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19/02/2004 10:01 pm
Hey, I really really need amp help. I need a new amp, and soon, cause in a few months, theres gonna be a talent show at my school, and I'mma have to get pratcicing soon. So now I need a better amp, that sounds good, and can be heard above the drums and other instruments. Anyway I play rock, like Pearl Jam, Tragically hip, ect, classic rock, ie: Doors, Steppenwolf, Fleetwood Mac, CCR, and so on, and I'm trying to learn TexasBlues, SRV and the likes. So I need something with a good overdrive, and a decent clean channel, heavey disortion isn't nessacary, cause I can get acess to pedals. I don't wanna pay an arm and a leg for anything, (I'm in Canada, so everything costs that much more anyway.) But it needs to be reliable, and loud enough. It will be miked, But I still need to be heard.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks
~PauL~
19/02/2004 11:04 pm
Cheap=solidstate I assume?
Take a look at:
Peavy Transtube Bandit 112
Behringer GMX2112 or AC112
Digital modelling:
Behringer V-ampire
Line6 Spider (II)
19/02/2004 11:18 pm
Thanks man, I can't get Behringeres around here, but I'll try out the others. What about a Peavey Studio 112, anyone play one, someone recommened one.
~PauL~
20/02/2004 12:35 am
Paul
I always go by ratings and reviews on the music gear sites. The Peavey Studio and Peavey Bandit have excellent ratings.
For $50 more than the Studio, you can get the Fender Blues Junior. The footswitch is $20 extra. Real tube amp, and it gets great reviews. We are talking blues now.
I love tube amps like Joe Forrock Star, what can I say.
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20/02/2004 8:23 am
I echo what Wes says - go tube, you won't regret it.
The Blues Junior sounds a good choice.
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20/02/2004 3:04 pm
A great thing that is happening today is that manufacturers and players are starting to go with the smaller combos. I go see bands almost every week. You don't see too many stacks on stage anymore, and that is a good thing. You can push a smaller amp a little harder to get a great sound. If it's a big place, you can mic the amp or line out to your PA.
Plus, they are much easier to haul around. If you can get past the ego thing, a small amp is much more practical.
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
20/02/2004 5:04 pm
Guitar Players have long debated the question of tube sound versus transistor sound. The basic cause of the difference in tube and transistor sound is the weighting of harmonic distortion components in the amplifier's overload region. A tube amplifier when over loaded generates a whole spectrum of harmonics. Particularly strong are the second, third. fourth. and fifth overtones which give a full bodied quality to the sound.
Your amp helps shape the character, response, and feel of your sound, nothing accomplishes this better than tubes. The Overdrive sound we all like, this is a handwired 18 watt all tube 1x12 celestion and a Gibson Les Paul Custom.
It comes down to what you like for sound and tone. I'll agree also with the small amps that pack a punch, but the stacks are impressive.
Joe
20/02/2004 9:35 pm
You know what sucks? A Blues junior is 500 Euro here, almost $600. A pro junior is even more expensive, often around $650, with the hotrod at $750. It's so darned expensive here :(