this amp is a killer amp, I really love it, its been used a lot, pushed hard and been a faithful foot soldier for me. Never let me down. I can always very quickly and easily get the tone I want from it.
@roysessions thanks for the high praise of making the amp purchase, that's the best compliment I could hear from a viewer. I find the breakup point depends on which input I use, and which guitar I am using. I generally plug humbucker guitars in the Low Z input, and single coils in the Hi Z input. I find breakup happens at about 7-8. However, most of the time I use pedals to achive light breakup and my overdriven tones.
informative demo. thanks from a fellow Canadian for putting this up. I have been interested in Swart since hearing Buddy Miller use them in Robert Plant's Band of Joy. My '64 Ampeg Rockereverb comes close - reverb less lush.
I have owned 2 swart amps and could only ever get sad sounding songs out of them. They would be much more versatile if you could dial out the mids and boost the bass.
My Swart AST is on just about every recording I've made since I got it years ago. You should mention how incredibly light the amp is because of its solid pine construction, super easy to carry to gigs.
Hey Curtis, how would you compare the clean headroom of this amp versus an AC15 normal channel? I need an amp loud enough for gigging and maintaining a clean sound
Hi there. Great video and playing. Was thinking of getting this combo or the head version. Really looking for an American overdrive amp that has a Tweed voice to compliment and be different to what's in my amp collection (Two Rock CRS, Matchless HC30 and Marshall 1986 Bass).
I have had one pretty much since they came out. It has amazing tone. I have been playing my other amps and recently brought it back out and was blown away again. The reverb sound is outstanding. Open and stunning. Adding delay with the reverb is just cavernous. The build quality is exceptional. No complaints. The controls in the back are awkward, but you get use to it. You will not be disappointed.
@@thomasbarrasso6099 Thanks Thomas. I know it depends on your pickups but where on the amp volume does it start to breakup and overdrive. Does the amp do Tweed deluxe tones?
@@reggieandrade4098 I don't have a lot of experience with Tweed Deluxe amps. I will say that you can get the swart to break up throughout the volume sweep. Most often I am playing into it with a Collings City Limits equipped with Lollar Imperial Humbuckers (essentially a Les Paul). You can easily get the Swart to break up by turning up the volume knob. At low volume settings on the guitar an overdrive will do nicely. I have been using it with a J. Rocket Archer Gold, Blues Driver, and a Fultone 69. They all sound great. The J.Rocket is really nice at all volume levels and you can pick soft and clean and dig in for the dirt. Hope this helps.
@@reggieandrade4098 the amp is literally the bright channel of a Tweed Deluxe with a lot of bass filtering, added reverb and tremolo similar to an Ampeg. The input tube is a 12ax7 instead of the tweed’s 12ay7 for more gain. Also has beefier power and output transformers than the Tweed.
@@electricj5 Thanks. Since my posting I have acquired the AST Pro and have swapped out the speaker to a Celestion Gold Alnico. Really like this little combo.....it's still with me 2 yrs later...lol. Take care
Hey man I was thinking of buying an AST pro. I'm a little concerned with it being only 18-22 watts that it's not an amp with enough clean headroom. Would you say that it is more of an amp that works best controlling your clean to dirty primarily with the master volume on the guitar? Or, is there enough headroom to get a decent amount of clean volume allowing it to be an amp that works easy with overdrive pedals? Thanks.
