...and what rough BEAST, it's hour come round at last
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:18 pm
...slouches toward Minnesota to be born?
Yeats may have anticipated the second coming--but he had no idea of the pure devastation that is the Hi-Tone DR201 SAP.
Dude. Is pretty much all I have to say: Dude.
Pretty much the ultimate amp, imho. it has all the power (and more) any dictator would ever need, but it also sounds fantastic at lower levels with the master down. it has all the Hiwatt cleans you could ever want, but it also is capable of over the top Hiwatt overdrive. it's capable of getting dirtier than my 4-holer 50 watt. the boost switch is such a nice feature--it basically makes the amp like a switchable 2 channel hiwatt: hiwatt cleans, hiwatt overdrive at the click of a switch. you can set the balance so when you kick in the boost there's both a significant gain (distortion) boost and significant volume boost--or you can set it so there's pretty much just a gain boost (or anywhere in between).
The KT88's sound amazing--more full bodied sounding than the typical EL34 hiwatt (which obviously sound full bodied, but almost sound a little midrangey in comparison).
Couldn't be happier with this puppy. Honestly I think more guitar players should consider this amp, don't let the 200 watts scare you away--you can dial it back. but if you want huge cleans (for a pedal platform) it's got it--and if you want gnarly hiwatt overdrive, it's got that too.
also--it's a piece of artwork:
Thanks Clayton!!
I promise I will post some clips soon--maybe i'll get some time this weekend.
in the meantime, have a look at this wall-o-devastation:
Yeats may have anticipated the second coming--but he had no idea of the pure devastation that is the Hi-Tone DR201 SAP.
Dude. Is pretty much all I have to say: Dude.
Pretty much the ultimate amp, imho. it has all the power (and more) any dictator would ever need, but it also sounds fantastic at lower levels with the master down. it has all the Hiwatt cleans you could ever want, but it also is capable of over the top Hiwatt overdrive. it's capable of getting dirtier than my 4-holer 50 watt. the boost switch is such a nice feature--it basically makes the amp like a switchable 2 channel hiwatt: hiwatt cleans, hiwatt overdrive at the click of a switch. you can set the balance so when you kick in the boost there's both a significant gain (distortion) boost and significant volume boost--or you can set it so there's pretty much just a gain boost (or anywhere in between).
The KT88's sound amazing--more full bodied sounding than the typical EL34 hiwatt (which obviously sound full bodied, but almost sound a little midrangey in comparison).
Couldn't be happier with this puppy. Honestly I think more guitar players should consider this amp, don't let the 200 watts scare you away--you can dial it back. but if you want huge cleans (for a pedal platform) it's got it--and if you want gnarly hiwatt overdrive, it's got that too.
also--it's a piece of artwork:
Thanks Clayton!!
I promise I will post some clips soon--maybe i'll get some time this weekend.
in the meantime, have a look at this wall-o-devastation:
) DR201 w/ KT88's has a BIG, ROUND bottom 
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) in the same building.