Thanks Samuraipanda will check these out!
So I got it home, out of the box and played it!
I like it.....................but!
The tone is amazing, to me it sounds different from anything else I own. Has these crazy texture harmonics! It reeks of 70's amp but then being pushed hard. Well I think it does. Then with the boost it has MASSVIE amounts of gain.
But the draw back is, even at quite lo gain setting there is something unpleasant for me about the feel. It's like a compressor with all the attack cut off but you get singing smoooooooooooooth susatain. However as it is pushed this squash effect gets more obvious and to me I could not handle that. I really soft strumming kind of a guy might but it doesn't suit my style of playing. And this is a shame a that amazing smooth singing sustain is actually sensational feeling and sounding.
With the boost off it's better, but that squash thing is still there. In place of the boost if I use an external boost (in my case one from my boss GT5 using an OD) I get less of the squashed attack and it's pretty usable. External boost gives that chunk but not as much squash.
I kinda would like the option to use an external boost and use the onboard boost which would be really great without the dynamic theft. I wonder could it be modded to allow the attack to come through but keep all the distortion.
Rolling back volume on my guitar works also but you can't compensate the loss of distortion on the pre amp itself by turning it more. You can a little bit but not enough.
I like it and I think I will keep it, but I think I will only do so if I can modify it somehow. I think Richard you would actually like this, has an older flavour to it compared to say an MP1 or Peavey Rockmaster but despite this it can give you as much distortion if you like. I dialled in more 70's rock tones almost immediately using a dimarzio super d equipped guitar.