strat1701
El Diablo Cazador De Hombres
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The last amp I bought was in 2015 and was a BE-100 head. I've used it mostly exclusively the past 7yrs. I was toying with getting one of these 'mini' head types for a while and when I saw sweetwater had it on sale I finally pulled the trigger.
I'm not using the power attenuator you see pictured (that is for from the BE-100 head).
The FX loop is decent on it, I used my existing board right into it. But man, the thing has more gain than the BE-100 head IMHO! Even when you back off the gain to 9 o clock position it's still pretty high. EQ controls are ok, and it's louder than I anticipated. I'm running it into a 4x12 1960 with v-30's in it.
I almost bought the Soldano mini but shit if that is a known 'high gain' amp, I may not need it with this BE Mini being so hi gain! I know it'll be a totally different gain vibe, and I still may get a mini soldano.
But BE min is fun to play around with if I don't feel like firing up the tubes. Only complaint (and a minor one) is if it had less gain. But for 199 can't go wrong with it!
Oh and the plexi amp shields are anti-cat defense for the cab grills!
I'm not using the power attenuator you see pictured (that is for from the BE-100 head).
The FX loop is decent on it, I used my existing board right into it. But man, the thing has more gain than the BE-100 head IMHO! Even when you back off the gain to 9 o clock position it's still pretty high. EQ controls are ok, and it's louder than I anticipated. I'm running it into a 4x12 1960 with v-30's in it.
I almost bought the Soldano mini but shit if that is a known 'high gain' amp, I may not need it with this BE Mini being so hi gain! I know it'll be a totally different gain vibe, and I still may get a mini soldano.
But BE min is fun to play around with if I don't feel like firing up the tubes. Only complaint (and a minor one) is if it had less gain. But for 199 can't go wrong with it!
Oh and the plexi amp shields are anti-cat defense for the cab grills!
of the cat.
