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Gretsch Sonax 775-G

Sonax 775-G

  1. Name: Kyle

  2. Band: Dirt Farm

  3. Model Year: 1974

  4. Price Paid: $145

  5. Performance

  6. The Sonax 775-G works like a dream. It has never given me even a hint of trouble. Very easy panel to operate, and sounds great. Quite a steal for a pretty rare vintage amp.

  7. Performance Rating: 9

  8. Sound Quality

  9. This amp delivers some awesome clean tone, and can handle a blues distortion pretty well. The only heavy distortions I’ve found that sound good through this amp are pedals driven on their own tubes, but I wouldn’t recommend using this as a heavy rock amp (even though it does make solos sound killer with the right settings dialed in). Tremolo is amazing. The reverb is a bit different, much more like a room echo. It’s pretty cool but I’d prefer a tradtional reverb in this thing. Besides that, this thing sounds good in all applications.

  10. Sound Quality Rating: 9

  11. Construction

  12. Solid as a rock. Light too. Great for small clubs gigs. Takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’.

  13. Construction Rating: 10

  1. Name: Justin

  2. Band: -----

  3. Model Year: c. 1974

  4. Price Paid: $100 CAN

  5. Performance

  6. Its my first “vintage” amp. It doesn’t have the original 4x10 setup. Buddy I bought it off had switched the four 10’s for two 12’s from an old Kustom or something. I don’t doubt they might be bass amp speakers, as the high range is a little lacking. I have since acquired another 12 from an old Traynor PA setup. The amp rocks, but could use a little more treble response. The reverb, which I had to repair, is a little weird. It is a spring unit but sounds too hollow. It gives more of an echo effect. Most times it is turned off. Tremolo, I have no use for. It is also turned off. Would love to have one with original speakers.

  7. Performance Rating: 8

  8. Sound Quality

  9. Sounds good, depending on what you are playing. Makes good clean sound, but when you crunch it, the amp starts to get cloudy and muddled. Makes a good blues amp though.

  10. Sound Quality Rating: 6

  11. Construction

  12. This thing is built like a brick house. I bet I could throw it through the window and leave it outside for a week, play it and not notice a difference. It’s a fridge. The power switch could use replacing though. It has a sweet spot. You know what I mean.

  13. Construction Rating: 10

stats

  1. Average Ratings
  2. Performance: 8.6
  3. Sound Quality: 7.6
  4. Construction: 10
  5. Ratings Key
  6. 10: Excellent
  7. 0: Useless
  8. Company
  9. Gretsch

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