Hello Everyone! Just wanted to share my experience with The Amp by Milkman. I picked one up gently used to save some money since they are so $$$$$$. I saved around $100.
It sounded great and higher volume levels with the master past 1 o clock (see my Eastwood Tiger demo video on another post).
However, when I was trying to use it at lower volumes for practice it was clipping pretty badly whenever I engaged my overdrive pedals (vintage MXR Distortion +, Boss OD-3). I only use those pedals for clean overdrive with a little bite for solos, but no matter what I couldn’t dial in a clean Jerry tone at lower volumes without clipping. I tried with several different speakers to make sure it was the amp.
I finally decided to reach out to Milkman for advice to see if I could adjust anything or if they could help me problem solve. The response I got from Tim was “sorry but since you bought it used I can’t really help you. You could try a different tube or return it and buy one under warranty.”
Needless to say I was kinda surprised and unimpressed with his response.
I decided to return The Amp (luckily I bought it from an actual guitar store) and picked up a Quilter 101 Reverb to try instead. I’ll let you guys know how that works out.
In the mean time I’ve been getting really great Jerry tones at low volume with my Fender Superchamp x2 head on channel one (with upgraded Genalex Gold Lion preamp tube and a pair of EHX 6V6GT Power tubes). I would highly recommend this setup for anyone looking to dial in blackface clean tone in a budget.
Anyway, we’ll see how the Quilter compares to the Superchamp in a short while!
It sounded great and higher volume levels with the master past 1 o clock (see my Eastwood Tiger demo video on another post).
However, when I was trying to use it at lower volumes for practice it was clipping pretty badly whenever I engaged my overdrive pedals (vintage MXR Distortion +, Boss OD-3). I only use those pedals for clean overdrive with a little bite for solos, but no matter what I couldn’t dial in a clean Jerry tone at lower volumes without clipping. I tried with several different speakers to make sure it was the amp.
I finally decided to reach out to Milkman for advice to see if I could adjust anything or if they could help me problem solve. The response I got from Tim was “sorry but since you bought it used I can’t really help you. You could try a different tube or return it and buy one under warranty.”
Needless to say I was kinda surprised and unimpressed with his response.
I decided to return The Amp (luckily I bought it from an actual guitar store) and picked up a Quilter 101 Reverb to try instead. I’ll let you guys know how that works out.
In the mean time I’ve been getting really great Jerry tones at low volume with my Fender Superchamp x2 head on channel one (with upgraded Genalex Gold Lion preamp tube and a pair of EHX 6V6GT Power tubes). I would highly recommend this setup for anyone looking to dial in blackface clean tone in a budget.
Anyway, we’ll see how the Quilter compares to the Superchamp in a short while!
Last edited by wpmartin1979 on Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:34 am, edited 1 time in total.