Supro Black Magick Amp

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Don't have one. I did play a comet the other day and another surpro at guitar center in the amp room and I was very impressed. The tremolo was especially cool, although I wouldn't use it that much
 
Dude, I just picked one of these up about 4 days ago. I'm really liking it a lot. It ain't going to wow you with gain, but turn all 3 knobs wide open and it nails the Zep vibe really well. The feel of this amp is very intoxicating. She wants to pleasantly feed back at just the right moments. I tried the BE-OD in front of it and it sounds really cool, but only when you pull the BE-OD's gain back to about 9 o'clock at the max. This amp cleans up great when you roll back the volume. I have had my band mates take a listen and all concurred that it sounds so Zepplinesque, it's scary. Can it hang with a full band volume wise? Probably not unless everyone comes down a hair. Mic it up and you can do GNR, Zep, Foreigner, etc... and the tone is just very stunning. Go try one out man, they are very cool. Plug into input 1 that links both volume knobs. Dime both volumes and turn the tone knob up about 3/4. Do the rest in your guitar. Tremolo feature is very nice, not as intense as some similar amps, but sounds very cool. Oh, BTw, first one I took home had a bad power tube and was all scratchy/staticky sounding. I returned it for another new one and that one was fine. The power tubes in this amp are an unusual bird. About the size of EL 84's. Also, I pulled the chassis on the first thinking the prob was something other than tubes. It's all PCB inside, however the price point on the amp would make you think that it would be handwired.
Anyways, this is a super fun amp to have next to the couch to plug into and geek out with. Again, the tone is just cool as hell.
 
I just gone one the other day. It is very fun to play. Not a metal amp at all but if classic rock is your thing it is great. It is very organic sounding and has an addicting vibe. It sits in good with with my Bogners and Soldanos but is entirely different. Plug in and play. Takes pedals awesome. No reverb , but takes a HOF well in front.
I have tried it with my BEod, not a great fit. It loves the lagrange, wessex and harlow. Also does very well with just a clean boost. I love the little amp.

I tried a fewof them. Comet, Tremoverb, and the Black Magick. Comet was meh,
tremoverb was better and the BM stole the show and my money. lol dig it!
 
There is one at the shop by me. An acoustic guitar fell on it and sheared off two of the knobs. Pots are PCB mounted and apparently used silver solder throughout the construction. It was waiting for parts to repair.

I agree with the posts above as it is a good sounding amp and my favorite of the current Supro line. I would just have concerns with construction and repairs if this is something that happened in a store. What about it getting banged around at gigs?

Fluke things can happen and I get that. Maybe these things are built as well as anything else out there, I don't know. Just pointing out what I saw with the amp the OP was looking at.
 
The amp sounds awesome to my ears... love the on the verge of exploding sound. George rockin one here too..



Obviously not great for metal but for dirty rock i would think this is a no brainer. Sweet sounding.
 
Me like it
Give that thing to Sam the Man with a boost of his choice and he would bring tears :yes:
 
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