Thursday, October 3, 2019

Dirty special


This amp is available here now. It's not a tube unit, just a straight up 1x12 combo blasting 40W of power. 


These days, an amp of this nature has a very difficult existence. It struggles to fit into a world where tube reverence is still status quo compounded by those very convincing digital units that don't even present themselves as amps. Just pretenders that sound good through computerized processing with fun-level hassle that everyone wants a piece of. The DRS has its place in history, that point in time where good tone matters regardless of tube snobbery but life was much simpler back then. At more than $500, it's a difficult acquisition for many of us especially so when there are more sensible, value-for-money units out there - Marshall, Blackstar & Laney to name just a few.

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