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  • #31
    Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

    Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
    I had a YGM3 for a while . . . and while it was a lovely sounding amp for what it did, there were certainly drawbacks. The biggest one was that it just flat out doesn't work as a practice amp. There's no effects loop, and it kinda sounds like poo until it's up above yelling volume.
    ha. I love those amps but many are sealed with a weird Canadian torx or Robertson screw head to get into the back and see the speaker in a store -which annoys me because when I play them in a store and the they sound different or not as expected, I want to know what speaker is loaded or what mod was done -as you know Traynors are one of the most modded and tweaked amp because .....well they are the easiest to in most cases because of the layout and access. but those damn screws in a Guitarmate drive me crazy,
    Last edited by NegativeEase; 05-28-2020, 09:31 PM.
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    • #32
      Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

      have you tried a Roland Bolt? most people don't like the overdrive channel (although I find you can coax nice low gain tones out of it), but the clean channel is to die for - clear even with the volume dimed, which you'll rarely have to do (it can get so loud)

      they're all 1x12 but you can get a 30,60, or 100 (denoting the number of watts). I've got one and I'm rarely above a three on the volume.

      has an effects loop, reverb, footswitch to turn the overdrive on or off etc. - the works

      It's a solid state preamp, but tube power - so you get a solid state kinda overdrive, but then on the clean channel, a beautiful tube sound. really great for jazz/surf/anything clean, and as soon as you need gain, just chuck a couple of pedals in front and you're there. if you really want that tube sound, get a pedal with a tube on it.

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      • #33
        Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

        Reggie, if you can come up with the freight you can have my Mustang III for free. It's a great amp.
        “Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr

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        • #34
          Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

          Originally posted by Lewguitar View Post
          Reggie, if you can come up with the freight you can have my Mustang III for free. It's a great amp.
          there ya go

          solution in hand
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          • #35
            Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

            Originally posted by ehdwuld View Post
            there ya go

            solution in hand
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            • #36
              Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

              Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
              ha. I love those amps but many are sealed with a weird Canadian torx or Robertson screw head to get into the back and see the speaker in a store -which annoys me because when I play them in a store and the they sound different or not as expected, I want to know what speaker is loaded or what mod was done -as you know Traynors are one of the most modded and tweaked amp because .....well they are the easiest to in most cases because of the layout and access. but those damn screws in a Guitarmate drive me crazy,
              I'm sorry man . . . but the Robertson screw head is the greatest invention in screwing since birth control. I have no idea why you backwards Americans haven't adopted them wholesale and still insist on stupid Phillips or slot for most things. :P
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              • #37
                Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

                Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
                I'm sorry man . . . but the Robertson screw head is the greatest invention in screwing since birth control. I have no idea why you backwards Americans haven't adopted them wholesale and still insist on stupid Phillips or slot for most things. :P
                friggin Canadians
                all about being so right and stuff
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                RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
                SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
                Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
                Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
                Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
                Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
                GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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                • #38
                  Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

                  hmm I see the duck on my phone but not on the PC
                  EHD
                  Just here surfing Guitar Pron
                  RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
                  SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
                  Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
                  Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
                  Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
                  Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
                  GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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                  • #39
                    Re: need a new single 12" combo amp

                    Originally posted by Chistopher View Post
                    Eh, just play direct to the sound board. It’s what page did, it's what I've started doing. Amps are just for old fogeys who won't let go of the past.

                    But seriously, in that price range, see if you can't find a Johnson Millenium combo. It's the only good modeling amp I've ever played. It's got tubes (although some of the best tones are pure solid state), the least powerful model has 150 watts, and they are tragically underpriced. Only downside is it weighs ~80 lbs for 212, but I've learned to come to terms with the heft and size of my Johnson.
                    Illegal.

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