AER Cheeky D. 10" Guitar Amp

[rojaros]

I just got an AER Cheeky D. 10" amp. It has a very clean all-transistor channel and a warmer sounding ECC83S driven channel, a Bass/Middle/Treble EQ, 4 different digital reverb/something effects that can be taken out of (one reverb seems to be quite usable, the rest of it, meh) and additional distortion (mediocre) as well as two different additional sound shaping options, one on each channel.

The loudspeaker seems to have quite a wide range, and that thing can be nasty loud. All in compact case and weighing around 15 kg, which is still moderate.

I quite like the sound of my Stanford Jazz Box and Hoyer Semi-hollow. It seems to be more alive than through my Hendriksen 10" Jazz amp.

The Cheeky D. seems to be out of production. On the market it occurs at a bit more than the half pf its original price.

Here's a shootout with Cheeky D compared to two other amps... (not by me)

[olejason]

They all sound very similar in that video

[rojaros]

Well, they are certainly all good amps and the differences are subtle, but when I listen through good earphones I have the feeling that the sounds of the Cheeky D is the richest - maybe that's wishful thinking

[foner]

Great playing

[gianluca]

agree, very nice playing.
amps are very similar to me;
the tone of hollow and semihollow guitar are very similar as well.
one thing makes me curious: why two guitar with the same (almost) tone?
an why three amps so close tonewise?

[rojaros]

one thing makes me curious: why two guitar with the same (almost) tone?
an why three amps so close tonewise?

I can only guess. One would have to ask directly. But maybe that's exactly the point he's trying to make? You can achieve basically the same tone with different means. Though probably the Cheeky D. is the most versatile amp in that collection (as much as a semi-hollow is the more versatile guitar)

[bozobreak]

I've been thinking on buying a Cheeky D 10 or Acousticube III, finally I boutgth the ACIII, my fave for carved top, floating pickup archtop.

[rpjazzguitar]

All sounded similar to me on my computer speakers.

Very nice playing.