Mallowpuff
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I'm still just a beginner, I have a Roland cube 30 and half of a cube 20x, but the Peavey Bandit 112 transtube that I've always wanted is sitting at the guitar shop for 150$ "Like-New"
I know, I have enough amps..
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PFDarkside
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Re: I know, I have enough amps..
A. Never enough amps, an electric guitar without an amp is incomplete, the amp helps form the guitar's voice
B. Don't just buy amps to buy amps, what does the new one do that the old one(s) can't do? Your Cube is a good modeling amp that can cop many tones. For most players, the next step is a small or mid-sized semi-pro/professional (tube) amp that specializes in one of those tones and does it well. Does the Bandit fulfill that requirement?
A. Never enough amps, an electric guitar without an amp is incomplete, the amp helps form the guitar's voice
B. Don't just buy amps to buy amps, what does the new one do that the old one(s) can't do? Your Cube is a good modeling amp that can cop many tones. For most players, the next step is a small or mid-sized semi-pro/professional (tube) amp that specializes in one of those tones and does it well. Does the Bandit fulfill that requirement?
Mallowpuff
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Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Exactly. It doesn't have anything I need. I love my cube and couldn't wish for anything better at the moment.
It's just that the Bandit is that amp that I've wanted since I first started thinking about amps. I just don't have any justification for buying it.
Exactly. It doesn't have anything I need. I love my cube and couldn't wish for anything better at the moment.
It's just that the Bandit is that amp that I've wanted since I first started thinking about amps. I just don't have any justification for buying it.
Mallowpuff
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ehdwuld
A Ficus
Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Have you played it?
At best every bandit. Have seen would benefit from a speaker change.
$150 aint bad
Play it and pontificate
There's a Valvetronix 30+ down in pcola for $119
Lots of great amps
The bandits aren't going away
No need to rush
*(Sent from my durned phone!)*
Have you played it?
At best every bandit. Have seen would benefit from a speaker change.
$150 aint bad
Play it and pontificate
There's a Valvetronix 30+ down in pcola for $119
Lots of great amps
The bandits aren't going away
No need to rush
*(Sent from my durned phone!)*
Edgecrusher
Well-known member
Re: I know, I have enough amps..
I get it... around here the Bandit has a very vocal following of fans... but at the end of the day its not really massively better sounding than your cube. If you were saying "Hey iam playing with a band and i need something louder than my cube to get me started" I would say buy it.... But otherwise its a sideways to meh upgrade at best.
I dont know how many guys i know started with an 80 dollar amp... then bought a 175 dollar amp... then a 250 dollar amp...and after 5 years had a mountain of crap in their basement that they couldnt sell for beans and wished they would have saved that 1200 bucks for a nice tube head.
Find a tonal direction you want to head in and go after that... its ok if it changes but have a goal in mind not just buy to buy cause you want one for no real apparent reason.
I get it... around here the Bandit has a very vocal following of fans... but at the end of the day its not really massively better sounding than your cube. If you were saying "Hey iam playing with a band and i need something louder than my cube to get me started" I would say buy it.... But otherwise its a sideways to meh upgrade at best.
I dont know how many guys i know started with an 80 dollar amp... then bought a 175 dollar amp... then a 250 dollar amp...and after 5 years had a mountain of crap in their basement that they couldnt sell for beans and wished they would have saved that 1200 bucks for a nice tube head.
Find a tonal direction you want to head in and go after that... its ok if it changes but have a goal in mind not just buy to buy cause you want one for no real apparent reason.
Edgecrusher
Well-known member
Re: I know, I have enough amps..
I'm sure you will find one however thin it is.
I just don't have any justification for buying it.
I'm sure you will find one however thin it is.
Rand-O-Monium
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Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Low-ball 'em & run your Roland into it!!!
:headbang:
(then start saving-up!)
Low-ball 'em & run your Roland into it!!!
:headbang:
(then start saving-up!)
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Brandenburg
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Re: I know, I have enough amps..
when i 1st started playing many years ago.. i had a fender 10 or 15 watt.. after 2 or so years of playing i bought a new RG 100es for $949 which was alot of money,since i was making like 4.15 an hour at the time.. I still have the amp 24 years later and its only been in the shop once in that time
i agree.. its best to save and get a decent amp
when i 1st started playing many years ago.. i had a fender 10 or 15 watt.. after 2 or so years of playing i bought a new RG 100es for $949 which was alot of money,since i was making like 4.15 an hour at the time.. I still have the amp 24 years later and its only been in the shop once in that time
i agree.. its best to save and get a decent amp
dominus
King Midas to Cheap Guitars
Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Some of us get better sounds out of solid state amps than we do digital or tube amps.
Some of us get better sounds out of solid state amps than we do digital or tube amps.
Wormhelmet
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Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Have to agree with this. My first consideration is how it sounds. Whether it has tubes or no tubes or is hybrid doesn't matter in the least to me. Will it get me sonically where I'm wanting to go is all I think about first.
Have to agree with this. My first consideration is how it sounds. Whether it has tubes or no tubes or is hybrid doesn't matter in the least to me. Will it get me sonically where I'm wanting to go is all I think about first.
PFDarkside
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Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Sure, and if the Bandit tone is "that" tone for him, then cool. If one of the Randall SS amps, Sunn SS amps, Lab Series, JC-120 or Peavey amps is the amp that gets that tone, then awesome. I meant "usually tube" in that quote. The real intent is to say "be deliberate" when it comes to gear purchases.
Sure, and if the Bandit tone is "that" tone for him, then cool. If one of the Randall SS amps, Sunn SS amps, Lab Series, JC-120 or Peavey amps is the amp that gets that tone, then awesome. I meant "usually tube" in that quote. The real intent is to say "be deliberate" when it comes to gear purchases.
Nostalgic Distortion
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Re: I know, I have enough amps..
No such thing as too many amps!!!!!
No such thing as too many amps!!!!!
Demanic
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dominus
King Midas to Cheap Guitars
Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Depends on how many tube amps you have.
I've got two tube amps and two attenuators, so I have the right amount.
Depends on how many tube amps you have.
I've got two tube amps and two attenuators, so I have the right amount.
Mallowpuff
New member
Re: I know, I have enough amps..
Haha!
Just like Anthrax says "always room for one more".
Haha!
