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I was lucky enough to see Frank Zappa live on five different occasions. A guy I knew would bring a blow up sex doll to every Zappa show in Cleveland, walk right down the aisle and hand it to Frank on stage. The last time I saw Frank in Cleveland, when my buddy came down the isle carrying a classic blow up sex doll, Frank stopped the band, turned around, picked up something on a table behind him, and when he turned back around he had a chin strap dildo with the dildo straight up on the top of his head. My buddy hands Frank the doll, Frank Fkn Zappa takes that blow up doll, inserted the dildo and proceeded to "spin it on his head" as the band played a never heard before and never heard again song called "I think Ill go to Cleveland and spin a blow up sex doll on my head." The fact that Frank Zappa took the time to write this song and be prepaired with a custom strap on dildo ready for a moment that may or may not happen was priceless entertainment that could never be impromptu repeated again.

Initial reaction.....Very good. So many ways to use---Best to read the manual carefully to sort that out. Kinda wish it has stereo outs rather than just via XLR, but not a big deal. May be a great matchup with the Thermion stereo, which also features an internal preamp bypass. (Yes, I have become obsessed with creating a board mounted./light weight rig to go with one of my shop built stereo cabinets. And this allows adding 2 channels, which can be bypassed and still add rev and trem). And I need to play around with the bypass function to pair with a second preamp section.....OR in the loop function of a tube amp.....Either way to provide more footswitchable presets. (Still in love with the Ethos Clean Fusion Deluxe!) This also works well as a pedal platform. I am certain you can find tons of pros and cons in the usual places.....😉 IMO, very good value. Some speculation that the unfolding issues over tariffs will make it impossible to hold the price. So be warned.

Guitar Center, I assume......

Show your pedalboard......

Or dual "T" knobs......

How to get "woman tone".....

Looks like a great way to add two channels, plus rev and trem, to an amp with a series fx loop. With actual tubes and a "zero watt power amp" after the preamp, it is said to create the feel of a full tube amp. I like that it has separate attenuators and 3 way IR selection for each channel. Hard to complain about the price. Will have to try it with my Newport 12ver as well.😏

No kidding. Umpteen calls to get info. Sometimes they do not even have an idea what it is, but "FREE!" Lots of no shows. Big waste of time. Easier to slip it into the trash. Or try to sneak it past the Goodwill folks (who are much pickier than they used to be).

When in Los Angeles, that worked well. Sometimes it seemed like it was gone before we made it back up the walk to the house.