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JofZ
06-10-2006, 06:40 PM
Nate delivered my Lead1 head at ToneFest. I was so excited to get my hands on this little bad boy.
During the break down of tables, etc on last Monday I had about 5 hours to kill so I set up the Lead1 into a 100th Marshall 4x12. I used a Rukangous Duke and thought if anyone were to walk up here I could possibly win the award for the coolest rig ever :)
Donner, Aleksander, Bjorn and Dean all came up and got a chance to see the rig. Don got a chance to play thorugh it and I think he had a grin from ear to ear the entire time.
The Lead1 is a 1/2 watt amp, but don't be fooled it can still move plenty of air. Between the gain and master vol. knobs lie all of your clean and crunch.
I also found the guitar vol knobs to be usuful in cleaning up the distortion.
I want everyone to know not only is this an amp your wife will love you for it is a must have for any studio. The tones are amazing. I ran through the Led Zep catalog and found I could get really accurate marshall tone. The crunch is fantastic and the sustain is really awesome at low vol.
The difference between Nate's Lead1 and all the others I have played is the clean. Nate's clean is clean :), which means you can use it for all styles of playing. All the others I have tried have the crunch but never have a clean.
The amp is covered in vintage looking black tolex with a cloth grill. The knobs are clearly labelled and it has a stand by switch!
It will handle any cabinet and it sounded just as good thorugh my Germino 2x12 with G12's as it did with the Marshall 100th.
The head is small so it wont take up much space and it never got very hot either even after 2 hours of playing.
I think Nate will have to hire some elves because this one is an amp everyone should own :D
Thanks again Nate and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

fatback
06-12-2006, 07:41 PM
I talked to Nate yesterday and now I've got a Lead1 head on the way. Booya!

(thanks for the review)

:D

JofZ
06-12-2006, 07:45 PM
I talked to Nate yesterday and now I've got a Lead1 head on the way. Booya!

(thanks for the review)

:D

Awesome!
I can't wait to hear your clips :)

Thinking of which, maybe we should get a clip section up on here? ;)

MikeyG
06-12-2006, 08:39 PM
exactly how loud is 1/2 watt with the master cranked? Can you talk over it?? Probably not ...

JofZ
06-12-2006, 08:44 PM
exactly how loud is 1/2 watt with the master cranked? Can you talk over it?? Probably not ...

It is still loud. But plenty for your house or a studio. You don't have to crank it though, you can use a combination of your guitar vol and the master vol you get a nice dB level.
I ran it though a 4x12 and my 2x12 and I found it comfortable cranked. I can't same the same for my other amps LOL

rjmmusic
06-28-2006, 02:38 AM
I'm the lucky guy who won the Lead 1 at the Chicago ToneFest. I've got it running through an EarCandy 1x12 with a Celestion Heritage G12M. Cool amp! It sounds deceptively big, and is very Marshally. It's a LOT of fun to play.

Cranked, it's definitely too loud to talk over, but I can go hide in my music room and shut the door, dime the Lead 1 and my wife and kids don't complain. That's the acid test right there! ;) The master volume is good, so you don't need to dime it, either.

jimlp
07-14-2006, 02:16 AM
Hey guys/gals, new member here. I was going to order a Lead 1 myself, what is his turn around time running these days?