David Hemphill

I saw this little beauty on Craigslist and was ogling it, when my worship pastor Aimee decided she wanted to fund the purchase of it. It was but a few moments later that I was headed to meet the guy and buy it.

I remember seeing these at the music store back in my half-stack-screamo-rock days and scoffing at them, ironically thinking I would never buy such a thing. I mean gee-whiz, there’s no tone knobs! How are you supposed to make that sound good? Yet, there I was, driving 45 miles to get one.

Well, I plugged it in. Wow. This thing sounds really good. It takes pedals well, and it sounds good with just a clean boost between it and my guitar. I’m a fan.

I don’t think there’s enough wattage for the type of gigs I’ll be playing—I’m thinking I’ll need more like 15 or 30 watts instead. So I’m still eyeing a Vox AC15 Custom, or possibly a Fender Blues Junior.