Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
Thanks for the help everyone, in the end I went with the Laney L5 Studio 5 watt head! I have a plan to have a cabinet with a vintage 30 and green back in it. The amp is so small that I can put the 2x12 cab vertically and still fit the amp on the top
Thanks for the help everyone, in the end I went with the Laney L5 Studio 5 watt head! I have a plan to have a cabinet with a vintage 30 and green back in it. The amp is so small that I can put the 2x12 cab vertically and still fit the amp on the top
regan
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
Please let us know how you get on with this amp particularly the <1 watt setting.
you can get greenbacks & v30's in 10" guise as well I'm tempted to build a 2x10" myself for home use
Thanks for the help everyone, in the end I went with the Laney L5 Studio 5 watt head! I have a plan to have a cabinet with a vintage 30 and green back in it. The amp is so small that I can put the 2x12 cab vertically and still fit the amp on the top
Please let us know how you get on with this amp particularly the <1 watt setting.
you can get greenbacks & v30's in 10" guise as well I'm tempted to build a 2x10" myself for home use
d1dsj
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
I really like the older Cornford hand wired series but when I recently bought my Dubrielle Tele I the guy had a Cornell Romany Plus which sounded glorious. A Cornford Harlequin, Carrera or Hurricane would be a good find too.
Dohhhhhh.... You're sorted!
I really like the older Cornford hand wired series but when I recently bought my Dubrielle Tele I the guy had a Cornell Romany Plus which sounded glorious. A Cornford Harlequin, Carrera or Hurricane would be a good find too.
Dohhhhhh.... You're sorted!
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Funkfingers
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
I have a mk1 HT-5 mini stack. IMO, the problems that you had with yours were due to the poor quality stock Chinese valves and Cerestion loudspeaker. I upgraded with British-made valves and an Eminence Legend loudspeaker. A 10" loudspeaker sounds fine, provided that it is of sufficiently high quality.
For playing in a room, I add reverb with a BOSS FRV-1 pedal in the send/return loop. For recording, I add reverb in the DAW environment.
+1 to the Cornell Romany Plus. (I would say this, wouldn't I?) Their Vintage Brown 10 is the model that I would have suggested. Way over budget but a superb recording amplifier. Amps for life.
I have a mk1 HT-5 mini stack. IMO, the problems that you had with yours were due to the poor quality stock Chinese valves and Cerestion loudspeaker. I upgraded with British-made valves and an Eminence Legend loudspeaker. A 10" loudspeaker sounds fine, provided that it is of sufficiently high quality.
For playing in a room, I add reverb with a BOSS FRV-1 pedal in the send/return loop. For recording, I add reverb in the DAW environment.
+1 to the Cornell Romany Plus. (I would say this, wouldn't I?) Their Vintage Brown 10 is the model that I would have suggested. Way over budget but a superb recording amplifier. Amps for life.
InbredJunk
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
I have the ht5rh and 12" box as well. Huge sounds for a little amp. Well worth the money. And they can do many styles of music.
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I have the ht5rh and 12" box as well. Huge sounds for a little amp. Well worth the money. And they can do many styles of music.
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
Thanks for the blackstar information.
Regarding the 0.1 W mode on the laney, it's pretty insane, I can put the amp up to half volume in my room without disturbing anyone. It is much much quiter than 5 watts. I am generally now always playing in 0.1W mode.
I tried a lot of amps and this was my favourite, the list is:
1. Fender Bassbreaker
-- sounded ok, wasn't as impressed as the internet seemed to be, maybe it just wasn't my thing
2. egnater rebel 30 mk2
-- really didn't get on with this one. The distorted tone was quite nice, nothing else was to me
3. Peavey classic 20 little head
-- quite liked this, it gave really cool van halen type tones, but it didn't quite have the transparent sound of the laney that I really liked
4. Peavey valve king 20 little head
-- this was really cool, but made a much more metal sound than I wanted
5. Laney L5 Studio
-- The clean channel sounded like an AC30, really nice and clear
-- The EQ and tone knob do so much, completely changes the sound in a really musical way
-- The dirty channel made really nice bluesy rock
-- Liked the (digi) spring reverb a lot
-- 0.1W operation was awesome
-- I wasn't overly focused on the money and would happily have paid an extra £200 for something better, but this was really good value has to be said
I tried everything except the fender using the same cabinet as well to make sure it was a fair comparison. Did the tests using my SG supreme and some of them with my texas special laden (high output) strat
Thanks for the blackstar information.
