The 101 Mini Head provides a rich assortment of boutique-quality tones for home use and recording, coupled with enough power to use on stage. It provides an ideal link between pedals, recording effects, and any good guitar speaker. In many ways, it serves as a good introductory course covering the full range of possibilities inherent in the electric guitar. Despite its small size and streamlined 5-knob control panel, this little powerhouse can also serve as a backup for almost any stage amp.

The high impedance INPUT accepts normal guitar cables. The GAIN control ranges from clean to overdrive. The exclusive TRI-Q control blends three distinct voices, scoop, normal, and lead, providing much more tone shaping than an ordinary “tone” control. The VOICE selector chooses one of five classic overall tonal signatures. The HI-CUT control lets you progressively round off the overall sound of the amp, to match a wide range of speakers. The MASTER control adjusts the overdrive threshold of the amplifier from 0 to 50 watts or more (depending on Voice), offering clean headroom and/or rich overdrive at will. The EFFECTS LOOP provides an ideal place to connect “sweeteners” such as delay or chorus, adding their tone to the overall sound of the amp, including its overdrive. The Effects Send also provides a line-out signal, and the HEADPHONE jack provides private listening as well as an alternate line-level output. Dual SPEAKER jacks on the back drive any normal speaker with a warm, musical response, and the amp is stable with no speaker connected.