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When i tried one in the factory i was not 100% because i played through a 1x18 and 4x10 but they were very hifi sounding and the head was not in a sleave. When i got mine and blasted it through a 810 at practice it was perfect, I had a big smile on my face.

DB13, I am rubbish at writing or reviews but i wrote some patter of the dragged into sunlight thread.

ask them on the facebook but i think it's around £1700 or more.

If anyone who is In Scotland and near Glasgow can come try out my new Matamp gt200mk2. I don't have a cabinet at the moment so we can either go to a practice space or you can bring a cabinet. pm me your email if you are interested. this amp is a beast. I also have photos of the new matamp mini bass with the handwired preamp and digital power section that i can email you.

orange ad200b--I was recording with the ad200b the other week, it was real good and i know it's not as well made as a matamp they do the job if you have a good bass. The Matamp mk1-- was perfect for me, point to point, kt88's. i was teching for a band the other month and he used the orange head and my matamp. he said the matamp just had more, the gain is more natural. this makes the ad200b sound like a toy the matamp mk2-- It makes the old one sound like a toy so it would just knock the orange out. better and bigger transformers, bigger chassis, middle knob, more gain, cleaner output from bigger tubes-tungsol kt120's so that's 220 watts clean. the depth knob is more usable as all the settings on it sound great as the old one you could only use the setting with the most bass. it's a low pass filter and is great for recording for if your too boomy. handwired turret gain is not on a rotary click knob and sounds much better if that's possible. more bass to so it does more of everything. Matamp is all custom and i took a chance selling a perfect amp but it had paid off. if you got orange to handwire you a amp it would cost twice the amount. Matamp do custom tolex, front panels and you can tell them how you want the amp to sound and they can do it. They are the real deal and the customer service is spot on. If i could Marry the company i would. Orange ad200b was just a one night stand. Sorry for the bad spelling.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1361976805' post='1993911'] I had Matamp build me a couple of 4x12s a few years ago - beyond friendly and helpful, and very reasonably priced. Beware though, only ring Jeff if you've got an hour to spare, he does like a chat! Sound as a pound. Incidentally, the guitarist in a band we played with in Leeds years ago had a 50w Matamp head. The sound was so intense our drummer had to go outside to throw up. Truly gut-loosening. [/quote] were those bass 4x12 cabinets? any good?

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1361971298' post='1993787'] Personally, I think it would be a real shame if Matamp went entirely down the hybrid route and we lost the GT200 from the catalogue. There really is something special about output valves. [/quote] They will have a new website up soon, the Matamp gt200 is still going but it's bigger and better.

I thought my old gt200 was perfect but the new one makes it sound like a toy.

[quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1361803906' post='1991098'] Cool, glad I wasn't imagining it. I was (and still am) pretty pretty interested in the concept of the amp. For me though, I would probably end up going for the all valve option, complete with added weight! [/quote] I have the new gt200 in Glasgow, if you drive you can try it out at a practice space. it's the best amp ever.

Look behind the faceplate,it's all digital. handwired preamp under the hood.

i will not show the guts as that's cheeky but i can show you the amp

pm me your email if you want to see a photo if the matamp mini bass. i seen it the other day. digital power section and handwired preamp. stage switch to use it as a head and studio switch to bypass the power section and use it in the studio as a tube d.i. i also tried the bass 400

cheers mate

Yeah billy i don't have a bass cabinet at the moment so i want to get a Matamp 810