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position. Many amps can be harsh plugging pedals I tried sounded great through this amp. on the console with the stereo 100% wet EFX straight in, but I could see recording like this. A vintage Fender Deluxe has been one of my DI’s panned hard left and right. Tons of headroom and the amp sounds very favorite pedal amps, and the Wampler beats it silky across the entire spectrum. There’s a nice and sounds much more prominent in the mix. overdriven sound when you turn the volume CONCLUSIONS: The Bravado is an impressive amp. It is fantastic way up. To me, it’s similar to the power tube Next up was the EFX loop, so I added a Wampler with pedals and still a great amp plugging overdrive sound in a Jim Kelley amp. There is a Ethereal reverb, and it sounded terrific. I haven’t straight in. When you turn it up, it sounds like nice breakup at 6:00 and beyond with a gentle, been a massive fan of EFX loops because they a killer modified Fender-ish amp, but with more natural tube compression. You can also feel can make pedals sound weird. Bravado’s headroom and harmonic content. I also liked the give of the Tube Rectifier that I like. Adding Friedman design makes sense using the solid- using the EFX loop in a wet-dry-wet setup for the Fat switch gives a great midrange boost. state loop into solid-state pedals. Wet-Dry-Wet: a huge sound. If I was looking for one amp for Its smooth, and gives the upper mids authority. I also tried putting compression and distortion live and studio, Bravado is a fantastic choice. pedals straight into the amp, and a CabZeus Considering its small size, headroom, tone Next, I took a guitar with Humbuckers and cabinet simulator parallel in the EFX loop and possibilities, and enough wattage to be heard moved the Treble circuit knob to 4 for dirty and out to several stereo modulation, delay & reverb in a live setting, the Bravado is a killer amp. If 5 for clean. Those were the sweet spots for me. pedals. This setup gave me a classic wet- you love using pedals, you’ll love this amp. Now that I had my tone settings I was ready to dry-wet setting and is super impressive. The hook up the pedal board. Every combination of straight amp is mic’d and panned in the center January 2019 Subscribe for Free... List Price $2,099.97 www.WamplerPedals.com 95