Guitar Interactive – Issue 66 2019

(^86) Guitar Interactive Issue 66
The Controls are simple, Volume, Tone
and Gain. Plus an added ‘Clean’ or ‘Mean’
switch, which when set to mean gives us
more pre amp feeling saturation. There is
however a 4th control, this control flicks
the amp between 4 different power settings.
Having it set to A we get 5 watts, B 1.5
watts, C 0.25 watts and D 0.05 watts. Being
able to set the overall power down, we can
crank the amps volume and gain stages to get
authentic feeling breakup and sustain from
the amp. This thing can really sing at high
gain settings and still retains a clean dynamic
tone that responds incredibly well to pick
attack and dynamic playing. On the louder
A setting of 5 watts, the amp can project very
well through its 8-inch speaker. This amp is
ideal for small practice situations, bedroom
playing, or miced up for pure vintage tone
on a gig or in the studio.
The amp sports a Black Tolex wrap and
basket weave grill, and it’s very small, light
and portable, and I’d imagine that’s the
reason it’s called ‘The Traveller 5’. It really is
a one-stop shop for pure valve guitar tone,
versatility and portability all at a fair price
point (these amps are made by Denis here
in the UK!) I highly recommend checking
this amp out and others in the Cornell range
if you are looking for pure valve guitar tone
and high quality build.
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