With more than 100 watts on tap, the amplifier is capable of packing a serious punch with headroom to spare. The logarithmic master volume works very precisely and enables you to easily find the perfect level you need at home (up to the middle position) or on stage (around middle to maximum). Don´t be afraid to turn it up!

MODERN – With its extremely high gain reserves, this channel delivers crystal-clear string separation through a massive low-cut, and the Custom Control TONE knob lets you dial from a “cut thru the mix” solo sound to the typical “maximum brutality” mid scoop.

CLASSIC – Due to the hard distortion characteristics and the specially tuned bass filter, this channel is percussive and significantly wider and harder in the mid-range than VINTAGE. The mid-range can be shaped by the Custom Control TONE from “Hot Rodded British High Gain” to “German wall of sound“.

VINTAGE – Tight and mid-emphasized woody sounds that are transmitted tightly especially using extreme low tunings while delivering creamy midrange distortion.

CLEAN – Massive headroom thanks to the 100 watt power amp and treble reserves, which give even mid-emphasized humbuckers a transparent, sparkling clean sound. Optimal platform for pedals like shimmer reverb, modulation or delay.

The AMP1â„¢ IRIDIUM EDITION possesses an adjustable gain/boost function that is placed in the front of the channels like a pedal. It has a moderate mid hump to give cleaner sounds more definition, or give overdriven sounds more gain without turning muddy. The Custom Control can adjust the gain/boost level. Cranked all the way up, it will sound more like an overdriven preamp or a Tube Screamer to get even richer tones with tons of gain that never gets muddy.

The switch (on the side of the unit) for the noise gate has 3 positions: Soft, Off and Metal.

METAL – Extremely fast and hard. High gain playing and staccato riffs become sharper, and palm muted parts clean up with no unwanted noise.

OFF – The opposite of on. If you can´t figure that out, maybe you should buy a drum kit instead. (the editor would like to apologise to drummers for this comment).

SOFT – In this position the noisegate is extremely sensitive and responds to the lowest signals, so the quietest nuances are still audible without being cut off.

As soon as the reverb is switched on, the gate defaults to “soft”. With the use of the reverb switch, it is possible to switch the gate between the two settings (when the toggle switch on the side is in Metal position) soft when reverb is on and Metal when reverb is off. The settings can be saved as presets

To obtain the ultimate punch and attack, many modern tube amps for Metal along side the usual tone control have extra punch and presence controls, that work with the current feedback loop the power amp stage.

The AMP1™ IRIDIUM EDITION works with that same current feedback design, which responds to the speaker and the power amp insuring a punch in the low end, that won´t get muddy when its turned up. The same with the highs, keeping a precise attack and bite.

The trick with the AMP1™ IRIDIUM EDITION is that “bass” controls both the bass in the preamp and the punch from the current feedback design in the power amp with only the one control. The same with the treble, that is the classic treble of a tone stack AND presence with one control. That makes it even easier to dial in the perfect chug.

The reverb in the AMP1â„¢ IRIDIUM EDITION is optimised for a natural room sound where as the REVERB for the AMP1â„¢ MERCURY EDITION has the characteristics of a spring reverb. There are even more features available to customise the AMP1â„¢

IRIDIUM EDITION (to your personal preference like fine tune the gain structure for each of the 4 channels, automatically switch on/off for internal presets or half power-mode) that you can find on the BluGuitar website.