Looking for THE AMP

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:30 pm

Don't know about an amp, but a smaller sig would be nice.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:10 pm

vox pathfinder. best $100 i ever spent.

jmikel17 · Post by **jmikel17** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:25 pm

IroniaSudby · Post by **IroniaSudby** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:27 pm

Make your sig smaller tho, i cant see your post behind all those players.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:29 pm

What sort of budget are you thinking?
At home at the moment I'm pretty much using my Tiny Terror, set clean, and Crunch Box and DLS pedals for the dirt.
I prefer the HT-5 to the TT, but if you're thinking band, then the HT-5 won't cut it, TT will just about manage depending on how loud the drummer is.

jmikel17 · Post by **jmikel17** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:44 pm

I'm thinking in 800... + - this is the maximun...and i can buy an amp or an amp with a good pedal...

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:59 pm

the Laney VC-15 is a really good amp (in my oppinion)

Dogma Hollow · Post by **Dogma Hollow** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:27 pm

I have a Blues Jr. Good amp for low volume and home studio stuff, but it really falls short playing with a drummer. Just isn't loud or full enough sounding, even on 10, and the clean channel breaks up a lot when pushed hard.

If you're going to stick with using pedals for overdrive, I'd say do similar to what I did and get a 4x10 or 2x12 with a good clean channel. I run an H&K Tubeman through a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 4x10. Plenty loud with room to spare jamming with a drummer and another guitarist with a half stack and a bass player. You can also turn the 4x10 down to a low volume and just adjust your drive pedal as needed to get closer to the tones you want. Obviously you're not getting the valves hot enough to make 'em sound their best, but you'll have more headroom when you need it. Turning down is easier than adding headroom you don't have.

I used to have an Ibanez Tubeman, and unless they've really turned to shit since then (10 years ago), your overdrive is probably fine with that. I'd say spend the $$ on a good amp, and you'll be set.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:33 pm

Buy an old bassman, or a musicmaster bass amp. Really any silverface fender amp. They're cheap and sound better/are more reliable than the new fender stuff.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:37 pm

he isn't american.

jmikel17 · Post by **jmikel17** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:24 pm

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:24 pm

If you can swing the price, an Orange TT with a generic 2x12 would be great. My concern would be how well they can do a John-Mayer-kinda sound, since you can't pull out the mids or anything like that.

edit: TT doesn't have a clean channel, more of a clean setting. In that case the Laney might be more what you're looking for.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:07 pm

you can get a bluesy sound out of a TT i'd say.

just more of that marshall on the edge of breakup sound.

jmikel17 · Post by **jmikel17** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:05 pm

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If you can swing the price, an Orange TT with a generic 2x12 would be great. My concern would be how well they can do a John-Mayer-kinda sound, since you can't pull out the mids or anything like that. 

edit&#58; TT doesn't have a clean channel, more of a clean setting. In that case the Laney might be more what you're looking for.

U... Yeah, that's the ''bad'' thing in the tt, only one chanel... The 2x12 generic it's too expensive but...maybe i'll buy it.

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you can get a bluesy sound out of a TT i'd say. 

just more of that marshall on the edge of breakup sound.

Ok...maybe fender's better...don't know...but a maybe a pedal can resolve it...haha

What about the egnater revel 20 or the revel 30? the 30 looks really good. Two channels, atenuator...a lot of cool things I think...what do you think?

Thanks for allÂ¡

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:41 pm

john mayer's sound is a combination of 3-4 amps running together, plus is pickups are designed to scoop the mids out as well.

that said, a clean fender flavored amp with a nice overdrive pedal (sd-1 not bad for that kinda sound) and single coils will get you quite close. i use a fender blues deluxe, which is a lower gain version of the hot rod series. i use this for it's clean channel and add pedals to get my overdriven sounds. it's a loud amp, i rarely get it past 3 for live gigs, plenty of headroom. if you shop right, you can get pretty good deals on them.

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:52 pm

wut aboot:
Epiphone Blues Custom 30. LANK

2x12 combo amp. Very cheap and well made. 6L6GC power tubes, tube rectifier, spring reverb, 2 channels (but it shares the eq), 15W/30W power switching (when you need to be louder).

On the downside, it's heavy (35 kilos i think) and can get very trebly bright. It does not get into heavy overdrive but it works great with pedals. Also, no FX loop.

I've had one for a couple of years and for the dollars it was well worth it. Try one out and see what you think.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:57 pm

i've played one of those. they're also made under the brand of grainger as well. very nice amps, but heavy.

jmikel17 · Post by **jmikel17** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:06 pm

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:10 pm

The Blues Deluxe would be a good way to go if you're set on the Mayer-ish tones. You'd certainly need a pedal for heavier stuff, though.

I'm way confused by the description of the Blues Custom 30. It says the 30/15 switch goes from pentode to triode (usually applies to pentode EL84 amps where the tubes can also be run as a triode). Yet, the 5881/6L6 is a tetrode. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE?!?!?!