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Line 6 HD 147 Guitar Amp Headby Line 6
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Product Description
The Line 6 HD147 may just be the loudest amp on the planet! Line 6, the "masters of modeling" have loaded the 300 watt HD147 with 14 custom amp models including reproductions of some of rock's most coveted amps. These amp models include: Diezel VH4 and Herbert, Peavey 5150, Cornford mk50h, Marshall Silver Jubilee and JCM2000, and Bogner Extacy and Ubershall. As if that wasn't enough, Line 6 added a bunch of great stompbox models from the MM4 Modulation Modeler and DL4 Delay Modeler pedals. You also get effects models based on the Maestro EP-1 Echoplex, Roland Space Echo, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, MXR Phase 90, Uni-Vibe, and Leslie 145. There's even a dedicated Compressor and Gate, plus 16 classic reverb types ranging from Plate and Chamber to vintage Spring. Highlights 8 Vintage Amp Models 10 Essential Modern Tones 14 "Other Worldly" Custom Tones from crystal clean to grinding mayhem Mix and Match cabinet models Award-winning amp tone available at the stereo XLR direct outputs 300-watt Stereo Current Based Power Amp Thick 'n' Fast Low End Headroom for Days 12 Vintage effect models based on award-winning Line 6 Delay and Modulation Modeler Pedals MIDI compatibility allowing access to deep editing and the ToneTransfer LibraryReviews
Excellent Head - Powerful SoundI play in the Boston band Wretched Asylum and we have used the Line 6 HD-147 since the beginning. This thing is a powerhouse! This amp has the best sounding metal distortion on the planet. It is absolutely crushing. The built in noise gate keeps the amp sounding tight and focused. No more having to deal with your amp humming - if you are not playing it is totally silent. This makes it incredibly easy to play quick and complex rhythm patterns without sounding messy due to amp noise. With the pedalboard you really open up the potential of this amp and the Midi-edit function allows complete control, even down to which microphone is the being modeled. It also offers plenty of interesting clean and distortion sounds, even though you might end up only using a few of them. The amp does give you effects like chorus, delay, reverb, flange...all of the basic tools to get most modern guitar sounds.
Aesthetically, this may be the best looking guitar head ever invented. It is covered with gleaming chrome and it has ominous looking "vents" on the front and the top that bleed blacklight! It looks like an industrial tank of the future...and it performs like one.
While this amp shines in most respects, personally there are a few improvments I would like to suggest.
1. Clean channels could be a bit better. They are functional, but a bit drab. Could use some warming up.
2. The effects are a bit generic. Although I like some of the effects in it I still can't abandon all of my floor pedals like the Vai Wah, and my pitch-shifters. Getting the delay to sound the way you want it is easier for me with a pedal, plus mine has an endless repeat function which the Hd-147 does not have.
Even with these flaws, I still had to rate the HD-147 with the full five stars because it gives more than what most heads can give. It provides lots of built in features and it sounds great once you have it programmed to your personal taste. The multitude of distortion choices along with the excellent compression and gate allows you to roar as loud as you want and have instant silence with a palm mute. So you won't throw all your pedals away, big deal...but would you have anyway?
Get one and enjoy. Make sure you get a good cab to go with it.
Michael
Guitarist
Wretched Asylum
www.wretchedasylum.com