NAD: (here!) MT15 Mark Tremonti head

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Mine should be here Thursday. Bummed the cab isn’t ready yet but hopefully that will be along shortly.
 
Mine will be here tomorrow. Preordered it on 23 January... ugh let’s go already...
 
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This amp is awesome! The voicing is very much in the Uber/recto family. Sounds big and pushes (2) 4x12’s just fine. It sounds massive for 15w, I’ve never heard this much punch and low end from an amp at this wattage. I’m super pleased. It should easily hang with a drummer if your on a 4x12.
Clean is stellar, loop is transparent. This is a home run, actually a grand slam!
The volume I’m playing at the house is the sweet spot for this amp. It needs a little volume to sound it’s best. It’s very tight. But also takes my savage drive well. More to come, I’ve tried it both through my avatar 412 k100 cab, and my Diezel 412 v30 cab. Both sound stellar. They sound massive ran together. The amp pushes them both with ease.
 
That's an amazing review considering your stable of amps, Diezel Herbert and a Friedman Slax. I imagine it will rival their Archon sales. It's nice to hear the production model lives up to the NAMM clips for a change.

If I needed any more amps for 600.00 bucks I would buy one. Congrats of the NAD, I await your long term review. :rock:
 
A mini Uber? I'm going to have to get one next year whenever there are used ones on the market.
 
Woo hoo! Got mine!
 

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Awesome bro!
Did you ever get a chance to play an Archon??
Fucking one of my top 3 Amps.
Was just wondering how they compare
I bought my Archon based on tremonti when was playing them.
 
Mine is supposed to be here Tuesday. I’m also expecting a new cab delivered Tuesday too. Gonna be a fun day. I had an Archon 50 head for a little bit and really liked it. Hoping this is similar-ish.
 
Mailman1971":2ozwvjg8 said:
Awesome bro!
Did you ever get a chance to play an Archon??
Fucking one of my top 3 Amps.
Was just wondering how they compare
I bought my Archon based on tremonti when was playing them.
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What’s up man!

I owned an Archon twice... I don’t know why but I just couldn’t get it to work for me. The MT15 is completely different. The gain structure is different and is TOTALLY Tremonti’s recent tone. Sounds just like his solo stuff. It is more Uber influenced and gets crazy thick in a hurry. I’ve only had time to try it with one guitar/pickup combination.
 
So how does the amp feel? Is it easy or hard to play under the fingers? I
 
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This amp is awesome! The voicing is very much in the Uber/recto family. Sounds big and pushes (2) 4x12’s just fine. It sounds massive for 15w, I’ve never heard this much punch and low end from an amp at this wattage. I’m super pleased. It should easily hang with a drummer if your on a 4x12.
Clean is stellar, loop is transparent. This is a home run, actually a grand slam!
The volume I’m playing at the house is the sweet spot for this amp. It needs a little volume to sound it’s best. It’s very tight. But also takes my savage drive well. More to come, I’ve tried it both through my avatar 412 k100 cab, and my Diezel 412 v30 cab. Both sound stellar. They sound massive ran together. The amp pushes them both with ease.
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Its those 6L6's in that amp pumping up the bottom end,thats why I want one,going to wait until the initial mass rush of people get theres,then I will grab one..So glad you guys are finally getting yours !
 
I should not have clicked on this post,now I am jonesing bigtime and was going to try to wait for one of these,I am paying off a pedal and pickup at Sweetwater next week,looks like I'll be hitting my rep up too..so glad you all are getting yours !!!
 
Walked into Sam Ash today to get another Strymon delay.
Walked out with the Tremonti amp and a new Friedman
4x12.
Amp just kills through it.
 
Mine arrived unexpectedly today. Sounds great and it's loud. Clean channel blew me away, and I'm not a clean guy. Love the lead channel the whole sweep is usable even though it's too much.
Reminds me of a tighter Recto with much nicer mids. (I guess that's where the Uber comparison comes in (?) although I've never played one personally)

Initially I was experiencing some low-level hum on both channels at idle that seemed excessive. It appears to be under control now. Could just be that it's a brand new amp and tubes and it's settling in. But I'll keep my eye on it.

Only two complaints are that I wish it had a global master volume in addition to the two channel volumes.
Also, I wish it just had an impedance selector and two jacks instead of dedicated and assigned taps.
 
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