Compressor/
limiter control
4-band EQ section
Character
switch
Ultra-lightweight
7. 1 pounds
output section. The master volume works
in tandem with a preamp gain control and
the compression/limiting knob. And when
you engage the Reidmar’s character switch,
it immediately drops the midrange while
boosting the bass and treble of the input—
before it even hits the EQ section.
The rear panel houses useful tools for
studio cats, including a balanced XLR
output with switches for both pre/post EQ
and ground lift, a serial effects loop, a 1/4"
line output for driving multiple power
amps, a 1/4" headphone out, and a 4/8 Ω
speakON output.
One-Two-Punch
We tested the Reidmar through a pair
of EBS ClassicLine cabinets—a CL110
and CL112. At 14"x19"x13" and
15"x19"x13", respectively, these vintage-styled cabs match the head nicely and
are fairly lightweight, with the CL110
weighing in at 33 pounds and the CL112
at 39. Designed in Sweden and manufactured in China from multi-laminated
plywood, both the 150-watt CL110 and
250-watt CL112 house a 2" tweeter that
can be disengaged via an on/off switch
located on the back panel.
Tone to the Bone
I tested the Reidmar with a Fender
American Jazz bass, and it dished out generous amounts of roaring low end pretty
much as soon as I plugged in and used a
pick down in the lower registers. Though
the Reidmar rig didn’t have the room-filling
expansiveness of, say, a 4x10 or 2x15, I
was impressed with how muscular the
ClassicLine cabs sounded and felt. With
the EQ bypassed, I couldn’t believe how
balanced and smooth the tone was without any shaping from the controls. It had
a modern feel and response, with springy
