Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Mega PT60R This is a great little amp!



This amp has enough volume so that I can hear myself above Tim, who is a loud drummer and the band who obviously are also loud.

It has a valve pramp using what is now an industry standard 12AX7.
The sound of this amp is GREAT!
It cuts like a knife with my Gibson guitars, and is great for pick harmonics and for feedback.

The clean channel can sound very clean, but has Gain as well as volume, bass and treble controls.
Using gain on this channel warms up the sound more to a clean overdrive than a distortion: so real chords can be played as opposed to power chords with the sound still being clear and defined.
The second channel has a middle knob added, and has more the guitar solo type overdrive.

This amp isn't for you if your sound comes from effects rather than the amp. The only effect built in is good old-fashioned spring reverb.
It is a good, quiet amp when idling, ie a low hum level.

It isn't a pretty amp: the blue panel on the front makes it look rather garish, but the construction is SOLID. It has a metal grill speaker cover, the box is covered in carpet, and the knobs are solid aluminium.

It has a CD input and a headphone jack, a footswitch socket for channel selection, and effects loop sockets.

Melbourne Music Centre in North Road Ormond (who also trade on EBay as Melmusic) sell this (along with other Mega models) at $399.00 AU., altho I bought the demo from the shop floor for $299.

Mega claim to make OEM amplifiers for leading manufacturers and a reviewer on Harmony Central claims that Mega's Acoustic amplifier AC60R is the exact same amplifier as Marshall's AS50R. and gives it a 10/10 rating.

A terrific buy! I'm still waiting to see what the catch is!

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