I DECIDED

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:13 pm

So i want to buy a combo amp for use with the comedy music project. jason (dots) is playing the important guitar stuff, but after our first rehearsal i think i decided, as did we all, that it'd be nice to have some rythym/other textures involved in some of the songs. so since it won't be an all the time playing thing, i don't want to drop a testicle in paying for it. i have a couple of ideas, but i want to see what you all reccomend. i'd probably not mind a single channel deal, like dot's pro junior, and even considered the little bitch champ that fender sells, as I can get one at a farily good deal at a shop (or shoppe) up the road.

so start throwing some ideas for combo amps out and i'll see what every one says. if enough people match my thoughts, then I know i'm fucking rad.

Post by **dots** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:19 pm

if they weren't so ridiculously over priced, i'd recommend a tiny terror.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:20 pm

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:22 pm

Mike wrote:FFS

what? i thought it was a legit question to ask you all.

and jason: i know! if i had some spare cash, i might consider it...but i think i want a setup similar to your pro junior set up. in fact, i'm scowering ebay and craigs for used pro juiniors.

Post by **dots** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:23 pm

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/msg/809387672.html

that's a great price on that deluxe. if i had the extra cash, i'd just buy that and let you use the jr.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:25 pm

It wasn't directed at you.

Either Jason is being oblique or he still hasn't grasped that you guys pay more for British made amps and we pay more for American made amps.

Tiny Terror costs - Â£299 over here which is approximately $600 which is what you guys get them for.
Hot Rod Deluxe costs - Â£549 over here, which is $1100. You get them for $700.

Â£299 is as good as it gets in England for a tube head.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:26 pm

ahhhh! fuck dude! that is a GREAT price on that fucker...if it were a shop or store and not a private seller, i'd totally just throw it on a credit card and pay it off in six months...and you know you could get him down to 250 if you called him and said, i got 250 cash, wanna sell it right now?

wanna go halfsies on it? lol

i'm scoping out "blonde" pro juniors right now. they look sexy as fuck.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:27 pm

Mike wrote:It wasn't directed at you.

Either Jason is being oblique or he still hasn't grasped that you guys pay more for British made amps and we pay more for American made amps.

Tiny Terror costs - Â£299 over here which is approximately $600 which is what you guys get them for.
Hot Rod Deluxe costs - Â£549 over here, which is $1100. You get them for $700.

Â£299 is as good as it gets in England for a tube head.

i demo'd a tiny terror. they are definitely nice little amps. but they're def-o out of my price range unless i find a bummin' retard that it'd sell a used one for WAYYYY cheap...

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:28 pm

Fender Pro Junior is Â£247.00 in the UK, so it's Â£50 cheaper than a TT, and yes it has a speaker, but it literally can't make the sounds the TT makes (british crunchy rock) at the volumes the TT can make them at (i.e. bedroom to gig levels) because it doesn't have a master volume.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:29 pm

St. Jimmy wrote:
Mike wrote:It wasn't directed at you.

Either Jason is being oblique or he still hasn't grasped that you guys pay more for British made amps and we pay more for American made amps.

Tiny Terror costs - Â£299 over here which is approximately $600 which is what you guys get them for.
Hot Rod Deluxe costs - Â£549 over here, which is $1100. You get them for $700.

Â£299 is as good as it gets in England for a tube head.
i demo'd a tiny terror. they are definitely nice little amps. but they're def-o out of my price range unless i find a bummin' retard that it'd sell a used one for WAYYYY cheap...

I would go Fender or used Mesa F series in the US, you guys get amazing deals on those amplifiers.

The Tiny Terror is not overpriced, it is priced at British prices because it is a British amp and when it exported to you guys it SEEMS expensive but in actually it's not. You're paying the same we do. We pay MORE than exchange on American amplifiers.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:35 pm

Yeah. Arsecake was so tempted to buy a vintage fender bassman combo amp when he was here, just because he knew it would be twice the price back home.

St. Jimmy- Although my demo on youtube of the orange 10w combo amp doesn't do it proper justice (ask arsecake) I'd check into those series, I'm sure they make a 30 watt or summit. They sound amazing. Youtube makes mine sound like a metal amp and its all nazty. but you can get any sound, the cleans are amazing, and you can dial it up from crunch to metal overdrive.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:35 pm

get a Fender Super Champ XD - cheap, lots of sounds, sounds good at low volumes - the ultimate recording amp.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:41 pm

More Cowbell wrote:Yeah. Arsecake was so tempted to buy a vintage fender bassman combo amp when he was here, just because he knew it would be twice the price back home.

St. Jimmy- Although my demo on youtube of the orange 10w combo amp doesn't do it proper justice (ask arsecake) I'd check into those series, I'm sure they make a 30 watt or summit. They sound amazing. Youtube makes mine sound like a metal amp and its all nazty. but you can get any sound, the cleans are amazing, and you can dial it up from crunch to metal overdrive.

the only thing with orange, is again, the price. i'm not saying they're not worth that price either. i'm just saying it's a little out of my range. i'm really wishing that dude with the used deville that jason posted would take my credit card...lol. i'd buy that fucking thing in a heartbeat.

i reallllly like jason's pro jr. i think it gets plenty loud for what it is and does, and is pretty versatile tone wise. the dudes that we were playing with were blown away that it had so much volume and balls to it...

the champ XD, is that solid state or tewb?

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:42 pm

Solid state Preamp, Tube power amp.

As such it is the stupidest amplifier ever made.

Post by **dots** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:44 pm

Mike wrote:It wasn't directed at you.

Either Jason is being oblique or he still hasn't grasped that you guys pay more for British made amps and we pay more for American made amps.

Tiny Terror costs - Â£299 over here which is approximately $600 which is what you guys get them for.
Hot Rod Deluxe costs - Â£549 over here, which is $1100. You get them for $700.

Â£299 is as good as it gets in England for a tube head.

oh, i've grasped the concept, and i don't feel ripped off with all the features and functionality i get from my jvm. it's money very well spent. after having played through a tiny terror, though, i can't see laying out $500 - 600 for a 15w head with no speaker. if you get the matching cab, you're in it for over a grand! they sound awesome, and if money were no object, blah blah blah. . .

jim, i'd recommend getting something other than a jr, honestly. you should get something with a 12" speaker to balance the sound better, imo. if i had the money to even go halfsies, i would, but with the kids' birthday, disneyland, etc coming up, there's just no way.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:46 pm

Orange Cabs = Stupidly expensive.

Post by **dots** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:46 pm

Mike wrote:Orange Cabs = Stupidly expensive.

it's the only way i'd go. . . gotta match! lol

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:47 pm

Yeah, but they do take the piss with their prices.

Post by **dots** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:58 pm

Mike wrote:Yeah, but they do take the piss with their prices.

i guess it boils down to knowing that what i got is worth the money. there are definitely many purchases i'd consider before a TT, but they definitely intrigue the hell out of me. would have to hear what the head sounds like with its cab, though.

ah well. . . you're so right about the prices we get on fender gear. if one keeps their eye out for a week on craig's list, you're guaranteed to find somebody selling a twin or a deluxe for pennies. can't beat that.

i did see guy with a TT for $450.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:59 pm

dots wrote:
Mike wrote:It wasn't directed at you.

Either Jason is being oblique or he still hasn't grasped that you guys pay more for British made amps and we pay more for American made amps.

Tiny Terror costs - Â£299 over here which is approximately $600 which is what you guys get them for.
Hot Rod Deluxe costs - Â£549 over here, which is $1100. You get them for $700.

Â£299 is as good as it gets in England for a tube head.
oh, i've grasped the concept, and i don't feel ripped off with all the features and functionality i get from my jvm. it's money very well spent. after having played through a tiny terror, though, i can't see laying out $500 - 600 for a 15w head with no speaker. if you get the matching cab, you're in it for over a grand! they sound awesome, and if money were no object, blah blah blah. . .

jim, i'd recommend getting something other than a jr, honestly. you should get something with a 12" speaker to balance the sound better, imo. if i had the money to even go halfsies, i would, but with the kids' birthday, disneyland, etc coming up, there's just no way.

oh i know. and i won't be buying something for a few weeks anyway...just trying to see what's out there. and i actually like the marshall valvestate amps, mike. i kind of like tube pre and solid state power section if you don't have a lot of money to spend. i'm going to look at the mesa F series as Mike suggested...maybe that'll be the one. i've also considered the epiphone valve junior as well...