The Triwatt gets lots of gain on its own when you engage the Overdrive stage, giving a real edgy grind. With the Overdrive engaged, the Triwatt has the same number of gain stages working as a SLO 100.
lbethune wrote:
2) The overdrive is freakin sweet. When I engage the overdrive I can get a feedback even when the tone is fairly clean. (once again see clip below). This happens at fairly low volume too.
3) Distortion - I cranked everything with a Les Paul and immediate heard the metal gods commanding me to Thrash!!! (that's right John). This will be my next clip cuz this sound is WAY beyond anything I would think of for this kind of amp.
However, this is Hiwatt style distortion, which is very dynamic and lacks the compression of most other high gain amps. So it's probably still a good idea to run a pedal in front to get more compression.