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Mar 23 2010, 02:44 PM
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I'd get two amps. One for home and one for pratice and gigs.
Why not go Blackstar all the way? a HT 5 for home and one of the HT Venue's for practice + gigs? That's what I would treat myself with if I were on the hunt for now gear today. 
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Mar 23 2010, 03:15 PM
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nothing sounds like a marshall, if you like the marshall tone like me
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Mar 25 2010, 12:53 AM
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My recommendation for you is to get a decent head, and a good 212 cab with it. 212 combo is very heavy, and you cannot lift and carry it yourself. Even if you can, you risk serious injury. It's much better to go 2 turns from house-car carrying 15Kg load, then to go at once and lift and carry 30Kg load.
Also, with head, you get ability not to carry the cab if you have one on the playing place. One more important thing is that the separate cab is usually closed and has better bass response, while the combos usually feature an open backed cab, which is OK for some things, like sound dispersion, but the bass response usually suffers. Also, pay special attention to the cab and the speakers, these are VERY important part of the tone. Good cab can mean a world difference, so first buy the head (any head you like, can be JVM for example), and then browse for cabs. I specially advise that you check out 1936 marshall cab, I have one, and I'm more than satisfied on it's size and tone. You can swap speakers if you don't like them, they come with G75T's by default, or with V30s in the 1936V cab. I personally dislike both of these speakers, since 75 has shrill top end, while the V30 is too honky and bright for my taste. Matching the head sound response with the cab one will be one of the smarter investments you have made as far as your tone goes. This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Mar 25 2010, 12:55 AM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Mar 25 2010, 10:01 PM
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Is that ozzy in your avatar pic?
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For the same reason I could get the 100W Artisan head for a steal, but the matching cab had just been sold 'cause they just wanted to get rid of it.|
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Mar 25 2010, 11:50 PM
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very cool man!
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Mar 26 2010, 11:11 PM
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Sorry to hear the news. I hope they will get some heads too. Did they have any other cabs in the store btw? Perhaps you could try different combinations, it can work.
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Mar 26 2010, 11:32 PM
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QUOTE (Skewlbuzz @ Mar 25 2010, 11:01 PM)  For the same reason I could get the 100W Artisan head for a steal Get it! Put this amp in the octagon up against any other amp in the world and it will just crush all resistense! My local store doesn't sell the Artisan series a lot either, the simple explanation is that most people on the hunt for a new amp are looking for cheap Marshall MG'sm Vox's and such. Very seldom they get to see the expensive amps. I think your stores reasoning doesn't hold up. HT series is a popular amp in a popular segment. Just saying that "Blackstar doesn't sell well because Artisan didn't" is just wrong. Well, maybe they know more than me but I think they are jumping to conclusions. Artisan was first to hit the stores, can't base a brands popularity on their handwired and of course more expensive series. So if you can get it at a steal, try to hassle some more, maybe have them throw a dist pedal in. I'd seriously concider it if I were you. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Mar 27 2010, 10:10 AM
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I bet that You could resell it later, for more or same cash that You need to pay to get it:)
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Mar 30 2010, 01:40 AM
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QUOTE (ZakkWylde @ Mar 23 2010, 03:32 PM) Too loud for an apartement but so is the 50 watt JVM... No tube amp sounds to it's full potential at low volumes and it wears o[color="#0000FF"][/color]ut the tubes faster too! Very well said Zakk. This is something to keep in mind when buying an amp. If you buy a nice tube head, it won't really shine on the dirty channel unless you push the tubes with good volume/gain. Getting that great "Marshal Tone" does involve a good bit of volume. A 50 watt Marshall will be quite loud in an apartment and might get you a visit from your neighbors when you turn it up to get tone. If you plan to play at lower volume in the apartment, you can try to drive the signal with a pre-amp before it gets to the head but then you will get more of a "Hybrid" tone than straight marshall tone. You could also go for a pedal board / amp modeling device such as the gnx4 or line 6 pod. This would allow you to work at very low volumes using an emulation of the tone you are looking for. This is not the same thing as a marshall. But it's always good to take every factor, even volume in to consideration. Todd Todd's Instructor Profile This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Mar 30 2010, 01:43 AM |
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