At the lowest volumes it just felt way too compressed. Moving over to the overdriven channel was fun, and I really liked the sound of the overdriven channel when I opened up the master volume a bit. The built-in FET boost sounds great though, and that soon became an always-on sound when paired with the compressed, clean channel. So I do think it is really limited by having only a 2-band EQ, but the use of pedals rectified most unpleasant sounds that arose when trying to demo it and record some tracks for my own records. With higher treble, I did feel the Supro started to thin out a bit and become sort of ice-picky. With only 5 watts of power, it was also really easy to dial in all sorts of amp tones from cranked amp breakup to more sterile, treble-rich cleans. There was little to no buzz or hum, except for when I hit a fuzz pedal on, which made it a joy to record with. I mainly played through my hollow-body Stanford Crossroad Thinline 30, as the P90s paired well with the amp to create a room filling sound at lower volumes. It’s clean, compressed, and generally creates a very flexible palette that you can alter via your pickup, pedal, and signal chain setup. I really ended up loving the Supro Delta King 10 as a pedal platform amp. The rest of the control knobs include a channel volume, master volume, treble, bass, and reverb knob for some user friendly but still versatile tone shifting. Right next to that is the drive switch, which engages a Pigtronix FAT gain channel that adds a ton of natural body and overdrive. The boost switch engages a FET-style boosted tone that adds just a slight amount of dirt, but retains a nice clean, bell-like signature. There’s a 12AX7 tube pre-amp, and then a vintage Supro-voiced 6V6 tube power amp to provide plenty of headroom and just a touch of compression. Boasting 5 watts of power, two channels (one clean, one dirty), and built-in boost and reverb controls, it feels like perfect apartment-playing tube bliss.
Supro’s Delta King 10 has been on my mind since it was announced during the virtual NAMM madness earlier this year. Overview & Cost: $549.00 from, , and (Some Affiliate Links) How will this 5 watt tube amp stack up to the needs of an apartment player who mainly records and jams at lower volumes?
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