PG's Jordan Wagner walks us through his latest review on the Burriss
Dirty Red head, which is featured in Premier Guitar's January 2011 print
issue. Read the full review here - https://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine...
The
Burriss Dirty Red head is a little 18-watter that is fired by three
Mullard reissue 12AX7 preamp tubes, an Electro-Harmonix EZ81 rectifier
tube and two JJ EL84 tubes in the power section. Burriss, hot off the
heels of the release of their popular Royal Bluesman, packs a lot of
both qualities in their newest little monster, the 18-watt, EL84-driven
Dirty Red. It's also built around a cascading preamp design that enables
higher-gain sounds at lower volume, which gives it the goods to stand
tall in the mini-amp crowd. On the front panel, you'll find a familiar
3-band equalization section consisting of Bass, Middle, and Treble
knobs, along with separate Gain and Master volume controls. But nestled
between the Middle and Treble controls, you'll find another knob called
Top Cut. Burriss says the control is designed to tame the high end and
warm the signal at higher gain settings. Anyone familiar with a presence
control will find it works in a similar fashion. Finally, there's a
Loop switch for engaging the effects loop, which can also be activated
using a footswitch inserted into a rear-panel TRS 1/4" jack.
