We can’t help thinking of our experiences with Victory’s preamp pedals it’s hard to dial in a tone that isn’t impressive. This really feels like a full-bore head because it’s designed to be one, just scaled into a floor unit. The response and note articulation is immense, and the onboard noise gate keeps it all tamed. And Justice For All-levels of chug moving to more sharp prog-metal tones. Think Metallica’s ‘Crunch Berries’ Boogie territory. Many will jump straight to the Modern channel and we can’t blame them. The BluGuitar AMP1 Iridium Edition is a completely redesigned, uncompromisingly metal-voiced, all analogue 100-watt Nanotube pedal board amp with a sparkling clean channel and three independant, discrete high gain channels. The Iridium brings a smoother boutique warmth but it’s never woolly it really shines for our neck humbuckers, offering clarity where some amps and modellers feel muddier. BluGuitar AMP1 Iridium The original version of the AMP1 has been and still is a real game-changer for many guitarists worldwide, because it combines. But you can assign any of the four channels or reverb to the footswitches. In default Standard Mode, the left pedal switches between the clean and a drive channel, the middle switch activates boost and the right switch kicks in the reverb. Classic is great for moving from EVH hard rock to the old-school gain of Maiden and Priest.īluGuitar allows you to store your favorite settings and recall them via the footswitches. The Vintage channel here works well with the bridge single-coil/ neck humbucker Tele we brought along for the ride think hot-rod blues for Hendrix or even more raucous garage rock tones. The channel names do a very good job of explaining their characters, but it’s not exclusively for metal palettes (though there are two other Amp1 models available to suite less gainy tastes). But with the PowerSoak feature it also sounds great at 0.15 watts of power. It’s loud, too - not ‘loud for a small unit’ we mean serious headroom. Plugging our SG Special into our cab, it’s a trip through gain city as you go up. So it’s a combination of solid state and valve with a pinch of digital in the brew too the onboard reverb is the only digital part of the signal here. The Nanotube drives the 100-watt class D output stage/power amp. On the subject of lighting, the Nanotube 100 valve also glows behind its window on the Amp1’s face.īut what part does it actually play? The Amp1 Iridium preamp is solid-state analogue. The attractive blue and purple LED lighting on the logo and pedals also nods back to Blug’s H&K roots. With a matte black aluminum casing, this has stealth looks and a sturdy feel that should confidently survive the bashes of life on your ‘board. The Amp1 Iridium Edition has outputs for 8/16ohm speakers, a line out/headphones out, MIDI control, and a series/parallel FX loop (Image credit: Future / Olly Curtis)
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