I'm still using it as a kind of practise amp.
30watts valve amp, 1x12 Celestion 70/80 speaker, spring reverb, FX loop, footswitch for the channels and the boost function.
Concerning channel switching: There's "clean" and "overdrive" and if I'm not mistaken, switching to the "overdrive channel" basically adds two clipping diodes (LED) to the existing circuit.
So in my eyes, the Palomino is essentially a one channel amp with two built - in pedals: A diode overdrive and a +10db mid boost, both accesible per the foot switch that comes with it.
There's no master volume but you could work around that by putting a volume pedal into the FX loop.
I tend to stay on "clean" which actually stays clean up to three or four on the volume knob, then it starts to break up and you get overdrive.
Since my guitars (luckily!) all sound quite different, I like to have this amp set rather "neutral" to check the "character" of an instrument. The Palomino reacts nicely to the guitars volume and tone pots (as a valve amp should) and it also takes pedals well.
As a bedroom amp it is actually way overpowered, it could easily hold its own at band rehearsals or small venues but I suppose it would not survive the hardship of everyday gigging and if I were a working musician I would never rely on it as my main amp.
Yet it still lives after all this years so that must say at least something about its built quality.
The bass response is very boomy - so you have to dial the bass EQ down quite a bit.
All other settings depend on the instrument and gear you put in front of it.
Two settings:
V32 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
OUTPUT POWER RATING 30Watts RMS @ 6 % THD, 8 ohm load, 120VACSIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO 71dB TypicalGAIN Clean 56dB, Overdrive 101dBTREBLE 12dB range @ 6kHzBOOST +10dB @ 900HzMID 10dB range @ 1kHzBASS 8dB range @ 150Hz
PRESENCE +8dB @ 10kHz
INTERNAL SPEAKER 12”, 80W Celestion, 8 ohm, 1.75” voice coil dia, 30oz magnet
PREAMP TUBES (3) 12AX7A
POWER AMP TUBES (4) EL84
POWER REQUIREMENTS 120VAC, 60 Hz, 35VA
100/115 VAC, 50/60Hz, 35VA
230 VAC, 50/60Hz, 35VA
SIZE AND WEIGHT 21” H x 17-1/2” W x 10” D, 44 lbs.
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