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Posted by: Jouve Feb 12 2013, 07:51 PM

Guys. I've finally received the amt ss-20.

It's a small preamp with a surprising tone and functionality.
The cab sim output is very good. But I tried it with some of the cab impulses - and it works just perfect. This little guy even has an FX loop .
So I'm damned satisfied.

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Feb 13 2013, 12:59 AM

Congratulations on the new gear!
I'm not familiar with this pedal but we bass players love those kind of preamps!
Its just so versatile and especially useful for recording.

May it serve you well!

Posted by: Rammikin Feb 13 2013, 01:09 AM

Welcome to the club! It's probably easier for you to find one than those of us in the west . It has some real sweet spots. My favorite is right where the solid state distortion starts kicking in. Cosmin is a master at getting a great tone out of it.

Posted by: sammetal92 Feb 13 2013, 05:02 PM

Congratulations Do we get to hear some samples?

Posted by: Jouve Feb 13 2013, 05:20 PM

Thanks guys.

Of course you will.I'll use it in all the collabs and recordings from now on !

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 14 2013, 08:37 AM

Thanks Rammikin! And congrats to you Jouve, you'll be happy for every nickel spent on this little dude! Let's hear some samples!

Posted by: sammetal92 Feb 14 2013, 08:38 AM

Awesome

Posted by: Jouve Feb 16 2013, 09:47 AM

https://soundcloud.com/jouveivan/amt-ss-20-test
Ok. Here it is. Small one - everything recorded through the cab sim out. In the beginning i went riffing ratm style with 3 chanels - clean crunch and lead. Then it tried to solo a bit on that. Used a little modern fastverb on the clean lead.
It's very sloppy guys, but i hope you'll like it

Maybe i'll try something with the impulses then.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 16 2013, 04:19 PM

Hey mate! How do you like it so far?

Does it feel good when you play? What settings have you used for this tone ? I usually go with the little switch on the 3rd position for the modern sound.

Posted by: Jouve Feb 16 2013, 04:48 PM

Damn! Thanks Cosmin. You know i didn't notice that crunch channel switch
Volume 5 Bass 7 Middle 5 Treble 7 Gain c. 5 Gain lead 6
It's just wonderful. When i play amplutube and other ampsim stuff i always tweak something, change the fx and stuff. But here i just plug in and play.
Though i prefer amplitube clean sounds more and for the recordings i'll use them.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 16 2013, 05:26 PM

Nothing to it man I can so feel you! You just plug and turn a few knobs and PLAY! Isn't it great? I am planning on making a little video with the AMT's features so stay tuned on the Gear thread

Posted by: Rammikin Feb 16 2013, 05:40 PM

That's a fun setting to play with...you'll get a significant difference between that and turning up the gain lead just a bit to 7 or 8. One thing I like on the SS-20 is all the Mid settings sound good.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 16 2013, 09:04 PM

You guys, should try this: Crunch channel

Bass: 11 O clock
Mids: 11 - 12 O clock
Highs: 1 O'clock
Gain: 8 O clock

If you could add a reverb it would be superb - use your fingers and try to play some Jeff Beck stuff

Posted by: Todd Simpson Feb 16 2013, 10:05 PM

Try it on what COS? An amp Sim? Or an Amp?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 16 2013, 10:40 PM

I was addressing the AMT guys only, this time So they should try it on the AMTSS20

Jouve and Rammikin

Posted by: Taviscaron Mar 12 2013, 10:23 AM

In the club too, but with the SS-30

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 12 2013, 10:33 AM

Mate - it would be great if you could review it for us SS20 users

Posted by: Taviscaron Mar 12 2013, 10:41 AM

I don't have SS-20, so i don't know the differences
It have 3 channels, instead of 2 in S-20, second channel is splitted into crunch/lead sections.
I heard that SS-30 have more diverse sound.

Big difference for Tube Addicts - it don't have tubes at all

If any try to buy used SS-30 - they need to avoid units that manufactured prior to 2012 year: they have buggy sounding cabsim.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 13 2013, 09:06 AM

Thanks for the details man Please post some samples if you will record something

Posted by: jstcrsn Mar 13 2013, 11:53 AM

so let me get this straight , you just plug your guitar into this and then plug this into your interface

Posted by: Jouve Mar 13 2013, 12:07 PM

Yup that's the thing

Posted by: Rammikin Mar 13 2013, 10:22 PM

Yes, it looks like it's a distortion pedal, but it's actually a preamp. And it includes a basic cabinet emulator so you can connect the output straight into your computer.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 14 2013, 09:30 AM

I will once again give my vote to the AMT It is a very good device offering quality and endurance both for home and stage use! I have made a little movie of it:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=47954&view=findpost&p=633757