Reviews

Schroeder Amplification DB7 Review by Adam Perlmutter of Premier Guitar

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Any gear geek attending a Wilco show recently has probably noticed guitar wizard Nels Cline playing through a mysterious red amp head. Cline’s amp is a prototype handbuilt by gear guru Tim Schroeder, who also tackles the formidable task of maintaining Wilco’s enviably overflowing stable of gear. (Full disclosure: Schroeder also writes a regular Tech Tips column at premierguitar.com.) Not long ago, Schroeder visited the band in their rehearsal loft to look over their road gear before a tour. He brought a new amp he’d built and solicited the band’s opinion. Cline—who’s known to prefer relatively clean, medium-wattage amps like the Jess Oliver and Marshall JTM45 he’s used in recent years—plugged in and was so smitten he bought the amp on the spot.

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Schroeder Amplification SA9+ Review by Joe Gore at Premier Guitar

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When reviewing gear, you sometimes encounter a product that makes you scratch your head and wonder, “Yeah, but who is it for?”Not so with the SA9+, a high-end 40-watt head from boutique builder Tim Schroeder. You know within seconds of plugging in exactly the types of guitarists who will be in heaven here. Players who rely on subtle variations in touch and intensity will relish the amp’s explosive, hair-trigger dynamics. Rock guitarists who tend to generate distortion via stompboxes rather than amp gain will dig the extended clean headroom and vast frequency range. And, of course, it helps if you can afford to spend nearly four grand on a head.

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