Abbey 20-watt Power-scaled Top-boost Head Review

Awesome Amp W/A Great Story

I ordered this amp in the Twilight tolex (unfortunate name-AMAZING to look at/touch) along w/the matching 112 cab loaded w/the Celestion Gold speaker. The day it arrived I couldn't believe how awesome it looked in person- you can't stop yourself from touching it (the amp...phrasing) it just looks so different from anything else out there. I read through the instruction manual,… read more hooked everything up, turned it on- click the Morgan logo lit up (super cool) and then about five seconds later there was a pop and the light behind the logo slowly faded out (WTF?!?). I called Sweetwater (it was Saturday) and they told me they wouldn't be able to do anything about it before Monday. I took a look at the Morgan Amp site to see if there was any advice in the FAQ section and noticed they are based out of California. I googled the address to find they were about 35 minutes from my home. I sent them a note to see if they could take the time to look at the amp as it would take a few weeks to send it back to Sweetwater and do a ping pong from there, to here, to there and back to my home. I had a "hell yes, bring it by on Tuesday" response in less than 15 minutes. I up today expecting a tech to take a look at the amp and tell me it would be a few days and they would give me a call- Nope- Joe Morgan was sitting there at the soldering bench working on an amp. He introduced himself, stopped what he was doing, took my amp apart and walked me through his trouble shooting process. In less than 10 minutes he had the issue identified, fixed and I was on my way w/a cool story about where he found the Twilight tolex material. So, super cool looking amp, GREAT customer service- How does it sound? Well, 40 watts of scalable power is enough to melt your ears and blow your lady's panties off. Or, turn the power down and you still have amazing-articulate tone w/out knocking the plaster off the wall of the condo next to you. The controls are very dynamic and small changes really effect your tone. The pull/bright on the volume knob is nice if you really want the high end to stand out. The cut control does a fine job of either scooping the mids or bringing them forward nicely. The 112 cab is super sturdy and the Celestion gold sounds great w/superlative articulation whether you are playing clean or putting some grit into your signal. I can't say anything negative about the head or the cab at this point. I've only logged a few hours of playing, but I'm betting as the tubes and the speaker break in, things will only get better. I'm giving the head and the cab a 5 despite the initial problem- I would be seriously chapped if I lived someplace else in the county, but getting to meet Joe Morgan, see his shop and get a cool story out of it is totally worth the initial letdown of not being able to play the amp right away. Give them a try! I think you will be very happy with both the construction and sound of this amp.

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