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I shouldn't have brought digital into the discussion. Oh well...

I like the small amp sound, but I think my point is that most solid state amps can get that sound as well or better than these tube amps. And do it cheaper.

I've wanted a small tube amp for years, but I've yet to find one that offers something tone-wise a comparably sized SS doesn't. That's the bullet-point. Whatever slight improvements come from using tubes, I think is masked by the small form factor.

If you wanted cheap boxy tones I don't know why you'd want to go for a tube amp anyway. SS amps do trashy sounds just fine.

Personally that's not my deal at all, which is why I can't get one with anything with a speaker smaller than 12".

i fought about this for a while with myself. i loved the look of the blackhearts, and the epiphone valve junior things. they were gorgeous, but never did give me the warmth i was seeking. i needed a reason to stop loving my pathfinder so much, as it's a combo, and i wanted a head i could run some bigger cabs with.

after grueling testing times, i was ultimately put off by the hassle. i should've been blown away immediately. i never was, and just said fuck it.

my pathfinder is hands down the greatest bedroom amp i've ever played. and i found it in a head/cab configuration, and i run the head into a 2x12 wharfdale combo, and i love it in an extreme way.

They've the Marshall five watter in a shop in the town. I might give it a nosey.

I really like the Epiphone, but I use a 412 with it, so maybe that's why I like it. It doesn't sound overly middy to me, I get a decent amount of low end.

So I just traded my Fender Champion 600 for a Harley Benton GA5 and €100

I basically felt like someone just gave me €100. The amps are pretty much he same, except that the GA5 has an "EQ" knob and the speaker is larger. With both amps the clean sound is great but the dirty sound is really only good for leads. They both had great blues tone. The Harley can handle pedals a little bit better, but that's still not saying much. All in all, if you buy a Fender Champ 600 over a Harley Benton GA5 you're a sucker and live in suckerville where your sucker wife makes you sucker-tash for breakfast.

However, niether of them will provide you with Albini tones.

im pretty dam happy with my 5 watt victoria amp. 12" speaker 1 channel.

it would be a dream if it had on board reverb & gain. but its clean tone is to die for.

im pretty dam happy with my 5 watt victoria amp. 12" speaker 1 channel.

it would be a dream if it had on board reverb & gain. but its clean tone is to die for.

onezero4u wrote:im pretty dam happy with my 5 watt victoria amp. 12" speaker 1 channel.

it would be a dream if it had on board reverb & gain. but its clean tone is to die for.

the Harley Benton GA5 €80 the 5 watt victoria amp is likr $650