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Hey guys, looking for some amp advice in an area I know little about... Although I have a wide range of modeling and tube amps, most of my amp choices were based on what it sounds like and how well it fits the gig... However I need to downsize my living space and wondering what you guys think about the following?
My prime tube amps are a 76 Music Man HD 130, a Splawn street rod, and a Peavey classic 50. The music man is my hyper clean/warm, infinite headroom, better than a Twin amp.. the Splawn goes from crystal clean to ridiculous Marshall overdrive and the Peavy is a good mix of clean and crunch tones that I can take out in the real world and not worry about it being damaged. The splawn is a single 12 combo and the PV and music Man are 4*10 combos.
Considering the number of variables, my thinking is probably insane... However I was wondering if it could make sense to sell off my combos and buy the head versions and use a single 410 cabinet for all of them?
The reason I'm thinking 410 is that I tend to enjoy the tightness that comes from the small speakers with tight bass generated by the size of the enclosure. However, it's possible that part of the reason I love the Splawn's tone could be the single 12.
In the same vein, its hard to imagine a single cabinet that easley covers all of this range.
And the open-back combos have the advantage of spilling out some of the sound out of the back for monitoring and being less hyper directional.
Perhaps the biggest issue is that I acquired these amps over 40 years out in the real world, every amp is somewhat individual and there's a real possibility that I would end up with heads that aren't as magical as the 3 combos I currently have.
And last but not least, the Peavy would be relatively easy to find and HD 130s do show up from time to time... but the splawn head is relatively hard to find.
I don't think it makes sense to try to convert my combos to heads although I've had some friends that have had positive results.
So that's the background... I'm open to any all ideas it has as how you would approach my dilemma and totally open to education on everything from timbre to technology.
Thanks in advance!
M
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My prime tube amps are a 76 Music Man HD 130, a Splawn street rod, and a Peavey classic 50. The music man is my hyper clean/warm, infinite headroom, better than a Twin amp.. the Splawn goes from crystal clean to ridiculous Marshall overdrive and the Peavy is a good mix of clean and crunch tones that I can take out in the real world and not worry about it being damaged. The splawn is a single 12 combo and the PV and music Man are 4*10 combos.
Considering the number of variables, my thinking is probably insane... However I was wondering if it could make sense to sell off my combos and buy the head versions and use a single 410 cabinet for all of them?
The reason I'm thinking 410 is that I tend to enjoy the tightness that comes from the small speakers with tight bass generated by the size of the enclosure. However, it's possible that part of the reason I love the Splawn's tone could be the single 12.
In the same vein, its hard to imagine a single cabinet that easley covers all of this range.
And the open-back combos have the advantage of spilling out some of the sound out of the back for monitoring and being less hyper directional.
Perhaps the biggest issue is that I acquired these amps over 40 years out in the real world, every amp is somewhat individual and there's a real possibility that I would end up with heads that aren't as magical as the 3 combos I currently have.
And last but not least, the Peavy would be relatively easy to find and HD 130s do show up from time to time... but the splawn head is relatively hard to find.
I don't think it makes sense to try to convert my combos to heads although I've had some friends that have had positive results.
So that's the background... I'm open to any all ideas it has as how you would approach my dilemma and totally open to education on everything from timbre to technology.
Thanks in advance!
M
Sent from my SM-G960U1 using Tapatalk
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