YAMAHA THR SERIES AMPS
Admittedly, Yamaha had been off my
radar since 1993—when I graduated from
miming in the mirror with an old tennis
racket to my first electric guitar ever—the
Weddington Special. Oh the memories of
down-stroking along to the Ramones It’s
Alive with my pageboy haircut—I digress.
Fast forward 20 years and what do I see
in the high street window? It’s a little
toaster-head-looking thingy bearing that
old Triforce of tuner forks that got me so
excited in my youth. I went in the shop
and simply could not walk out without the
THR5, which was a true breakthrough in
desktop rocking. To this day, whenever I
am feeling too lazy to hook up and cook
up, or when my boy is napping, the THR5
is there. State-of-the-art circuit modeling
and rich onboard stereo effects enable
me to get a fantastic big tone
without any fuss or ringing
ears afterwards. So, when
the THR100HD
and stereo 2x12
cab arrived on my
door for review,
I was giddy as a
schoolboy skiving
off school for a sesh.
today. Even without external effects, this
thing can get huge spread using just the
onboard cont