TRex
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Re: Need a new amp. First tube amp, help me choose!
You are thinking the windsor i think
Need a new amp. First tube amp, help me choose!
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Zarg
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Re: Need a new amp. First tube amp, help me choose!
the Jet City JCA22H really sounds great too... I'm so torn, and this sounds really like what I want .... its so difficult to find the right one.
But right now I'm going much towards the jet city... 20W or 50W? what do you guys think? they are both affordable enough for me, but I guess the 20W would be enough.
the Jet City JCA22H really sounds great too... I'm so torn, and this sounds really like what I want .... its so difficult to find the right one.
But right now I'm going much towards the jet city... 20W or 50W? what do you guys think? they are both affordable enough for me, but I guess the 20W would be enough.
Empty Pockets
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Jet City would be my choice for sure. Blackstar is great for a modern metal tone, too, but the Jet City is more like an old school rocknroll amp that you can push harder with pedals. I'll have one eventually, even though I've got plenty of amps...
Jet City would be my choice for sure. Blackstar is great for a modern metal tone, too, but the Jet City is more like an old school rocknroll amp that you can push harder with pedals. I'll have one eventually, even though I've got plenty of amps...
guitfiddle
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Re: Need a new amp. First tube amp, help me choose!
Since your thinking of used as an option, check to see if you can find a Jet City JCA20 single channel amp. It'll be less $ than the two channel version, and will respond the same to pedals. Then you might have enough left over for some killer speaker.
Since your thinking of used as an option, check to see if you can find a Jet City JCA20 single channel amp. It'll be less $ than the two channel version, and will respond the same to pedals. Then you might have enough left over for some killer speaker.
Zarg
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Re: Need a new amp. First tube amp, help me choose!
I already have a speaker cab, 4x12, Celestion V30 loaded. I'm torn between the 20 and 50 watt version. I play with one other guitar player and a drummer, neither of them is very loud, we can practice without ear plugs but I want to make sure its able to do smaller gigs too
I already have a speaker cab, 4x12, Celestion V30 loaded. I'm torn between the 20 and 50 watt version. I play with one other guitar player and a drummer, neither of them is very loud, we can practice without ear plugs but I want to make sure its able to do smaller gigs too
regan
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I'd take the big bottles = big tone with a pinch of salt, I owned a Marshall silver jubilee 2554 (2xEL34) and a mesa boogie maverick (4xEL84) both 1x12 but ran both through a 2x12 with v30's
the boogie was fatter, bassier & more '3D' than the Marshall. the Marshall had more gain but tbh the boogie was so much thicker and alive you didn't need so much gain.
I wish I never sold the boogie but they were both too loud, if I buy another expensive amp I'd take a look at a rectoverb 25 or express 5:25 the fact they are EL84's wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
OP I'd take a look (& listen) at Marshall Orange & Laney 15-20 watt heads even if they are el84/6v6
I'd take the big bottles = big tone with a pinch of salt, I owned a Marshall silver jubilee 2554 (2xEL34) and a mesa boogie maverick (4xEL84) both 1x12 but ran both through a 2x12 with v30's
the boogie was fatter, bassier & more '3D' than the Marshall. the Marshall had more gain but tbh the boogie was so much thicker and alive you didn't need so much gain.
I wish I never sold the boogie but they were both too loud, if I buy another expensive amp I'd take a look at a rectoverb 25 or express 5:25 the fact they are EL84's wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
OP I'd take a look (& listen) at Marshall Orange & Laney 15-20 watt heads even if they are el84/6v6
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guitfiddle
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Re: Need a new amp. First tube amp, help me choose!
With that cab, it'll be pretty loud. I guess it's better to have power you don't often need, rather than need more and have none, but I play pretty loud, and I've never ran my JCA20 over 6 out of 9 on the volume or gain. That's about 1 o'clock on the dial.
With that cab, it'll be pretty loud. I guess it's better to have power you don't often need, rather than need more and have none, but I play pretty loud, and I've never ran my JCA20 over 6 out of 9 on the volume or gain. That's about 1 o'clock on the dial.
Phantasmagoria
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Re: Need a new amp. First tube amp, help me choose!
Nothing wrong with EL84's...my 15 watt 2xEL84 head is as thick as any of my other amps...they have a sweet thing going on in the mids too.
Nothing wrong with EL84's...my 15 watt 2xEL84 head is as thick as any of my other amps...they have a sweet thing going on in the mids too.
Benthedemon007
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Try a Marshall DSL40 combo. It's pretty much what you're looking for; great for hard rock/metal, budget, versatile and, well, Marshall ('nuff said). I don't know why more people haven't suggested it to you, as it is essentially everything you're asking for.
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Try a Marshall DSL40 combo. It's pretty much what you're looking for; great for hard rock/metal, budget, versatile and, well, Marshall ('nuff said). I don't know why more people haven't suggested it to you, as it is essentially everything you're asking for.
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