tc electronic Combo Deluxe 65' Preamp

Jeg har i mange år slæbt store tunge forstærkere hen ad gange, op og ned ad trapper og løftet dem op og ned af diverse stativer og podier. Det var naturligvis for at få den optimale lyd, der hvor jeg spillede. Desværre er det svært at få den rette lyd alle steder, fordi rummene havde forskellige størrelser og publikum havde forskellige behov for lydstyrke. Nu har jeg købt en TC Combo DeLuxe 65, som totalt har blæst mig omkuld. Den lyder så tæt på originalen, at man skulle tro det er løgn. Jeg har ikke testet forstærkeren mod klonen, men jeg er egentlig også ligeglad, for den lyd jeg forbinder med Fenders ældre forstærkere, får jeg i denne pedal. Folk med større erfaring i Fenders forstærkere og bedre hørelse end min, vil måske være uenige, men det jeg hører, er den lyd jeg kan lide og så kan man endda ændre forstærkeren lydmæssige karakter, ved at justere på mellemtoneknappen. Der er for mig ingen tvivl om, at TC har ramt sømmet på hovedet med denne forstærkerklon og så koster den kun det halve af hvad man skal give for de nærmeste konkurrenters produkter, der har tilsvarende kvaliteter. Og, så skal man ikke slæbe sig en pukkel til, men kan spille uden at tænke på, at man skal pakke og slæbe en tung forstærker efter et gig, for der er kun en lille pedal. Og så kan den jo være sammen med de andre pedaler. Smart……….!🤗🤗👍

my issues with the pedal are that switching between channels doesn't sound smooth, and that the reverb needs a little bit more work - a little more decay would have been more authentic to my ears. Otherwise the reverb sounds great, it has a nice drippy feel you'd expect from it. Comparing to the real thing it's hard to tell the difference overall.
Other than that I plug in my strat/tele straight into a PA and I get two very usable and authentic sounding/feeling blackface channels. Simple to use. Takes pedals (boost/OD) great. I tried the headphone jack - the volume and gain controls affect the volume level of the headphones so if you dime the gain and volume for tone it will be very loud in your headphones. So far there has been one firmware update which was an improvement - you can read about it from TC - I find their description accurate. One thing I question about the pedal is in it's logo inscription - 65' means 65 feet - distance. Not year. This pedal has been a great value to me as it's compact, takes very little power ( Under 300mA - I've used a power bank to power it with the Joyo USB power converter, which goes up to 450 mA if I remember) and it's very simple to use because of it's traditional/analog layout of the controls and lack of a screen and menus to scroll down. Most of all - It feels great under the fingers when you play, interacts with the guitar volume and tone controls as you would expect. I've also put all kinds of pedals before or after it with good success. I've recommended it to other musicians who, like me, liked it very much. I've had/have Kemper, HX stomp, humboldt simplifier, SansAmps and flyrigs, Korg Pandora, Cuvave Cube Baby, all kinds of emulation in the past 25 years, this one is my favorite. I hope this helps.