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Gospel Instruments => Gospel Guitar => Topic started by: qsark on February 03, 2010, 07:57:17 PM
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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.
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do you have a preference between tube or ss??
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do you have a preference between tube or ss??
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you're asking for a preference???
:D
Just kidding...
anywho...if you want something louder you should go with the tube amp...
go to www.musiciansfriend.com (http://www.musiciansfriend.com) and look under tube amps. See if you can get a tube amp that satisfies your needs.
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lol, well I had to ask. ;D
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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 (http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Peavey-Bandit-112-Guitar-Amplifier-with-TransTube-Technology?sku=481332).
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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.
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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.
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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?
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tubes aren't clean enough for you?
i know right?? the greatest clean amps on earth are tube.
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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.
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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 :D
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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? ;)
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I mean, how clean do you really need to be? ;)
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for the same amount of money you could have gotten a used Peavey Classic 30 and been much happier.
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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.
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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...)
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A used roland jc120 is good choice too if you want clean.