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So after my other thread I went and played some of the amps I was looking at. The epiphone was kinda, well, ahh..
Before I had played the valve junior head through a 2x12 cab with it cranked and it was sweet. I thought that the valve special with the gain controls and all would give me something at lower volumes, but not so much.
Move on to the laney LC15R. I liked this amp, sounded good under different gain situations, only a 10" speaker but overall nice.
I also played the fender hot rod deluxe. It wasnt really on my list but there was a good deal on one. I liked this also, same as the laney, just a little bit more. 2 channels instead of one. ended up being too expensive.
Went and played the crate v16, nice gain sounds, overall nice. once again one channel. also a little more than I want to spend.
I did not get to crank any of these any, so keep that in mind.
I have thought for a while that the traynor ycv20 (or the wr) would be perfect for me, dont know why. I found a great deal on one, but I cant go play it. Nor will I be able to get to one in another store to play before I have to decide if I want to buy it. So the question is, does anybody have one that have have played some higher gain stuff through. I am not talking ultra high gain, just higher than classic rock gain. I have read some reviews that say the gain is not that great, but many others rave about the amp overall. No mention of higher gain though. So I need clips or something. I may put a g12t75 in a sealed box as an extension speaker and use it if I want this sound, and to be truthful it wont be my main sound. But, I grew up playing metal so I need to be able to at least get some of this out of the amp.
Before I had played the valve junior head through a 2x12 cab with it cranked and it was sweet. I thought that the valve special with the gain controls and all would give me something at lower volumes, but not so much.
Move on to the laney LC15R. I liked this amp, sounded good under different gain situations, only a 10" speaker but overall nice.
I also played the fender hot rod deluxe. It wasnt really on my list but there was a good deal on one. I liked this also, same as the laney, just a little bit more. 2 channels instead of one. ended up being too expensive.
Went and played the crate v16, nice gain sounds, overall nice. once again one channel. also a little more than I want to spend.
I did not get to crank any of these any, so keep that in mind.
I have thought for a while that the traynor ycv20 (or the wr) would be perfect for me, dont know why. I found a great deal on one, but I cant go play it. Nor will I be able to get to one in another store to play before I have to decide if I want to buy it. So the question is, does anybody have one that have have played some higher gain stuff through. I am not talking ultra high gain, just higher than classic rock gain. I have read some reviews that say the gain is not that great, but many others rave about the amp overall. No mention of higher gain though. So I need clips or something. I may put a g12t75 in a sealed box as an extension speaker and use it if I want this sound, and to be truthful it wont be my main sound. But, I grew up playing metal so I need to be able to at least get some of this out of the amp.
