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Now coming up on 47 years of guitar playing and have owned a ton of guitars and amps so I say what I say after climbing up this mountain for a long, long time. The Trademark 60 is a great looking amp. It is lightweight and I am liking that a lot at my age; but who wouldn't like it? It happens to sound great if you give it about 2 minutes of your time. Why 2 minutes? Quite simply, the controls do not say bass, treble, gain and so forth. They use words like punch and growl and weep. So what? A knob is made for turning and if you turn the knobs you will change the sounds in great, rewarding ways. In less than 120 seconds you are bound to find several really great sounds. I am playing single coils these days and I really like the clean Channel 1. You can get crystal clean Blackface and maybe even better (at least my strat with custom fat 50s sounds better thru the Tech 21 than it does thru my blackface). You can crank up the clean channel and start to get some nice dirt, also approximating the brown sound quite easily. Ch. 2, the dirty channel, is not my fave but there are useful sounds here without a doubt. I prefer an early Clapton "Beano" sound and it is hard to find here; in fact it may be easier to find it on Ch. 1. But there are many other useful distortion type sounds on Ch. 2. The boost control takes the sounds of channels 1 and 2 and makes them louder (of course) but also better sounding somehow; yes I really like this boost feature. Dollar for dollar this is a great amp. No actual tubes bothering you; you really have to give this a listen.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Being a jazz guitarist and pedal steel player, I am a fan of solid state amps. I've read many good reviews of the Tech 21 over the years, so decided to get this one. Rather than review the specs-which are included in the product description-I'll talk about tone. Overall, this amp can produce thick, fat, and sweet tones. It also has a pronounced cabinet "knock" that is very good for heavier styles-even though the cab is open-back. I also appreciate that is is domestically made. It is difficult to find a solid state amp that is not made in China these days. The build quality is excellent. The unit I bought is over a decade old-with the original speaker-and it performs without flaw. All the tone controls are very effective, and the footswitching system is great. I have no issue with the global EQ, because the midrange frequencies can be tweaked within each channel. I have been using mid '90's Fender PR series amps for years, upgraded with better speakers. This Tech 21 has a more "rock" character in general, but can be EQ'ed to match the tones of the Fenders as well. It also has ample power-and headroom-even for my pedal steel. I would buy it again.Read full review
While I really like the tone of some well known tube amps such as Mesa Boogie and Fender, I love the deep resonating tone of my new Tech 21 Trademark 60 amp which exudes confidence from the first note. The simplicity of its control panel would not suggest there was a 2 channel amp there capable of a huge tonal diversity, but instead of the nonsense that passes for reality in music stores today, the TM60 prevails in reminding it is the guitarist is the master of expression here. The TM60 has been around for a while and its underlying Sansamp technology has been highly regarded in recording studios. I was surprised to learn the late Les Paul played his Gibson through a TM60 for many years at his weekly jazz show at the Iridium in New York City. Here was a pioneer in the music industry just keeping his line on stage simple and to the point. No endorsements needed: he just like the tone! He could have played any amp on the planet with one phone call and had it delivered to his gig.Read full review
I bought this amp in order to have a reliable gigging amp that had usable volume and tone. I've used transistor amps before preferring the clean sound from the orange MIJ Cube 60 or the classic Polytone over the Line 6 product line or any of the modeling amps that are extant. Note I am over 50 and I do play a wide variety of musics [Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz] so my requirements are slightly different. This product does what it sets out to do which is simply to amplify what is input by the guitar without having stages of digital modeling to contend with. Tone is dialed in and since one has 2 channels, one is able to have 2 different voices available. Overall it is an easy amp to use with good reliability. It compares well with MIJ Roland product and of course the Polytone and while it is no Evans amp it certainly will get loud and proud enough for what a working musician needs.Read full review
Ordinarily I don't post reviews. I'm making an exception here, because if you're a musician who needs a reliable, durable, versatile amp with lots of headroom and a unique character, and can afford it, you'd be making a mistake in passing on this one. I won't blather on, but I did want to point out what other reviewers seemed to have missed: it has a REAL, full-sized reverb tank. Listen to a YouTube video demo'ing a Tech 21 Trademark 60 compared to a couple of well-known tube amps. Since we're not permitted to post HTML or links, his channel is called "intheblues" and look for his vid. I suggest searching YouTube for Peavey Delta Blues versus Tech 21.
Verified purchase: No