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Jan 11 2008, 05:24 AM
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So, I've recently run across this little guy, and I'm very interested! It's a 5 watt tube head, with 4, 8, and 16 ohm outputs. This sounds very nice, as I typically don't play very loud, even 5 watts could be pushing it for me, if it's all the way up!
I've been very interested in tube amps lately, and I figure that this is a good start. I realize it won't be anything amazing, but it is a tube amp, and it is only 5 watts, which means I can saturate it without it being too ridiculously loud. I've been looking into a Tubescreamer (or something similar), and I figure it will only really do it's job if it's driving a tube amp, so I think that buying one of these and an overdrive pedal could be just what I'm looking for. So, what do you guys think? Have any experience with this little guy? Any suggestions, advice? There is also a combo version of this amp, but I think I'm more interested in the head/stack version. Especially since it has the changeable output settings, which means that I can hook it up to just about any cabinet I could find! Thanks in advance!  P.S. I do plan on trying it out. If I remember correctly, I think there actually was one of these at the local Guitar Center. I just want to get some advice from GMC as well! This post has been edited by Zephyr: Jan 11 2008, 05:27 AM |
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Jan 11 2008, 05:37 AM
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QUOTE (Zephyr @ Jan 10 2008, 10:24 PM)  So, I've recently run across this little guy, and I'm very interested! It's a 5 watt tube head, with 4, 8, and 16 ohm outputs. This sounds very nice, as I typically don't play very loud, even 5 watts could be pushing it for me, if it's all the way up! I've been very interested in tube amps lately, and I figure that this is a good start. I realize it won't be anything amazing, but it is a tube amp, and it is only 5 watts, which means I can saturate it without it being too ridiculously loud. I've been looking into a Tubescreamer (or something similar), and I figure it will only really do it's job if it's driving a tube amp, so I think that buying one of these and an overdrive pedal could be just what I'm looking for. So, what do you guys think? Have any experience with this little guy? Any suggestions, advice? There is also a combo version of this amp, but I think I'm more interested in the head/stack version. Especially since it has the changeable output settings, which means that I can hook it up to just about any cabinet I could find! Thanks in advance! I have one, so does Andrew. Many mods available for it. Used to be a bit cheaper last year actually. Got mine for $100, then they raised prices. It is still a good deal. 5 watts is still loud. I forget the formula, believe it is the cube root of the watt increase is the loudness increase, meaning you need 40 watts to be twice as loud as a 5 watt amp. I guess that is because space is 3 dimensional. Of course space is actually 10 dimensional, with time being the 11th. But we can ignore that for the present discussion. |
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but you mean it would still be fairly loud? It seems pretty expensive for a 5 watt amp, but I have heard that tube amps are much louder than a solid-state amp. I play pretty quietly most of the time anyways, I have a 100 watt (solid state) amp, and I almost never push it past 1. 
BUT I knew this before I bought it as I had done some reseach and had been looking into modding it anyway.
Ill have more time to practice now its done.
 
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