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I’m not playing guitar in a band any more, so I’ve not bothered with a giggable guitar amp. If I needed another one I’d be more likely to get a THR100 or something like that.
When you've got a 500W bass combo - OK, it's only 250W into its own internal speaker, but it can drive an extension cab at the full power - that sounds great and only weighs 28lb, it makes you re-evaluate how heavy is acceptable for a guitar amp.
That's lighter than the guitarist's Orange Rocker 30 *head*.
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If I needed distortion like rock, it would have to be a big amp with a good master. @icbm has it right. I also really liked the orange number 7 slipknot sig, which was decent quiet but not sure about way up at gig volume.
Plenty loud enough for gigging and great for home. Built in attenuator for 1w, 15w, 30w or 60w and headphone out. And weight at 43lbs is sensible to take around. The 2x12 ad120vt/vtx has a bigger tone but is 58lbs. VTX are closed back, birch ply cabs and g12 vintage 80w celestion neodymium speakers. VT versions are open backed with mdf cabs and celestion seventy eighty speakers. The mix of valves and modelling has never been bettered...very different to the budget Valvetronix that followed.
It’s easier to get a great tone from that amp at home than it is my fender 68 Princeton or my Fender Tweed Champ even though they are a lot less watts
What needs to be understood is that the power of the amp doesn't control its volume, the *controls* on the amp control its volume - and some work a lot better than others. The power simply limits the maximum volume it can produce, and that you don't need to turn it up full just because you can...
The other thing that doesn't seem widely realised is that 'halfway up' on a volume control doesn't mean the amp is producing half the power. If it's a Log control and the amp doesn't reach full power until it's nearly full up, it will be *far* less than half - but some amps reach full power at, or even below, halfway on the control... in other words there is simply no correlation at all.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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There are plenty of other good options, but the first thing I’d say to try is different speakers. V30s need to be pushed to sound good, Greenbacks on the other hand sound great at low volumes. CL80s and Creambacks are also good at very low volumes and excellent at Louds too.
Ive had 1 watt amps, 4 watt amps with a master, thr10, amps with attenuators, but the orange through a 2x12 is the best of al of them for home use.
It just has a superb master volume.
At home, crank the gain and master volume down, for gigs, master all the way up. Sounds great for both.
Same would apply for a 50W version but for my taste I prefer the smaller one.
Not difficult really.
No point in having an amp built for home practice and gigging, if you hardly take it out gigging within its expected lifespan. That seems logical to me, unless amps are generally reliable for years.