BluGuitar presents the new metal amp – AMP1 IRIDIUM EDITION
With the BluGuitar AMP1 IRIDIUM EDITION, BluGuitar presents a pedalboard amp that has been developed entirely from scratch and voiced uncompromisingly for modern metal sounds.
This unique metal amp in pedal format delivers tight sounds full of character and has hardly any tonal overlap with the AMP1 Mercury Edition, which is voiced for classic rock. Both AMP1s are the perfect combination of real tube tone and 100 watts of power in an unrivalled compact and lightweight format.
In collaboration with experienced international metal guitarists, BluGuitar founder and professional guitarist Thomas Blug designed, voiced and perfected this new amp. Three independent gain channels deliver rich, tight overdrive sounds whose gain structure and tonal colour can be shaped. Each of these channels has its own attack, response and dynamics.
The VINTAGE channel delivers tight, mid-focused, woody sounds that come through even with extreme low tunings while delivering creamy distortion in the mids.
The CLASSIC channel, on the other hand, with its hard distortion curve and specially tuned bass filter, is fast, percussive and considerably broader and harder in the midrange than the VINTAGE channel. With the Custom Control TONE, the mid spectrum can be shaped from “Hot Rodded British High Gain” to “Teutonic Wall of Sound”.
MODERN, with its extremely high gain reserves, delivers crystal-clear string separation thanks to a massive low cut, and the Custom Control TONE knob lets you dial it in from a “Cut thru the mix” solo sound to the V-shaped mid curve typical of “maximum brutality”.
The CLEAN channel of the AMP1 IRIDIUM EDITION has massive headroom and treble reserves thanks to its 100-watt power amp, giving even mid-heavy humbuckers transparent, sparkling clean sounds. With its series/parallel switchable effects loop, the AMP1 IRIDIUM EDITION is the ideal platform for pedals such as shimmer reverb, modulation or delay.
Thomas Blug is the originator of the tube-driven pedal amp. In more than 30 years as an amp designer, he was already developing tube pedals for renowned companies in the early 90s that are now regarded as milestones. All of his experience has gone into both the AMP1 MERCURY EDITION and the AMP1 IRIDIUM EDITION.
The AMP1 IRIDIUM EDITION will be available from specialist dealers from 1 November at a price of €799.
