new Russian amp day! yerasov gta15

allicio

Well I took the plunge and bloody hell I'm glad I did! What an absolutely gorgeous little amp!
The build quality is on par with any other amp ive played or seen. Superbly finished and the tolex is the thickest ive encountered, got a really nice texture to it.
Theres absolutely no hum at all at lower volumes and even when turned up its still negligible.
The sounds slightly thicker than my blues Jr but has a lovely chime to it at lower volumes and goes into a really nice overdrive as you increase the guitar volume. I couldn't go too loud as I only play at home but from what I got to play with it today before I came to work I must say I'm mightily impressed!!
Highly recommended!!

Lodious

Nice one comrade!

ROOG

I read the short test they did in one of the Guitar mags, I always worry about gushing reports by mags, good to hear that you find it as they describe.

Where did you come across one of those then @allicio?

 

Gagaryn

Your ass off? Is that how you say it?

thecolourbox

Wasn't somebody in the "Making Music" section after tips for doing a solo for "Crimea River"? This amp would seem perfect accompaniment

imalone

HNAD, though you'll need to keep a close eye on your borders.

Phil_aka_Pip

http://www.yerasov.com/

http://www.yerasov.co.uk/

The Guitarist quick review (complimentary) is referenced on the latter site.

Do you pronounce it "yerra soff" ?

could GAS for one if not skint!

ESchap

GTA-15 - это модификация популярного лампового комбика GTA-15R, снятого с производства.
На верхней панели расположены входное гнездо, ручки громкости VOLUME и тембра TONE, а также гнездо линейного входа LINE INPUT, сетевой тумблер и светодиодный индикатор.
Новая модель обладает рядом преимуществ перед своим предшественником. Наряду с наличием линейного входа в GTA-15 существенно снижены шумы и фон, что особенно заметно при использовании его на небольшой громкости. Сделана очень плавная регулировка громкости, в звуковом тракте применены плёночные конденсаторы WIMA, а в оконечном усилителе вместо отечественных 6П14П-ЕВ стоят подобранные в пары лампы EL84. Включение и выключение питания осуществляется с помощью надёжного и долговечного тумблера французской фирмы APEM. В модели GTA-15J12 применяется 12" динамик Jensen C12R. Цвет кожи (по умолчанию светло-коричневый) можно заказать на выбор в новой категории товаров CUSTOM OPTION. Теперь Вы можете выбрать один из шести цветов кожи к серийному комбо-усилителю.

Simples!

ROOG

/\ thanks very helpful!

I found a russki radio in a church hall bring and buy sale years ago, I love the ancient solid state technology, robust case and the fact that it still works decades on!  

allicio

I read the reviews in guitarist and it won best amp under a grand in guitar and bass in there gear of the year for 2013. I checked YouTube and saw Brett kingman's demo and thought it sounded ace!
Hand wired, solid build and a great sound for just over £300 I figured was a no-brainer!Yerasov: GTA-15J 15W Guitar Amp. Demo and review …:

ROOG

Phil_aka_Pip said:

http://www.yerasov.com/

http://www.yerasov.co.uk/

The Guitarist quick review (complimentary) is referenced on the latter site.

Do you pronounce it "yerra soff" ?

could GAS for one if not skint!

Just looked at their pedal range, neat connection system on their pedal board, not sure about the signal path through those connectors, but it seems to work.

Dave_Mc

Very nice I was sort of interested in these (they do a 40 watt version too) when musicstore stocked them (under the Fame brand), but I chickened out ) I think the newer version (think that's the newer version you have) might be slightly upgraded, though.

IanSavage

That looks interesting; giggable, you reckon?

Phil_aka_Pip

ROOG said:

/\ thanks very helpful!

I found a russki radio in a church hall bring and buy sale years ago, I love the ancient solid state technology, robust case and the fact that it still works decades on!  

Russian electronics designers weren't stupid. They could do with 2 discrete transistors what a western engineer would need a whole IC to do.

allicio

The old version was apparently a one to one copy of the fender pro Jr. They altered the circuit and improved the build quality for this version. Its certainly miles better built than the fsr blues jr iii I currently have!
Ive not owned an amp that responds this well to the guitars volume control before. It really does clean up beautifully!
Its definitely giggable!

allicio

Just to add
Paul the chap behind yerasov.co.uk who imports them, is an absolute pleasure to deal with. I'm on 12 hour nights at the moment so it was a bit awkward arranging delivery of mine. He sorted it out bank holiday Monday for me so that it shipped from Tuesday and arrived with me Wednesday. He's got some on order in a different colour scheme if the brown puts people off.
I like it though, proper old school!!

IanSavage

allicio said:

Its definitely giggable!

You bastard, now I totally want one

allicio

Honestly I can't recommend it enough!
Paul, the guy I mentioned above gigs his every week and says its absolutely rock solid. No problems at all.

EricTheWeary

Never heard of these before, certainly glowing reviews. Very interesting.

xHymnal

Looks cool, shame about the styling (IMO) nasty looking grille cloth and the thick tolex looks like one of those Kustom acoustic amps.

Bet it sounds ace though 

allicio

Its a metal grill! Haha
She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts! (Han solo)