FUCHS VERBRATOR (for the 100th time...)

 

I have read some comments from people who got the amp & from Nik himself, that the Clean channel is not as loud as other OTS amps. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, or that you can't get very high volumes if you crank master & input volume.

The Clean channel is lovely, however, this is not as per the standard twin reverb or 100 watts amp average. Say you put both volume on 5 in the clean channel, no PAB, no loop buffer. You volume will be loud of course, but not defeaning - definitely not like when you put a Twin Reverb ot 5

This is what I noticed with my amp, & I believe I have read it more than one time. Nik himself suggested to go 100 if I needed clean headroom. So just my 2c

Anybody considering the Bluesmaster, has to know that the clean side is limited in volume. If you're not playing with boosts in the effect loop, I find my 100 watts Bluesmaster to be no louder than a Fender Deluxe.

And it's not only me, many people commented on that. I think it has to do with the phase inversion circuit. THe overdrive channel on the other hand, is enormous.

Finally, I find the 4-power tubes version of some amps designs to be punchier & nicer than the same but in 2-tubes, especially in the Voxish & Dumbelish circuits

In the classic Fender circuits, I prefer two output tubes + a tube rectifier

TLDR: Go with the 100 watts bluesmaster, or the OTS20