Regarding the 0.1 W mode on the laney, it's pretty insane, I can put the amp up to half volume in my room without disturbing anyone. It is much much quiter than 5 watts. I am generally now always playing in 0.1W mode.
I tried a lot of amps and this was my favourite, the list is:
1. Fender Bassbreaker
-- sounded ok, wasn't as impressed as the internet seemed to be, maybe it just wasn't my thing
2. egnater rebel 30 mk2
-- really didn't get on with this one. The distorted tone was quite nice, nothing else was to me
3. Peavey classic 20 little head
-- quite liked this, it gave really cool van halen type tones, but it didn't quite have the transparent sound of the laney that I really liked
4. Peavey valve king 20 little head
-- this was really cool, but made a much more metal sound than I wanted
5. Laney L5 Studio
-- The clean channel sounded like an AC30, really nice and clear
-- The EQ and tone knob do so much, completely changes the sound in a really musical way
-- The dirty channel made really nice bluesy rock
-- Liked the (digi) spring reverb a lot
-- 0.1W operation was awesome
-- I wasn't overly focused on the money and would happily have paid an extra £200 for something better, but this was really good value has to be said
I tried everything except the fender using the same cabinet as well to make sure it was a fair comparison. Did the tests using my SG supreme and some of them with my texas special laden (high output) strat
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guitarSQUIRELL
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
Well, I haven't bought one "YET". But, I'm looking at the Orange Amps Micro Terror. Fits in the palm of your hand. Has a single 12AX7 preamp tube and the rest is a solid state power section. No reverb unfortunately. They run around $150 USD. I have read a lot of GREAT reviews on these micro amps. Not to mention it has a headphone out jack, auxiliary in for MP3. No effects loop unless you get the micro Dark Terror for $189 USD. ALSO, it's an astounding 20 Watt amp head. I hope to sell my 120 Watt Solid State head to purchase one of these Orabge amps really soon. Here is s link to the amp specs for you.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Orange-...0-20W-Hybrid-Guitar-Amp-Head-1332174267048.gc
Well, I haven't bought one "YET". But, I'm looking at the Orange Amps Micro Terror. Fits in the palm of your hand. Has a single 12AX7 preamp tube and the rest is a solid state power section. No reverb unfortunately. They run around $150 USD. I have read a lot of GREAT reviews on these micro amps. Not to mention it has a headphone out jack, auxiliary in for MP3. No effects loop unless you get the micro Dark Terror for $189 USD. ALSO, it's an astounding 20 Watt amp head. I hope to sell my 120 Watt Solid State head to purchase one of these Orabge amps really soon. Here is s link to the amp specs for you.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Orange-...0-20W-Hybrid-Guitar-Amp-Head-1332174267048.gc
Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
Thanks for the suggestion, but the other amps I am looking into are 3x the price so it isn't really a fair comparison.
However, I would suggest you get an all valve amp instead man. If you like the small simple head plan like the microterror, maybe checkout the blackstar ht-1rh, in England it is not massively more expensive and is all valve, and has reverb
Thanks for the suggestion, but the other amps I am looking into are 3x the price so it isn't really a fair comparison.
However, I would suggest you get an all valve amp instead man. If you like the small simple head plan like the microterror, maybe checkout the blackstar ht-1rh, in England it is not massively more expensive and is all valve, and has reverb
BRHGM
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Re: Small as possible tube amp with reverb and 12" speaker
A fully cranked AC 15 kicks the crap out of a Blues Jr any day of the week. However, I'm not saying that the Blues Jr. isn't a nice amp. It's a good for what it does and also sounds great with harmonica and lap steel. The AC15 is a much louder amp.
A fully cranked AC 15 kicks the crap out of a Blues Jr any day of the week. However, I'm not saying that the Blues Jr. isn't a nice amp. It's a good for what it does and also sounds great with harmonica and lap steel. The AC15 is a much louder amp.
