imortant questions please help
imortant questions please help
Hey im 16 and im starting a band and i need a new amp for my electric guitar. The amp has to be loud enuff to filla room of people over the drums, which mine does not do right now, but i dnt want to spend a lot of moeny i was looking at amps from 200 300 dollars u think they will be loud enuff, how many watts should it be ,etc...please help im confused
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well, what kinda music do you wanna play?
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not for that amount of moneyMacht wrote:psuah, all i can say is Marshall
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id recommend a Traynor.. you can probably find a YCV40T for that much... all tube. Traynors are the best bang for the bucks out there.
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.
a 15 watt tube amp is very loud. it will fill a room. But for like a club you might have to mike it. but i think the 15 watt tube is the best ever.
as for spider. i have a spider 1 and it is really versatile and pretty loud. but i'd call it a beginner amp. i'm gonna get a Blues Juniour sometime in 2005. the spider is good but tubes are an upgrade. i think you can get a blues juniour for around 300.
and remember that tube watts are much much louder than solidstate watts. 15 tube watts is like 50 solidstate watts.
as for spider. i have a spider 1 and it is really versatile and pretty loud. but i'd call it a beginner amp. i'm gonna get a Blues Juniour sometime in 2005. the spider is good but tubes are an upgrade. i think you can get a blues juniour for around 300.
and remember that tube watts are much much louder than solidstate watts. 15 tube watts is like 50 solidstate watts.
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i think more around 30... just my thoughts though.grock wrote: and remember that tube watts are much much louder than solidstate watts. 15 tube watts is like 50 solidstate watts.
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turn both all the wya up and then tell us what you thinkshane wrote:i think more around 30... just my thoughts though.grock wrote: and remember that tube watts are much much louder than solidstate watts. 15 tube watts is like 50 solidstate watts.
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lol i cant compare... i have my 80 watt tube amp and my 15 watt solid state...Macht wrote:turn both all the wya up and then tell us what you thinkshane wrote:i think more around 30... just my thoughts though.grock wrote: and remember that tube watts are much much louder than solidstate watts. 15 tube watts is like 50 solidstate watts.
its always good to have a little headroom by the way. there wont always be a PA and 15 may not be loud enough.
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.
yeah head room will give you less tube distortion. so to crank the amp you have way too much volume. I really think 15 is the way to go for most gigs. anywhere that you would need a 100 watt marshall tube amp should also have a PA.
and you can always add a 4x10 or 2x12 cabinet and that will give you a ton more volume.
and you can always add a 4x10 or 2x12 cabinet and that will give you a ton more volume.
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if you can get it up higher, then more wattage will sound amazing. my amp is a 2x12 (combo), and im extremely excited because my youth group just got a shure SM57 which i used wednesday night. i turned up my amp pretty loud, pointed it against a wall and had the mic pointed at it, and it sounded incredible.grock wrote:yeah head room will give you less tube distortion. so to crank the amp you have way too much volume. I really think 15 is the way to go for most gigs. anywhere that you would need a 100 watt marshall tube amp should also have a PA.
and you can always add a 4x10 or 2x12 cabinet and that will give you a ton more volume.
depending on your amp, you can do a lot to manipulate the tone. with mine, i keep the master volume at 10 and adjust each channels volume accordingly. it makes the sound much better.
the only thing i dont like is how the volume with the boost is much louder than the normal gain channel.
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.
i have the blues jr. it's awesome. truly, it is.grock wrote:a 15 watt tube amp is very loud. it will fill a room. But for like a club you might have to mike it. but i think the 15 watt tube is the best ever.
as for spider. i have a spider 1 and it is really versatile and pretty loud. but i'd call it a beginner amp. i'm gonna get a Blues Juniour sometime in 2005. the spider is good but tubes are an upgrade. i think you can get a blues juniour for around 300.
and remember that tube watts are much much louder than solidstate watts. 15 tube watts is like 50 solidstate watts.
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