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Well having been sold on an Genz Benz Inky Pearl All Rank A Tube amp, I open the door to I have been hooked on the cyclopean sound that comes from strict warm tubes.  I was in the melody store one day and found out that Fender had reissued some of its old amps with a new twist. I dearly have affection for my Black Margarite, but she weighs a bit and is  also a bit much for the bedroom workshop. That being said I was on the lookout for a smaller amp that I could romp in my small workshop and also easily convey to small custom/jam sessions. I tried the Super Bite XD and found it was exactly what I was looking for.  At a road price of $299, place of abode it went with me after a ordeal drive at the stock.

The basic specs on it are:

15 Watts of ableness thru a Fender 10″ discourser, Tube and Digital Modeling preamps using 12AX7A tubes, hollow cylinder power amp  part using two 6V6 tubs (Rank AB), and on board digital furniture.

The amp has two channels, the first canal tuned to unbroken like a precise clean Fender Dark face amp using the 12AX7A hollow cylinder for the preamp division and the 6V6’s for the faculty amp. The second duct using Fenders Digital Amp Modeling for the preamp (bypassing the 12AX7A hollow cylinder) and uses the 6V6 tubes for the might amp. The two channels then apportion the same tone controls and furniture.

I would have to say that for 95% of my playing the first duct hits the mark. It has great orally transmitted Fender tube sounds, accurate and clean and jangly.  There is lawful a plain old convolution knob, no gainings, just uncorrupted tone. At depress volumes it has that definite clean note, but crank up the convolution and out comes a critical growly hollow cylinder overdrive. Back off your ride full tilt against at this volume and it cleans up correct, dig in for the good matter as needed.

The next to the first channel, with its digital modeling is entirely fun to play with. The amp models descend into some basic groups: Fender Tweed, Fender Blackface, British (peruse Vox AC30 and Marshall), Fender Hot Rod, Metal, Jazz, and Acoustic. Other then the Jazz and Acoustic which reasonable have one setting, the other models have 3 not the same spins on each, ranging from unsoiled to dirty and in between. This channels input portion has a Gain and Turn so you can vary the deformity and grind substance.

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