My latest purchase: Sound City 30C
I bought it because its a small, loud valve amp that i think looks cool.
Its not an old 70s model, its a reissue(?) about 1-2 years old, they were distributed by Arbiter which went out of business so these are no longer available. Its a heavy little thing with one 12" speaker (unknown brand) and two channels: 1 clean, 1 Overdrive/Distortion.
First impressions were a decent clean channel although the reverb is of awful quality thanks to the 'AXL' reverb box i can visually see inside the amp. The Overdrive at low volume sounds unrefined, almost solid state and trebly. But cranked up it is really good.
I may swap them chinese valves out for something 'better', this was another reason i bought this, i wanted a cheap valve amp to modify and help learn more about how they work.
Overall, i'm really pleased with it.
