My thoughts about the GT1 after a year

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JSB	My thoughts about the GT1 after a year	Lead	[-]
Posts: 81 (26/05/09 22:07:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Hey guys. Im owning a GT1 since one year now. I think ive played with all settings possible, with different guitars and all i can say is... These Amps are truely incredible. There is nothing compareable on the market (execpt the ampeg v4) till today. The sound these Amps deliver (i speak for my GT1) is sooooo incredible. Its loose, dark and dirty... Its the tone in my head, ive been looking for. Before, i played a ENGL Savage120 and hated all channels.... And hey. It could be some hype. But did you know, that everyone, that played my GT1 just COULDNT STOP PLAYING? I mean, everyone just played and played and smiled... all time... after people are like: WOW! !@!!%%# GREAT AMP! Tell me what you think cheers, JSB
jholmen		#1	[-]
Posts: 13 (27/05/09 10:51:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, that certainly fuelled my GAS! Thanks for letting us know.
Partridge		#2	[-]
Posts: 641 (29/05/09 08:47:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Every one of those that I've played has been great. Often wonder why I bought a...err. two... GT120s instead (probably for clean sound - that makes sense..) The click on /off master volume defeat is very useful. Glad you are having fun.
jholmen		#3	[-]
Posts: 14 (29/05/09 10:51:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	On the GT1, is it possible to switch between the high and low inputs with an A/B pedal? I reckon this could serve as a useful way of providing boost for solos. As the GT1 is a one channel amp, I guess using the "Y" option of such a pedal not would make any difference from the high input. I've heard that some amps are designed so that you'll get no difference on either input when an A/B pedal is used because the physical presence of a jack in the high input engages this part of the circuit anyway, and I'm wondering if the GT1 is like that too. Hope that made sense and my question came through....
Beaunerific		#4	[-]
Posts: 1 (03/06/09 14:24:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Is there any other few year MatamP owners that would like to give a "timelapse" review? First impressions, how your tone has changed, if there's anything you wish you would have gotten instead or customized to yours?
Thommygunn		#5	[-]
Posts: 1 (07/06/09 00:38:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	does anyone have an answer to the above a/b pedal, input question? i've had my gt1 for about 6 months now and i'm sooooo glad i opted for this above other amps, its incredible, just the tones i was looking for. i do however, in hindsight wish i had stuck with the standard 80watts instead of having it customized to 120watts. i also had the stainless steel front replaced with the matamp cinemascope logo which i personally think looks much better. i'm hoping to pick up a 2x12 tomorrow as someone local to me is selling one, i'm hoping this will make a difference to the tone i'm getting from a marshall 4x12 i have right now.
andrewmartin		#6	[-]
Posts: 22 (08/06/09 19:24:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thommygunn, Why do you wish would have stayed with the 80 watts? I thought about buying a GT1 and getting it customized to 120. Is the 120 watt extremely loud?
JSB		#7	[-]
Posts: 96 (09/06/09 04:04:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	well the 80 watts are rated clean. if you turn up the voice, decrease the treble (alters the overall loudness too) and turn up the gain, the amp gets beyond 120watts (i assume even more) so, if you need 120watts, its a question about the clean tone, if you want a damn loud clean tone, go for it. i cant imagine any club where you can crank a matamp set to rock or stoner without killing everyone in the audience, except you use an attenuator and of course i talk about the 80watts model when i first gigged, the amp wasnt miced and i had to use the half power switch and the amp was about 10 o'clock and it was loud enough for everything, also as loud as the miced drummer. so tell me, why would you use 120watts? got some 70s woodstock gig with no pa ?
Thommygunn		#8	[-]
Posts: 6 (09/06/09 08:00:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	well i do like the idea of having enough power for that and i do feel a little like spinal tap, i can turn up to 11 should i feel the need for that little bit more but as i said originally, hindsight is a wonderful thing. i should have listened to jeff and stuck with 80 watts, i thought i was being clever by getting that much power and volume. my advice andrew would be if possible try out both wattages and make an informed choice from there. i do like the idea of killing the audience with volume though, that would be a fun gig. i saw torche in a small club near where i live and they deafened anyone without earplugs by playing two jcm800's at full volume (they blew two cabs). i borrowed one of these for a tour and never had it past about 5 o'clock. it was insanley loud and they blew baroness (who they were supporting) off the stage with sheer power and volume.
JSB		#9	[-]
Posts: 103 (13/06/09 02:21:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I dont get it why the GTL or the GT1 didnt get some bigger reviews. I mean, if you know all these amps, that play in their own league, like the AC30, Plexi, old Fender's.. and so on and on... i think the GTL does the same with just a lot more complexity. It's very versitale if you know how to use it. With the GTL its more the guitar and your picking and playing style thats important. The preamp distortion is incredible. You can throw away any pedal. You could use some pedals but i think, the sound is already so good, its hard to get better tones with pedals. So i only use a Boss SD-1 - only sometimes for some crazy effects - not for distortion. I know you would not believe me, but when i played my GTL with my single coil telecaster my band was like "wow, sounds like interpol". guess what, interpol plays only cleanish fender amps. so, when i plug in my les paul, im instant into dirty ass riffing with stoner humming rumbling low end. thats so awesome. just by chaning the guitar, i alter the distortion and the tone totally. you will never ever get this with stock amp you can buy. believe me, even if, its twice of the price of the GT1/GTL. the newer they are, the more %%*% is pumped in their cruict and the more the true tone of the guitar is !$#@## up. you dont believe me? go into a guitar store, play some amps and tell me all guitars you've used sounded true. i would say: some people even dont know how their guitars REALLY sound before the have plugged them into a GTL. if your humbuckers SUCK, the gtl will sound like your humbuckers suck! and if you have a great piece of guitar with fine hardware, the GTL will do everything to let it sound bloody awesome. thats it. nothing more. everything in the signal line counts, even the pleks, strings, pickups, the potis hey man, everything. i have never ever played and heared another amp that's so sensitive to: - to valves - to guitars - to cabels - to the player

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