these amps are all pretty expensive for such low wattage... why is this? do they have AMAZING sound? i wanna get a nice sounding amp and all ill have to do is plug it into my friends speakers so is this the way to go?
whats up with these amps?
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search?b=990&sc=price&so=desc&c=4279&fc=0&it=GZ641
these amps are all pretty expensive for such low wattage... why is this? do they have AMAZING sound? i wanna get a nice sounding amp and all ill have to do is plug it into my friends speakers so is this the way to go?
these amps are all pretty expensive for such low wattage... why is this? do they have AMAZING sound? i wanna get a nice sounding amp and all ill have to do is plug it into my friends speakers so is this the way to go?
# 1
if i'm not mistaken, they're tube amps and have class A tubes...class A tubes sound the best but also die faster than A/B. and yes, 25 watts tube is WAY louder than 25 watts solid state and if it's class A, you could probably drive a speaker cab with that little thing and get a pretty decent crunch.
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# 2
oh well if i were to buy one which would you prefer... galaxy or valve...? i dont know the diffrence...
# 3
really...i'd say play them in person if you can and figure out which one you like...look at the options on all the amps...consider what power you'd need...what you want to do...where you're playing.
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# 4
Yeah i gotta say i agree with the Valve's being louder than Transistor's. i got a carvin valve amp, which is only 50Watt, it powers a 4x12" cab VERY easily, id go for anything with tubes in it, the only thing is, cost and maintanance. but as far as tone goes, you cant beat a nice valve amp
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# 5
i dont really know much about these things but ive just bought a marshall mg amp n its got a thing called freqency dependant damping thats ment to emulate the sound of a valve amp n they say it is one of the best yet, it sound pretty good to me, they are solid state not tube so im guessing lower maintanence and price, i love mine
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# 6
The conversion of tube wattage to solid state wattage is roughly 2 solid state watts equal one tube watt... so a 50 watt tube amp would be roughly as loud as a 100 watt solid state amp.
As for those amps... I would probably not get any of them. Small amps like that are mostly only good for either a nice practice amp... or recording. But its your preference don't let someone on here convince you otherwise.
As for those amps... I would probably not get any of them. Small amps like that are mostly only good for either a nice practice amp... or recording. But its your preference don't let someone on here convince you otherwise.
# 7
Personally, i would not buy any tube amp with dsp effects...for me it takes away that organic tube edge that I love so much.
A 25wtt tube amp is perfectly good for any club gig with a house pa system...a 15wt is probably a bit weak...but I reckon you could manage.
at the end of the day, this stuff all boils down to personal preference(as does pretty much everything guitar-wise, above a certain level) try out various amps and see what you like...the vast majority of players who can afford to play tube amps do, but thats not to say that some dont...even some famous guys like the Late Chuck Shulinder of Death (played Marshall valvestate) and the sadly missed Dimebag (famous for his solid-state Randalls) preferred solid state transistor technology to tube...you gotta try it all to see man...
A 25wtt tube amp is perfectly good for any club gig with a house pa system...a 15wt is probably a bit weak...but I reckon you could manage.
at the end of the day, this stuff all boils down to personal preference(as does pretty much everything guitar-wise, above a certain level) try out various amps and see what you like...the vast majority of players who can afford to play tube amps do, but thats not to say that some dont...even some famous guys like the Late Chuck Shulinder of Death (played Marshall valvestate) and the sadly missed Dimebag (famous for his solid-state Randalls) preferred solid state transistor technology to tube...you gotta try it all to see man...
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# 8
Originally Posted by: Andrew Sathe sadly missed Dimebag (famous for his solid-state Randalls) preferred solid state transistor technology to tube...you gotta try it all to see man...
actually one of the changes before he died was that he started using krank tube amps....so that's kind of a moot point...
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