Finally played my first toooob amp!

[Infinite Dreams]

My buddy bought a new peavey classic 50 4x10 the other day and i went over and played it today- man tube amps really live up to their hype. I REALLY WANT ONE!! Now i'm just left sitting here and looking at my line6 and wanting a new amp. hopefully i can rake in some dough this summer and get me one. i've been eyeing those laney aor combo's for a while now...

 

[PUCKBOY99]

Re: Finally played my first toooob amp!

Do It....

DO IT...

DO IT...


DO IT!!!

 

[Stringmachine]

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Those Peavey Classics are very good tube amps IMO. Got one when they first came out, and I loved it. Havent tried Laney so I cant give any advice there. But start saving some money, and go tube! You won't regret it

 

[jimpmiller]

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another convert to the tube amp purist thing...welcome..

 

[XSSIVE]

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once you go tube you never go back! :laugh2:

-Mike

 

[Dankerella]

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The Force grows stronger in this one it does. Line 6 he will sell. Future filled with debt and tube amps I see.

 

[Infinite Dreams]

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^ you are so wise

 

[Mewmender]

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Playing on one leads to GAS and GAS ... leads to buying tube amps

 

[Hoss]

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peavey classics are hands down the best tube amps for the $$$'s imho!!!

i don't know how big you need, but give the 30 a shot...it's sweet!!!

 

[BigBazz]

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Yay, i heard a line 6 at a gig the other day, and saying it was the worst sounding amp ive ever heard is an understatement, it was like heaven to my ears when the next band plugged into a nice laney GH50 and Marshall Jcm900. i went into a shop the other day and this guy said he had a line6, and that it was only £300 and sounded just like a mesa boogie, i laughed asked him to turn it up and it sounded thin and weak and horrible, valves are definutly the way to go, they always stay tight, and break up so much nicer, im glad i have walked down the Light side.

The laney valve amps are awesome, go buy one

 

[drew_half_empty]

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i can assure you that plugging a modeler INTO a tube amp sounds anything but thin & weak. Companies rave about their 1 12ax7 hybrid amps, but plugging into one with 3 (and 4 6l6's to boot) is definately much much better

and yeah, peavey classics are good amps, the 4x10 is actually the one i have my eye on for after i finish my tele

 

[Hardtailed]

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The best part is you ain't seen (or heard) nothing yet if you haven't played with a band with said amp! Personally, I've always liked Flextones for bedroom jamming, but once I'm on the stage, the sheer power of my Marshall stack behind me gives me goosebumps. The joy of hearing yourself over the drummer BUT sounding good doing so! And all the different ways you can interact with your amp just with your playing style, it's amazing. I only use one channel on my amp and I cover everything from Pink Floyd to System of a Down (I play in a cover band) with just a OD pedal to get more gain when needed and a Wah.

Fun thing is, I still use Line6 gear live though! I run my PodXT Live through the FX Loop for effects only (amp sim bypassed).

In conclusion, since I'm not a Laney fanatic (tried a GH50 once and went back to playing a Pod Pro for another year...), I'll recommend the Traynor YCV serie (YCV80Q if you want 4X10, YCV40Blue if you prefer a Marshally crunch, YCV80 for a best of both world Fendery Clean and in between crunch)

 

[Infinite Dreams]

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yeah i've been eyeing those ycv's also, mainly the ycv20's. i don't need that much power, i just need something to be loud enough to do band practice with, so i'll probably end up getting a 1x12. man, i can't wait to get one of my own!

 

[madguitar26]

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i have a classic 50 4x10...great amp.but a heavy mother...and BIG too.
would be nice to have a small line 6 specially those spiders,thow the clean sucks.
still lookin for a nice chorus pedal...

 

[bryvincent]

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yeah i've been eyeing those ycv's also, mainly the ycv20's. i don't need that much power, i just need something to be loud enough to do band practice with, so i'll probably end up getting a 1x12. man, i can't wait to get one of my own!

if you're into marshall type tone get the YCV50BLUE. best bang for the buck!
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http://www.yorkville.com/products.asp?cat=18&id=318&type=32

 

[ratherdashing]

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Hey now, not all the Line6 amps suck. The cheap ones do, that's for sure, but I plugged into a Vetta II head recently and was very impressed. I own a PodXT myself, and it does a hell of a job. Some of the models are pretty useless (I'm looking at you, Supro), but for the most part they sound unbelievably convincing. Besides, when it comes to noodling away in an apartment with very fussy neighbours, you're not going to do any better.

For live stuff, I like to run the PodXT into the effects loop of my Mesa/Boogie DC-3. It's a good compromise between the versatility of modelling and that tube "feel". I may get that Vetta half stack some day though.

 

[Quencho092]

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i can assure you that plugging a modeler INTO a tube amp sounds anything but thin & weak. Companies rave about their 1 12ax7 hybrid amps, but plugging into one with 3 (and 4 6l6's to boot) is definately much much better

and yeah, peavey classics are good amps, the 4x10 is actually the one i have my eye on for after i finish my tele

Yeah plugging into a modeler>tube amp sounds good if your amp has loads of headroom. I'm sure that running a JCM800 model into a cranked deluxe reverb RI would be quite painful to hear. Sometimes it sounds good, but if you got plenty of headroom and bass response, the tube amp will rock the modeler's tone.

 

[JOLLY]

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Yay, i heard a line 6 at a gig the other day, and saying it was the worst sounding amp ive ever heard is an understatement, it was like heaven to my ears when the next band plugged into a nice laney GH50 and Marshall Jcm900. i went into a shop the other day and this guy said he had a line6, and that it was only £300 and sounded just like a mesa boogie, i laughed asked him to turn it up and it sounded thin and weak and horrible, valves are definutly the way to go, they always stay tight, and break up so much nicer, im glad i have walked down the Light side.

The laney valve amps are awesome, go buy one

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! Did you ever think that it may have been the moron guitar player that doesn't know how to tweak an amp, instead of the amp that sounded like crap?

 

[Zhangliqun]

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Tube amps are pricier to begin with, and they are a lot more expensive to maintain. You have to replace the tubes, especially the power tubes, from time to time, about once a year to every 6 months, depending on how much you play. If you gig 5 nights a week, probably 4 or 5 times a year. This also depends on how "hot" or "cold" you bias the amp.

Preamp tubes you can just pop right in and you're done. With power tubes, you have to rebias the amp every time you put new power tubes in -- plus it's a good idea to once in a while rebias it even if you haven't changed tubes because the tubes themselves can change a bit.

And if you don't want the hassle of taking it to the shop and waiting a week for them to get around to it, you have to learn how to bias the amp yourself, which is very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing -- but will save you a crapload of time and money. Those filter capacitors hold 400 or more volts long after the amp is unplugged -- but the kicker is that to rebias the amp, the amp has to be plugged in and RUNNING.

BUT-BUT-BUT......

...it's well worth it for the tone........

 

[bryvincent]

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that's why the traynor YCV tube amps are the perfect first tube amp. inexpensive(below $1k), good tone and its auto-biasing.