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Re: Apartment tube amps - recommend a high gainer and a Fender-ish blues amp <15w
Re: Apartment tube amps - recommend a high gainer and a Fender-ish blues amp <15w
I see you mentioned the DSL which would work for what you want, seems like the new ones have better sounds at low master volume but if you ever crank the 50W one you'll eventually miss the roar it puts out which really does the Marshall thing, at low volume it sounds "good" in the grand scheme of things but it's nothing like the fun of that amp cranked.
In the dirt category try the orange Or15. It has *almost* Marshally tones with all the gain you could need, sounds good at bedroom and cranked volume, and has a nice aggressive sound to it, but if you don't run the gain super high it had nice backed off mostly clean tone. Really good sounding preamp in it. Only the slightest bit of fizz at bedroom volume which is really good for a high gain low wattage type. Has fx loop but no verb.
That fender super sonic 22 though seriously with the mids knob cranked and put in a British speaker, you'll have a slightly different flavor but it sounds good for everything I used to use Marshall and orange for. I still want an Or15 again but I certainly don't need one! You can have your 2 amp purchases condensed into one real do it all amp with really really good reverb. And a nice transparent switchable loop.
Other option for nailing both amps with one buy is Mesa. The Electra dyne has nuts American type cleans and the gain is pretty Marshall sounding on the gain channel but smooth and liquid tones like the jvm can be had. It's High wattage but sounds good rolled back. Really full sounds at high volume. They are not very expensive for a Mesa.
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Re: Apartment tube amps - recommend a high gainer and a Fender-ish blues amp <15w
I see you mentioned the DSL which would work for what you want, seems like the new ones have better sounds at low master volume but if you ever crank the 50W one you'll eventually miss the roar it puts out which really does the Marshall thing, at low volume it sounds "good" in the grand scheme of things but it's nothing like the fun of that amp cranked.
In the dirt category try the orange Or15. It has *almost* Marshally tones with all the gain you could need, sounds good at bedroom and cranked volume, and has a nice aggressive sound to it, but if you don't run the gain super high it had nice backed off mostly clean tone. Really good sounding preamp in it. Only the slightest bit of fizz at bedroom volume which is really good for a high gain low wattage type. Has fx loop but no verb.
That fender super sonic 22 though seriously with the mids knob cranked and put in a British speaker, you'll have a slightly different flavor but it sounds good for everything I used to use Marshall and orange for. I still want an Or15 again but I certainly don't need one! You can have your 2 amp purchases condensed into one real do it all amp with really really good reverb. And a nice transparent switchable loop.
Other option for nailing both amps with one buy is Mesa. The Electra dyne has nuts American type cleans and the gain is pretty Marshall sounding on the gain channel but smooth and liquid tones like the jvm can be had. It's High wattage but sounds good rolled back. Really full sounds at high volume. They are not very expensive for a Mesa.
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