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jcmtone1
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For those who own or have owned the Splawn Quickrod, what do you think of the clean channel? Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks
Chris6870
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Clean channel is great. You need to turn up the gain on it to get it to fatten up. That's where some owners fail.
crwnedblasphemy
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Depends...speakers and year? Newer ones after 2011 kick ass. Older ones still good. Not supurb. Still crushes a 5150 for cleans.
Chubtone
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crwnedblasphemy":2oil45e2 said:
Yes, but not even close to the 5153 cleans.
crwnedblasphemy
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Chubtone":3cuvb77f said:
True. I have both, 5150III cleans are better than the splawn, but it should being fender and having 6L6's
Marshallman
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I agree that it is not a Fenderish clean but works well for me. And it takes my Bogner Wessex overdrive well for those lightly distorted tones.
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GtarLover
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After Scott upgraded the clean channel, it is able to get WAY more clean than earlier models.
I have a 2006 that is just AWESOME, yet the clean is more AC/DC than Fender, if you get my meaning...it's got grissle, not super clean.
Then, I got a 2013 QR with the B+ option, the effects loop volume control, and the 4-button footswitch. Man, this baby has great cleans AND the effects control allows you to turn up the MV and keep the overall volume lower...gets excellent tones all around at a variety of volumes.
Overall, it depends on your needs, yet the QR has a very good clean channel and you can use the clean channel with a pedal to get quite a few tones with differing gain levels.
I have a 2006 that is just AWESOME, yet the clean is more AC/DC than Fender, if you get my meaning...it's got grissle, not super clean.
Then, I got a 2013 QR with the B+ option, the effects loop volume control, and the 4-button footswitch. Man, this baby has great cleans AND the effects control allows you to turn up the MV and keep the overall volume lower...gets excellent tones all around at a variety of volumes.
Overall, it depends on your needs, yet the QR has a very good clean channel and you can use the clean channel with a pedal to get quite a few tones with differing gain levels.
BSRIAudio
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I think the clean on my QR is fantastic. It does very pristine clean and edge of breakup tones well and isn't harsh or muddy. Just a great functional clean channel.
TX6Strings
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I had a Nitro the first year it came out...not sure what year this was but Scott told me it's the same cleans as the QR....sucked...from what I understand he's upgraded it since then so I can't speak to the new ones.