https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:32:49 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-364034 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:28:46 +0000
Here is a pic of one I found! Oh the memories .........






Sorry ..... but I couldn't help but to take a stroll down memory lane. Back to your amp decision ....]]> Opinions and Polls TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-364034 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-364031 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:34:40 +0000
In addition to the AC4TV, I played the VHT Special Six, Laney Cubs, both 8 and 10, the Fender Champion, and a new offereing from a local company called Rockers. (Amp is called the T15R, seems like a knockoff of Laney LC15R.)

The VHT is the best sounding, and most responsive feeling, clean sound I've heard in a long time. Maybe ever. I've just discovered, online, that it has a "boost" I didn't know about. (Pull the volume knob. Who knew? So I'll have to check if I can get more dirt with that.)

The Laney Cubs are great sounding amps- again, good cleans, and when you ramp them up, nice break up. But you do have to ramp them up pretty good- and 10 watts is a LOT.

The Rocker's amp really surprise me- the cheapest of the lot. Sort of cheap feeling. Bad tolex. Cheap knobs. BUT, it doesn't sound cheap. It sounds...fender good on clean and bright. (Bright switch makes it even brighter.) Terrifyingly good overdrive, from the tiniest bit of breakup to a massive growling roar. Real Spring reverb tank. With bright, 3 band EQ, it can shimmer, it can roar. It's 15 watts, though, and to roar, it needs some room. If I were buying only a studio amp, it would so be this one. And it's less than $200. I'm worried though, that eviction and divorce could result from too much overdrive at home.

The AC4TV is still in there- Sweet sounds, and the only one that seems to go from clean to dirty at reasonable volumes. Amazing tone, and probably the best dirty voicings of any of them.

If I can get it to break up, I'd honestly go for the VHT- but even with Pentode/triode switch, it seems to be LOUD for my purposes, if I want to drive it hard. Vox still leading, but it's turning into a fun race.

Best,
Ande]]> Opinions and Polls Ande https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-364031 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363959 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:57:56 +0000
Thanks!
ande]]> Opinions and Polls Ande https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363959 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363950 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:12:42 +0000
Sean]]> Opinions and Polls Sean0913 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363950 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363929 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:28:46 +0000
BUT: If you design amps, and put a 6.5 inch speaker in a metal housing, do NOT call it "Bee." Nothing with "bee" in it.

They probably can't help it that it's a little buzzy. BUt they don't have to remind you.

Ande]]> Opinions and Polls Ande https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363929 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363918 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:20:14 +0000
There's a lot of nonsense spouted these days about tube vs digital - maybe a few years ago there was a difference in sound, but these days, to me, there's very little difference...you have to have a really good ear to tell any slight variations between them.

As always, try before you buy!

:D :D :D

Vic I can kinda see where he's coming from. I also have a AD30VT and realy do like it, but maybe its the tone Im looking for but I have taken to running it without all the extras then adjust the sound with a overdrive pedal. Gives me nicer tones then the onboard effects IMHO. Its still a great amp, and its nice being able to change a little bit by swapping to the diferent amp models, but all in all, Im "simple tube amp" shopping myself.]]> Opinions and Polls s1120 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363918 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363904 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:14:15 +0000 Opinions and Polls TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363904 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363902 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:59:55 +0000
Main reason I'm interested in tube is...I've never had one. Had a lot of digithings, and liked some of them lots. But the more I play, the fewer effects I use, and I'm just wondering what it's like with tubes.

Doesn't mean I'll be a "tube-snob" in all things, or forever, but I want to try one. (At home. A lot.) Trying them in the shops, they feel...different, if that makes sense. Not necessarily better sounding than solid state or digital. But different- more responsive, which often means that they sound worse, actually. Makes me play very correctly, cause clean through a tube amp seems to show up all my errors.

Who knows what I'll get in the end, but I'm in the mood for a tube toy.

Best,
Ande]]> Opinions and Polls Ande https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363902 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363900 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:58:25 +0000
There's a lot of nonsense spouted these days about tube vs digital - maybe a few years ago there was a difference in sound, but these days, to me, there's very little difference...you have to have a really good ear to tell any slight variations between them.

As always, try before you buy!

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Opinions and Polls Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363900 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/choose-my-new-amp/#post-363898 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:47:47 +0000
It feels exactly like a tiny little marshall. The best build quality of the three, it's just "deluxe." Feels really solid, and the knobs feel "expensive" when you turn them. The blackstar seems to have (feels like it has) solid state distortion build onto the tube circuit, which means it gets the most distortion (and the best "heavy" sounds) of the three. Feels a little sterile, though, on anything but heavey distortion. I also HATE that it has an "ISF" control where it should have a tone knob. (ISF is Infinite Shape Feature. It "takes you from the USA to the UK in seconds." I don't know exactly what that means, but I'd rather have an EQ or even a tone knob, cause I know what those are. The bigger blackstar amps have a 3 band EQ and ISF, which would be okay. But the little one is ISF only.) Nice reverb, though, as digital reverb goes. And "line out" and "auxiliary/MP3 in" are features you don't always get on a practice amp that has tubes.

The Vox has a lot less features. (Volume, Tone, and 1/4,1, or 4 watt attenuator, and an on/off switch) Amazing cleans, though, and nice "in between" break up. Does amazing classic rock sounds. Pretty much everything BUT heavy metal. (Though I think a proco Rat on the front end would metal it up plenty!) The down on this one is, it feels cheap. Plastic handle. Cheap tolex. Plastic knobs that feel...flimsy when you turn them. (THis is the only amp I get this year. I do NOT want to deal with repairs.) But as long as it's working, this seems to just have better, richer tone than the Blackstar. And, though it has less features, it has a greater range of overdrive options (which you find by messing with the volume).

Hmmm.

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