100 watt amps. Do you really need that much power?

[Markk]

Re: 100 watt amps. Do you really need that much power?

i definately dont need all 120w of my XXX......but it sounds so threatening :headbang:

That's key. If you can't outplay your rivals, you can atleast blow them all away by the power of your gear!

 

[Pete Galati]

Re: 100 watt amps. Do you really need that much power?

High power tube amps are great. But they're not for everyone, and not everyone should use the things.

I have a SoundCity SC120 head that Doug Roccaforte rebuilt and using a Marshall Masterlead style preamp section. There's nothing like having that much power behind your sound. And it's not really that much about being loud either. There's just a very thick, solid sound behind you.

I haven't pulled that amp out in a while because it's just an insane amount of power. And even though I usually use a JTM45, or a cathode biased SF Bassman (both have more power than I need) the SC120 is just pure magic.

Almost nobody actually needs 100 or 120watt amps, but there's more to having that much power than db levels or bragging rights.

4 to 6 EL34 tubes singing together, and large output tranformers, sound great.

Pete

 

[Sleeping Martyr]

Re: 100 watt amps. Do you really need that much power?

In a band setting I never turn my 50 watt >50 caliber over 3 . . . . anymore and the rhythm section begins to *****!! hahahaha