Brief & Accurate Description of gear/guitar:
ART DST-825 Rules Breaker 120w MIDI hybrid guitar combo.
This will be heading to eBay in the next day or so if I don't get some interest pretty quickly, but I wanted everyone here to have first dibs.
This is a hell of an amp, and I'm only selling it because I have 2 (also have the ART DST-8080 head from the same series), and I would like to pick up some more speakers and pickups.
If you don't have experience with the ART DST series yet, these are some of the most versatile, great sounding guitar amps created, IMHO. If you want to hear them, just listen to most of Tony MacAlpine's earlier albums - the DST-825 was one of his main amps for a while. The extreme versatility of this amp owes no small part to a sweepable midrange, that allows you to tailor the amp's tone, and as it has a tube preamp, this also affects it's responsiveness.
Note that the features are split up into head / cab - that's right, this is constructed with the intention that the actual amp can be removed and rackmounted if you'd prefer. The head is a 2u unit, and will fit in a shallow rack case.
Head features include:
- 5-channel operation
--> Xtreme - as you might expect, extremely high gain levels, great for all genres of metal & shred
--> Roar - mid to high level gain, think of a JCM800 on steroids
--> Stack - Plexi-style tone
--> Clean Tube - warm, buttery, chimey clean that can get dirty on higher gain settings
--> Crystal - as the name implies, this is a crystal clear, high-headroom clean setting
- MIDI programmable / controllable
- tube preamp
- solid-state Pearce 120w stereo dual monoblock power amp w/ individual volume controls
--> this is another key element of the DST series tone - Pearce poweramps are incredibly high in quality and clarity
- programmable gain / treble / bass / volume / fx mix / mid / mid sweep
- presence switch for poweramp (loose / tight)
- input gain switch (hb / sc) - adds extra gain and low-end
- cabinet-modeled XLR direct output (switchable between 412/212 tones)
- high-quality built-in programmable 24-bit DSP effects - all the basics covered here, and some others (such as pitch shift)
- separate preamp / effects bypass switches - this allows you to use the amp as an extension powered 212 cab w/ effects
- parallel programmable effects loop
Cab features include:
- Solid birch construction
- (2) Celestion V30 (UK) speakers, wired for stereo operation (though I can wire for mono if you'd prefer)
- 2u built-in rack (825 head is currently mounted here)
- Basketweave grille
- Tolex covering
- Leather-covered handle
Modifications (if any):
Accessories (hardshell case etc):
Location (City,State or City,Country):
NH, USA
Contact Info (No Phone #s)
PM me
References (eBay or other forum userid):
iTrader here, or forayear on eBay
Price (include currency and if firm/obo):
$375 shipped/insured CONUS OBO for the combo
$225 shipped/insured CONUS for just the head portion
Pictures:
ART DST-825 Rules Breaker 120w MIDI hybrid guitar combo.
This will be heading to eBay in the next day or so if I don't get some interest pretty quickly, but I wanted everyone here to have first dibs.
This is a hell of an amp, and I'm only selling it because I have 2 (also have the ART DST-8080 head from the same series), and I would like to pick up some more speakers and pickups.
If you don't have experience with the ART DST series yet, these are some of the most versatile, great sounding guitar amps created, IMHO. If you want to hear them, just listen to most of Tony MacAlpine's earlier albums - the DST-825 was one of his main amps for a while. The extreme versatility of this amp owes no small part to a sweepable midrange, that allows you to tailor the amp's tone, and as it has a tube preamp, this also affects it's responsiveness.
Note that the features are split up into head / cab - that's right, this is constructed with the intention that the actual amp can be removed and rackmounted if you'd prefer. The head is a 2u unit, and will fit in a shallow rack case.
Head features include:
- 5-channel operation
--> Xtreme - as you might expect, extremely high gain levels, great for all genres of metal & shred
--> Roar - mid to high level gain, think of a JCM800 on steroids
--> Stack - Plexi-style tone
--> Clean Tube - warm, buttery, chimey clean that can get dirty on higher gain settings
--> Crystal - as the name implies, this is a crystal clear, high-headroom clean setting
- MIDI programmable / controllable
- tube preamp
- solid-state Pearce 120w stereo dual monoblock power amp w/ individual volume controls
--> this is another key element of the DST series tone - Pearce poweramps are incredibly high in quality and clarity
- programmable gain / treble / bass / volume / fx mix / mid / mid sweep
- presence switch for poweramp (loose / tight)
- input gain switch (hb / sc) - adds extra gain and low-end
- cabinet-modeled XLR direct output (switchable between 412/212 tones)
- high-quality built-in programmable 24-bit DSP effects - all the basics covered here, and some others (such as pitch shift)
- separate preamp / effects bypass switches - this allows you to use the amp as an extension powered 212 cab w/ effects
- parallel programmable effects loop
Cab features include:
- Solid birch construction
- (2) Celestion V30 (UK) speakers, wired for stereo operation (though I can wire for mono if you'd prefer)
- 2u built-in rack (825 head is currently mounted here)
- Basketweave grille
- Tolex covering
- Leather-covered handle
Modifications (if any):
Accessories (hardshell case etc):
Location (City,State or City,Country):
NH, USA
Contact Info (No Phone #s)
PM me
References (eBay or other forum userid):
iTrader here, or forayear on eBay
Price (include currency and if firm/obo):
$375 shipped/insured CONUS OBO for the combo
$225 shipped/insured CONUS for just the head portion
Pictures:
