After lending a hand to Line 6 with the Spider Valve [undoubtedly the best sounding amp in the Spider range], Reinhold Bogner is back with his own creation: the Alchemist. The new amp series claims a "mystical, otherworldly sonority from common, earthly elements," so don't be fooled into thinking the amp is made from rare materials from outer space.
As you'd expect from a boutique company like Bogner, the Alchemist provides shining clean, bright crunch and responsive lead tones that sound out from Celestion speakers. Channel 1 features an open top-end and a concise bottom end. Turning the volume up results in saucy, driving blues tones that Bogner's website describes as "tones that churn like spirits in a cauldron," as if by some occult hand, their writer was possessed.
Channel 2 brings the punch and Bogner's notorious gain. The power section is switchable from 40 watts down to 20. Bogner also throws in several styles of reverb and delay. These effects run on their own circuit, separate from the original signal.
Fast Features
* Available as a 1x12 open-back combo, 2x12 open-back combo or as a head with a 2x12 extension cabinet
* 6L6 class-AB power section and five-12AX7 preamp; selectable power section
* Channel 1 [gold]: Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Volume, Crunch mode, variable Bright, Deep switch
* Channel 2 [mercury]: Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Volume, variable Bright, Mid Shift
* Shared: in parallel, Reverb Type, Reverb Level, Delay Type, Delay Level, Delay Repeats (Feedback), Tap Tempo
* Premium Celestion® speakers
* Four-button footswitch included. Functions: Channel Select, Boost, Delay, Reverb
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