Matt300ZXT
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This one was a lil bit of a pain to get out of the shell. The finishing panel on the front with the logo was catching a little bit on the metal strip that goes on the front of the amp with all the numbers for settings and such. Once I got that off, it slid right out. This is a heavy bastard for sure but I dig the point to point wiring and how he labels all the tube sockets so you put the proper tubes in their place. The amp is a little noisier than I'm used to, so I'll have to strip it down later to just the input and that's it and see if it's picking up noise from a cable, or just the way it is because of the design. I can get a noise suppressor pedal to help out.
The amp sure gets loud for 85 watts, and I didn't even have it up that much, but the master volume is quite nice like everyone says Glen's amps are. I've gotta figure out how to blend the 2 gain knobs on the lead channel to get a sound I like and how I want to set the 3 position bright switch on the clean. It sure was nice to have it up a little ways and feel those Greenbacks really breathe from pushing air. It's a different sound all together (I'm going to have to work on my technique to clean up any slop) than playing on the Boss Katana with a modded Marshall patch I use for my daily driver. I forgot what it's like to crank a tube amp, even a higher gain one, and still not get that saturated crunch like is super easy to get from a practice amp. The amp I had on this cab that I recently sold was a 1987X, and even with the Rock Crusher attenuating it, it still didn't get the sound I really wanted, so I sold it to give another amp a shot and we'll try this one out for a while and see what I think.
The amp sure gets loud for 85 watts, and I didn't even have it up that much, but the master volume is quite nice like everyone says Glen's amps are. I've gotta figure out how to blend the 2 gain knobs on the lead channel to get a sound I like and how I want to set the 3 position bright switch on the clean. It sure was nice to have it up a little ways and feel those Greenbacks really breathe from pushing air. It's a different sound all together (I'm going to have to work on my technique to clean up any slop) than playing on the Boss Katana with a modded Marshall patch I use for my daily driver. I forgot what it's like to crank a tube amp, even a higher gain one, and still not get that saturated crunch like is super easy to get from a practice amp. The amp I had on this cab that I recently sold was a 1987X, and even with the Rock Crusher attenuating it, it still didn't get the sound I really wanted, so I sold it to give another amp a shot and we'll try this one out for a while and see what I think.
