonus coming to me this year in the next month or two and the only thing I have planned is an Alta and another Monomyth.

Side note I love that these guys are doing well and I really love that they have teamed up. Great guys putting out great products. To me this is how the industry and musicians should be in general. Collaborative, not competitive.
 
Just got back from visiting The “Shea Man”
and picked up my Headfirst Alta 100.
No,no picks or video’s, just two dude’s talkin’ amps mixed with life with kids etc,
I had the privilege of playing the Skeleton Key.
Verdict?
-the sound of Vendetta-, don’t plan on coming
back after jamming on that thing.
Megatron MONSTROUS MUTES.
Shea reminds me of a fireman buddy of mine.
Solid dude.

Anyways, the Headfirst.
To cut to the chase, this is the best Marshall channel switcher I’ve ever played and heard.
Jason, the master volume is INCREDIBLE.
To be able to pull a convincing AC/DC at mouse fart volumes is pretty freakin’ cool man!!!
All channels stay true to the Marshall with JMP being the dominant voicing which is amazing to have at low volumes, even gained up the amp always has that awesome Marshall throaty’ness as opposed as leaning more Mesa/Marshall.
VERY WELL done!!

From clean to crossover to heavy crunch, it’s
all there seamlessly.
I can’t believe how amazing all the switches are man, damn.
And turned up??
SO PUNCHY & holds together as well as it’s very dynamic to the feel which most modded-Marshall are incapable of.
You can really feel getting up under the notes.
Nails -Master of Puppets, Facelift to Dirt
back to “Sad But True” FROM HELL on channel 3.
Super full and plenty of “punch in the grunt”.
The dopest clean channel with a gain adjuster and those magical switches which bring in all the Friedman Smallbox clean channel tones with the ability for MORE gain, bottom & fangs etc.
-actually with channel 3 and the gaiin at 11o’clock , no switches engaged is the meanest Hendrix “Machine Gun” deep tone.

And to have the ability to have all of these functions on the fly is pretty freakin’ kewl’ man.
F’n AC⚡️DC EVERYWHERE, whenever & wherever you want’em!!!
Jason, you set the bar up real high for the industry
in multi-channel channel amplifiers with the
Alta 100.
The addition Masters and that “Response” adjuster
is the silver bullet that kills the beast.

- And for the price, it’s a win for whole band!!!!, lol!
STOKED.
Congrats! I didnt realize you were getting one too. Couldn't agree more about the MV, great sound at as you say mouse fart volumes.
 
Thanks for such a passionate review..... looking forward to clips
 
Now I will say the clean channel does not have the headroom of a channel switcher with no master volume on channel 1 etc.
I could totally see this amp being the perfect grab & go amp due to it’s functions/tones and size & weight of the head, plus something like the Mesa oversized 1X12 with a V30( pretty light)
Add the MIDI footswitch and a wah & delay pedal
-and you’d be ready to make some real money.
 
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