Green Goblin
New Member
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2009
- Messages
- 377
I don't really play my AC4TV much anymore. The main amp I use is a ZT Lunchbox with extension cabinet; though mostly I use a Korg PX4D through a pair of monitors, which has some nice tones but the higher gain tones don't cut well and have a lot of hiss. It's a good base for pedals, but has limited bass response and tends to round off the high ends a bit too harshly.
I'm probably going to sell the AC4 and use it to fund a new amp.
I'm looking for an amp that sound decent at bedroom volumes primarily, but also giggable; so no 5 watt mini tube amps.
I'm not too bothered by tubes vs. solid state if it's a good SS amp. I was looking into the Peavey Bandit, but I'm not sure I like the tones on offer that much. Primarily what I need is a decent amount of clean headroom for pedals, and an effects loop if the amp itself has good gain.
I don't want to spend more than about 500 euros(probably be going used). One amp I'm looking at, at the moment is the Engl Gigmaster 15. It's portability makes it pretty ideal but it doesn't have reverb which kind of bothers me, I'd also be worried about the bass response of the speaker. I have a Line 6 M9 and it's good to not have to use reverb on it so I free up a slot. Again I'm not sure how gone I am on the tone. I often tend to like more trebley tone and it seems to be focused on the mid heavy rock sort of sound.
There are a lot of great tube combos in my price range but very few of them are ideal due to the clean channel/effects loop requirement, and also sounding good at lower levels. A Tiny Terror would be nice but it doesn't have an effects loop, reverb or clean headroom so even if I like the tone it would be kind of useless for my applications.
I've also considered the Laney VC15, again for portability, and it's got a great tone but bedroom volumes could be an issue. Also the one tone that sounds really good and low noise on my PX4D is the AC15 model.
The appealing thing about the Bandit and ENGL mainly is the attenuation and direct out. I have a crappy small apartment so things tend to sound awful miced.
I'm probably going to sell the AC4 and use it to fund a new amp.
I'm looking for an amp that sound decent at bedroom volumes primarily, but also giggable; so no 5 watt mini tube amps.
I'm not too bothered by tubes vs. solid state if it's a good SS amp. I was looking into the Peavey Bandit, but I'm not sure I like the tones on offer that much. Primarily what I need is a decent amount of clean headroom for pedals, and an effects loop if the amp itself has good gain.
I don't want to spend more than about 500 euros(probably be going used). One amp I'm looking at, at the moment is the Engl Gigmaster 15. It's portability makes it pretty ideal but it doesn't have reverb which kind of bothers me, I'd also be worried about the bass response of the speaker. I have a Line 6 M9 and it's good to not have to use reverb on it so I free up a slot. Again I'm not sure how gone I am on the tone. I often tend to like more trebley tone and it seems to be focused on the mid heavy rock sort of sound.
There are a lot of great tube combos in my price range but very few of them are ideal due to the clean channel/effects loop requirement, and also sounding good at lower levels. A Tiny Terror would be nice but it doesn't have an effects loop, reverb or clean headroom so even if I like the tone it would be kind of useless for my applications.
I've also considered the Laney VC15, again for portability, and it's got a great tone but bedroom volumes could be an issue. Also the one tone that sounds really good and low noise on my PX4D is the AC15 model.
The appealing thing about the Bandit and ENGL mainly is the attenuation and direct out. I have a crappy small apartment so things tend to sound awful miced.