Guitar PowerAmps?

[Baltar]

i wonder if anyone has expirience with guitar poweramps such as
the tech 21 power engine and rocktron velocity?

i wonder what's their right to exist. if i don't understand it wrong, any
power amp of quality would be the same? i for instance would trust a
good ol qsc more than a eg tech21 power amp.

 

[baritone]

Re: Guitar PowerAmps?

A lot of guitarists play through power amps. Many like to have solid modeling or multi-effect preamps for their tone shaping. In reality, any stompbox should work fine as long as it has a desirable tone. There are many companies which make power amps and pre amps if you're interested, such as Marshall, VHT, Mesa/Boogie, Carvin, Engl. Kurt Cobain frequently used a solid state Crown power amp with a Tech 21 modeler in his live rig. My main amp is kind of like a power amp, since it has no preamp knobs on it whatsoever; it doesn't even have a volume knob. I have a Vox ToneLab which I use sometimes, but mostly, I like using a single distortion box for tone processing.

 

[ksmith63]

Re: Guitar PowerAmps?

solid state power amps are pretty much the same. i use a few of the randall rp2/200 amps because they discontinued them and i got them for basically nothing. no difference between something like that or a crown, qsc, ect.

tube power amps are a different story

 

[Baltar]

Re: Guitar PowerAmps?

A lot of guitarists play through power amps. Many like to have solid modeling or multi-effect preamps for their tone shaping.

great, i didn't know that. i just thought it should be possible due to my
sansamp can run into effect returns or power amps

solid state power amps are pretty much the same. ......
tube power amps are a different story

sure tube amps sound better. that's why i mentioned only ss guitar
poweramps.
ever anyone compared ss to tube poweramps? are they worth the
money? can i operate them with power amp distortion?
(must be dangerous, i just blew a 35 w speaker with an 17w tube amp -
what may a overdriven 90w amp do?)

martin