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Ancient Astronaught wrote:

Adelbatross wrote:Update: Apparently things are pretty crazy in Verellen land at the moment. Made my order and payment on March 25, but the amp isn't going to be ready now until the week of July 13. I was under the impression this would be an 8 week job which has now turned into 16 weeks to basically build a standard Loucks but add reverb. Can't say I'm pleased, I mean Ben has been good to deal with up to this point, but it would have been nice if he let me know this ahead of time. I get he's a small business, but that's no excuse for setting the wrong expectations with customers. Personally, to me this is why small businesses go out of business, by not taking care of their customers.

It didn't put EGC out of business when they would promise 4-6 month ETA's and then deliver the guitars 3-4 years later.

Adelbatross wrote:Depends I guess on what you're looking for. The reverb is not overly versatile, so it either goes from non-existent to completely cavernous. I also have a Deluxe Reverb and going from 1-2 on the Loucks is like going from 1-10 on the DRRI. That's not necessarily a band thing, the sound it does get is pretty awesome, it has this eerie, dark sound to it but it's not the type of reverb you can just add a bit to taste, it's full on or nothing.

Now that I've had some time to play it a bit, I gotta say the more time spent with it the less I like this amp. Maybe it's a case of waiting so long I over hyped myself, or I just got a lemon or something, but this amp hums quite a bit, way more than other 100 watters I've used in the past. The footswitch it came with for reverb/gain was completely useless. Tried 2 brand new TRS cables for the switch it and it still doesn't work. The amp didn't even come with a power cable or a cable for the footswitch either, which was just a pain to find out the day I got it.

I was also not overly happy with the look of the amp. I've seen heaps of gorgeous amps come from Verellen, but mine's got this weird knot thing on the right side of the face. Every time I look at the amp all I can see is that hideous knot. It's like someone scribbled on it or something. I just look at it and wonder how it got off the floor and why out of all the amps I've seen from Verellen, I got that thing. I was so excited to get it before that I posted a bunch of pictures, but if I'm being honest I think it looks like crap.

Anyway, I've harassed Ben enough, I don't I'll ever get anywhere with him so I'll cut my losses at this point. I'd never buy a Verellen again, and wouldn't recommend them to anyone. I was at this guitar fest thing they had in town (Melbourne's answer to NAMM) and played a couple 100 watt amps from local builders there. Every single one of those amps blew the Loucks out of the water. Little to no hum, more versatile reverb, and no ugly knot thing on the face. I realise this is all 1st world problems, and I'm not saying the Loucks is an awful amp or something, but hindsight being what it is I would have gone with something else if I could do it all over again.