Overall Rating: Now 42, I've gone through classical training (piano being the primar) in Tampere Conservatory age 6 -15 Switched very quickly (during the ctry-training) to electric gtr. Played HM, psych-/artrock, reggae/dub, jazz-rock-fusion, freej...
Overall Rating: Now 42,
I've gone through classical training (piano being the primar) in Tampere Conservatory age 6 -15
Switched very quickly (during the ctry-training) to electric gtr.
Played HM, psych-/artrock, reggae/dub, jazz-rock-fusion, freejazz, theatre, crossart/performance.
Technically confident-artistically and tonewise hungry; in which situ the Ethos fits most luverly!!!
It's awkie for me to say, but GAS could probably be taken under control, likl' by likl. And considering this particular item, Ethos
has answered many-a-plenty questions, suspicions and mysteries and will apparently do so ad infinitum.
Have been through D*-striving apparatae for a while now, Barner Burn Unit will be one to (under severely controlled circumstances) stay on as a rescue-unit,(only in a most dreaded fiction) my precious was ever to fail...
I'd order another and probably will, anyhow...
Sound Quality: I've now had this marvel for just three day, but i've given it a good seeing to.
Now, my main gtr is a Carvin H2T (maple body+neck/mahogany top, oil/wax finish, AH/Carvin hb's w/ series/parallel swtchs, Wilk trem+locking tunas).
Also tested it w/PRS eg h-s-s setup, Parker Classic, Gibson LP Std. DC (-98), Jap Tele, etc.
The sgnl chain's been Tech21 Comptortion>Ethos nrml out> Mesa Blue Angel 1x12" (dry)
+ Ethos spkr sim. out> Yamaha UD-Stomp>stereo to flat eq monitors (4 fx)
As said, this honorable piece of engineering artistry truly needs tweaking and you will be astonished in every turn it gives you.
My point has been (for 20+ yrs) to capture the tones of Holdsworth (tones, the mastery is way beyond), E.Johnson, later on H. Kaiser, R.
Ford (Jing Chi) and now, as a little bit of a late bloomer, maestro Jimmy Herring...(And i must persist i don't care about blues, whtsvr)
So, the D-word is inevitable here.
And Ethos delivers. Seriously.
With Ethos you'll be drawn into a tonal bliss (as goes; tweaking&turning -)always finding awesome sweetspots no matter the gear you using.
Absolute magic! (And i'm not working for them)
Reliability/Durability: As i'm not an engineer meself, i've gotten into a habit of checking under the hood, kicking the tyres...(f* me)
What can i say, for the little i know, all the components are of top grade, won't get you in a trouble as long as you keep 'em inside the aluminium box, the switches are the sturdiest i've encountered, everything is extremely tidy, some stuff, sophisticatedly sealed, beyond recognition (which is fine, w/this enthusiasm involved in design), HD/HC allthaway, brilliant!!!
Seriously, this one is about to survive, generations on...
Ease of Use: This product demands your total focus and definitely a matured taste.
1-10
It's practically impossible to go wrong or sound bad on any taken setting, but to enjoy it to the fullest, this exquisitive product
requires fitting the sonic blocks (ie. type of gtrs+pups> fx to go front and after > amp type as in type of tubes used>headroom >cab type et.al.)really carefully.
Here we're talking about a dozen-course dinner w/finely chosen wines/beverages to fit each piece.
Customer Support: As far i know, Ethos is available only on-line. USresidents, i know notss...
We've had lotsa email-traffik amongst us and want to thank Rob (Il Maestro) himself and Sue for being most informant, generous and patient with our on-goings.
Heartly recommended!
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