Mack Heatseeker

[Tone2TheBone]

Now that you've had it for awhile can you elaborate more on the Heatseeker's functions? Can you tell us how the character switch works? How do each of the 3 settings sound using this function?

Here is the description of the settings from the website...

1. Hot - Ultra rich and warm tube tone. Medium gain.

2. Burn - Aggressive high-mids, controlled bottom end, classic crunch and distortion tones. High gain. Great for dark sounding humbuckers.

3. Melt - Big bottom, aggressive throughout the frequency spectrum. Roaring crunch and distortion. Highest gain. Great for producing ‘huge’ distorted tone from single coil guitars.

Is there an audible difference in tone between these 3 modes? What about the amount of tube gain? Do the above descriptions accurately match each of the types of sound mentioned?

 

[Robert]

Hey Tone, I'm still pretty new to the amp. The audible differences between each setting is not huge with my Strat. I bet it would be more apparent with a Les Paul. I shall try it with more guitars, and make videos for ya.

The amount of tube gain increases with each turn, but maybe not to the extent as what they knobs say. At least not with a strat.

Great sounding amp though! Are you getting one? :beer:

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Hey Tone, I'm still pretty new to the amp. The audible differences between each setting is not huge with my Strat. I bet it would be more apparent with a Les Paul. I shall try it with more guitars, and make videos for ya.

The amount of tube gain increases with each turn, but maybe not to the extent as what they knobs say. At least not with a strat.

Great sounding amp though! Are you getting one? :beer:

Nope not getting one. I'd love to get one of those small Champion 600s though. I was just curious as to how the Heatseeker stacks up against it's reputation stated on the Mack website. Yeah play around with it some more and do more videos with it. Do some minus the clean boost though. I have thoughts on this and will start another thread on it.

 

[Robert]

I have my "final one" coming now. The one I had was a loaner, because the model with FX loop wasn't ready at the time. It is now though, so next week I'll have the new one with the effects loop. The head cab is new too, but otherwise it's the same amph. It comes with "screaming solos" too! :AOK:

 

[Tone2TheBone]

How loud is the amp in terms of it being an 18 watter? The 22 watts of the Deluxes are nice but there's something to be said for even lower wattage amps in the 15 to 18 watt range.

 

[Robert]

It is quite loud, way louder than the 15 watt Orange Tiny Terror. Not sure how I can describe exactly how loud the amp is...