soldano16
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USPS and Canada Post picked a great time to set the record for a cross border shipment and to my shock, Mr. Postman showed up with it today.
I play relatively low volume. I have a 68 50 watter that works wonderfully for gigging but even then I never had it open enough to really drive it. I used an OD pedal for that. But the 50 watts is overkill when the boys come over to jam at the house. In the small room in the basement, it's a limiting situation. I was looking at getting an 18 watter and then some ad for an attenuator got me thinking maybe I should go that route with the plexi. Did some research and when a used UA came up, I went for it.
While I didn't use it with the band today, I did get kinda close to band volume at times.
Mine has two volume controls and a footswitch to toogle but at this point it's much too early in the learning curve to start guessing the best levels for each. I just kept them relatively low as I wanted to get a reasonable amount of the overall effect of the unit.
The amount of gain on tap at "moderate" volumes is hugely increased. I can get huge stuff at lower volumes that was never there before. HUGE difference. How does it compare to the tone at natural high volume? I can't say because I never play at those volumes. The only comparison I can make is how the amp used to sound at a certain volume and how it can sound now.
The 2 volumes is a very neat feature. The two are not identical, one is louder at the same volumes. Someone might use that as a boost. I'm sure I'm much more likely to match the volumes and use the footpedal to switch gain structure rather than volume.
Is it the Ultimate? No idea but it certainly does what it's supposed to do. At my playing volume, it gives me a level of gain from the amp I never had before.
I play relatively low volume. I have a 68 50 watter that works wonderfully for gigging but even then I never had it open enough to really drive it. I used an OD pedal for that. But the 50 watts is overkill when the boys come over to jam at the house. In the small room in the basement, it's a limiting situation. I was looking at getting an 18 watter and then some ad for an attenuator got me thinking maybe I should go that route with the plexi. Did some research and when a used UA came up, I went for it.
While I didn't use it with the band today, I did get kinda close to band volume at times.
Mine has two volume controls and a footswitch to toogle but at this point it's much too early in the learning curve to start guessing the best levels for each. I just kept them relatively low as I wanted to get a reasonable amount of the overall effect of the unit.
The amount of gain on tap at "moderate" volumes is hugely increased. I can get huge stuff at lower volumes that was never there before. HUGE difference. How does it compare to the tone at natural high volume? I can't say because I never play at those volumes. The only comparison I can make is how the amp used to sound at a certain volume and how it can sound now.
The 2 volumes is a very neat feature. The two are not identical, one is louder at the same volumes. Someone might use that as a boost. I'm sure I'm much more likely to match the volumes and use the footpedal to switch gain structure rather than volume.
Is it the Ultimate? No idea but it certainly does what it's supposed to do. At my playing volume, it gives me a level of gain from the amp I never had before.
