qsark
 Offline
Posts: 10
|
 |
« on: February 03, 2010, 07:57:17 PM » |
|
I'm looking to buy a new amp. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking for something bigger and louder than what I have now. I currently play through a Marshall MG50RCD with a Digitech RP 250 using a Tradition G12 Gold. I'm looking for something that handles effects well and doesn't distort at higher volumes. I would like to stay under $350.00.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
jlynnb1
|
|
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 11:38:16 PM » |
|
do you have a preference between tube or ss??
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Gibby
|
|
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2010, 02:10:47 PM » |
|
do you have a preference between tube or ss??
 you're asking for a preference???  Just kidding... anywho...if you want something louder you should go with the tube amp... go to www.musiciansfriend.com and look under tube amps. See if you can get a tube amp that satisfies your needs. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary...
|
|
|
|
jlynnb1
|
|
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 09:58:11 PM » |
|
lol, well I had to ask.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
funkStrat_97
|
|
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 01:52:22 PM » |
|
I'm looking to buy a new amp. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking for something bigger and louder than what I have now. I currently play through a Marshall MG50RCD with a Digitech RP 250 using a Tradition G12 Gold. I'm looking for something that handles effects well and doesn't distort at higher volumes. I would like to stay under $350.00.
I know, I know; it's not a tube amp, but this is a solid bet. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing; he who stays with her is a man who needs our prayers!
|
|
|
qsark
Offline
Posts: 10
|
|
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2010, 10:06:22 AM » |
|
do you have a preference between tube or ss??
For praise and worship at my church, my present amp is plenty loud enough. I also sing and play in a group where we have drums, keys, bass, and two guitars. The other guitar player plays through Crate with two 12's. With his amp and all of the other instruments, I have trouble hearing what I'm doing sometimes and I'm usually right in front of my amp. It's been several years since I have played through a tube amp. The last time I played through one I was just starting out and really didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the sound. Until I go play through one, I have no preference. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
qsark
Offline
Posts: 10
|
|
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2010, 10:12:44 PM » |
|
I purchacsed a Peavey Windsor Half Stack today. Not my first choice in amps but I got a really good deal. The amp has barely been played and I was able to buy the head and the matching cab for $325. I'm probably going to sell it or trade it in for something smaller though. It's too much amp for where I play and it doesn't clean up as well as I would like...but hey for what I paid for it I should be able to get back what I paid for it and then some. I was thinking of sticking with tubes but I need something that has a good clean sound to it.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Gibby
|
|
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2010, 07:03:42 AM » |
|
I purchacsed a Peavey Windsor Half Stack today. Not my first choice in amps but I got a really good deal. The amp has barely been played and I was able to buy the head and the matching cab for $325. I'm probably going to sell it or trade it in for something smaller though. It's too much amp for where I play and it doesn't clean up as well as I would like...but hey for what I paid for it I should be able to get back what I paid for it and then some. I was thinking of sticking with tubes but I need something that has a good clean sound to it.
tubes aren't clean enough for you? |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary...
|
|
|
|
jlynnb1
|
|
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2010, 08:14:02 AM » |
|
tubes aren't clean enough for you?
i know right?? the greatest clean amps on earth are tube. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
JayP5150
|
 |
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 09:40:18 AM » |
|
Regarding 'too much amp,' I played my 5150 412 in church for a couple years  Have you really tested the dynamic range of the Windsor? How does it clean up with the volume knob? Maybe a volume pedal would help you to easily get that clean sound you want. I thought these had a good clean? But I may be mixing up my amps... With the wattage there, though, you should be ably to get quite some volume before you reach breakup. I'd give a good run-through before you write it off. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Gibby
|
|
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2010, 09:45:13 AM » |
|
i know right?? the greatest clean amps on earth are tube.
I would agree...BTJM. Regarding 'too much amp,' I played my 5150 412 in church for a couple years I would love to see the MOM eyes if I brought that type of rig into the church. They say i'm too loud with my deville |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary...
|
|
|
|
JayP5150
|
|
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2010, 12:23:30 PM » |
|
My bad, the Windsor is a single channel amp. Still, at low gain, I'd imagine it will give you 'some' clean. I mean, how clean do you really need to be?  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Gibby
|
|
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2010, 12:37:30 PM » |
|
I mean, how clean do you really need to be?  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary...
|
|
|
|
jlynnb1
|
|
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2010, 05:23:28 PM » |
|
for the same amount of money you could have gotten a used Peavey Classic 30 and been much happier.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
qsark
Offline
Posts: 10
|
|
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2010, 08:55:23 PM » |
|
I was able to do some tweaking tonight at choir rehearsal and I was able to clean it up nice. I brought it home with me to mess with it some more. I'm still thinking of giong to my local music store which is a Peavey dealer and exploring my trade in options. I play for my church choir and a quartet. After bringing it home this evening, I'm already tired of moving it around. My group does travel around the state singing about twice a month. That's something else I have to consider.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
KingDavidBlues
|
|
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2010, 02:50:33 PM » |
|
I play a Fender Ultimate Chorus (2x12 130W), which is a (shamefully) discontinued solid state, for the clean tones at church.The headroom is great, and Fender's chorus and reverb are complmentary to a lot of the songs. I prefer a tube amp (my silverface Bassman is a monster!) for home, but you actually can crank a solid state much higher without distortion... in case you're not mic'd to the house (which for a long time, I was not... the elders in the first few rows probably should get their hearing checked...)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
