Remember, the goal of a guitar amp is to color the sound, not to provide flat amplification. Your 295 is designed to begin clipping when driven hard. This is great for guitar, but not so good for hifi. In fact, one of the goals of the Class A setting is to allow the amp to smoothly transition into overdrive as guitar volume is increased - it allows for very expressive playing.
By combining the 295 with an appropriate guitar preamp (Mesa Triaxis, perhaps) a player could get preamp distortion, poweramp distortion, or a combination. I believe the Triaxis could also control the Simulclass settings on the 295.
I would expect a lot of roll off at both frequency extremes.
You don't see many of these separate guitar preamp - poweramp setups these days as rack systems are out of favor at the moment. Guitar players are a very traditional group and don't adapt new technology easily - kind of like vinyl freaks!
By combining the 295 with an appropriate guitar preamp (Mesa Triaxis, perhaps) a player could get preamp distortion, poweramp distortion, or a combination. I believe the Triaxis could also control the Simulclass settings on the 295.
I would expect a lot of roll off at both frequency extremes.
You don't see many of these separate guitar preamp - poweramp setups these days as rack systems are out of favor at the moment. Guitar players are a very traditional group and don't adapt new technology easily - kind of like vinyl freaks!