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The 5 watt option sounds weak and lame, the EQ virtually disappears, so I would NOT purchase this if you have to practice at low volumes alot but figure you'll use the 25 watts when gigging. You'll be very disappointed if you do. Not as loud at 25 watts as new Fender tube amps rated at 15 watts, which pleases me. I do wish that I could switch between all 4 channels and not have to adjust anything on the face except maybe the volume, but it isn't possible. Can't get as much low end as I'd like unless the Contour is on. I imagine the 10 inch speaker model has even less low end. The reverb is the best I've ever heard in a small combo. Not as impressed overall as I expected, but still an awesome sounding amp when tweaked just right; all 4 channels. But I can't get it to sound as good as the demo at Mesa's website, and I'm even using the exact same guitar as he is. Probably could have found a 2 channel tube combo for less money ($900) that sounds as good, but not sure whose.....Marshall, maybe a Fender? Possibly not though....Read full review
This could have been the greatest small/mid sized amp, I got a 550 first that was great sounding but had undisclosed cosmetic and fuctional issues, so I got a 525 here, in mint cond. worked great and sounded great EXCEPT: The clean mode on ch. 1 had so much hiss is was annoying, why is the Burn mode quieter then the Clean mode? The Reverb sound was muffled dark and was either on or off basically. This was not a tube issue I tried other tubes, same exact issues. You might get lucky and get a good one, but take a look at the circuit inside and you will see there is not way for a normal person to work on these.
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I bought the Express 5:25 as a backup to my main gigging amp which is an Express 5:50 Plus. I wasn't sure about how different the non-plus version would be since they were discontinued. I would say this amp is 95% as close to the Plus version. The difference is mostly features such as the EQ, the contour control, and foot-switch. The sound quality is excellent. If your looking for a great sounding amp with fewer bells and whistles at a super value, look no more.
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Solid amp for practice but if you’re looking for that signature, deep bottom end, brilliant highs then you’ll be disappointed. Bought one as to downsize my JVM215 50-watt Marshall but found it to be truly lacking even at lower volumes. Good, on the one hand, but no comparison. Will likely sell this in another month or two as frankly there’s no comparison to that of a Marshall.
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This amp is great! Sounds great at 5 watts , which works well for low volume practice and some smaller gigs that I perform. The 25watt setting was perfect even when I put a distortion pedal, tone bender whawha and univibe, the sound was up front and doesnt get lost as I used it in a 3 piece power trio lineup doing blues rock. Ive had a 59 bassman, Fender vibrolux. This is a really really good amp in my opinion. Plus its well made. I can dial in some excellent tones! I prefer the clean and the burn setting.