I took it home and managed to rig it up through the speakers in my Hotrod Deville (4x10) and a bunch of pedals. After turning it on, letting it warm up, and screwing with the EQ for, oh, three seconds, my jaw hit the floor. What an amazing sound for a $150 Chinese made, 5 watt amp!!!
I was able to get a considerable amount of low end, clarity, and clean headroom at generous volume levels on the 5w setting, and switching to the 3w setting lowered the total output (duh) and put me in a cool gritty place. It sort of sounds like a Fender pushed pretty hard. Not bad at all!! Very usable sound. It's not "Coils of the Serpent" or anything like that, but closer to Funk 49 or something.
Back to 5w; the Little Giant + Marshall Shredmaster clone + Nova Delay + Strat = David Gilmour. I'm totally serious. I know you guys aren't into that kind of thing here at ILF, but I really think you would all agree it sounds pretty good if you heard it first hand. Oh, it ROARS being pushed by the Shoegazer into power tube distortion.
I know a lot of you guys have Fender style amps, many of which allow you to unplug you speaker(s) from you amp (and use them with something else!!). You wouldn't even need a cabinet. If you find a Blackheart BH5H Little Giant for a good price (even at the GC or whatever price, it's worth it) check it out. It's way cheaper than a Klon Centaur.
Oh, and I'm in no way affiliated with Crate or Blackheart. Just a tone lover on a budget.
Cheers, Fuckers.
-Brettski
P.S.- Some people on the interwebs say the logo is homosexual ("dude, that's GAY"). I need this to be substantiated by the experts...Interiorleague? I didn't feel like any part of this amp was grabbing for my junk in any way.
