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Jalapeno · October 2014

2x12 is a better sound by far - if it's too heavy you can always replace the speakers with Neodymium magnet ones.

thomasross20 · October 2014

Hmmm, reckon I should go for it then!?
New is £460. Seen they sell for £200+ used. I'd get it for £360 (or maybe the guy would do £400 which'd include the footswitch).

monquixote · October 2014

24kg is fine for a big amp. It's 30kg + where it starts to be an issue.

Big and heavy = bigger and better sound.

My little 1x12 valve combo is 25kg and I walk about with it in one hand and my guitar in the other.

thomasross20 · October 2014

You must be Hulk Hogan lol

thomasross20 · October 2014

So... £400 for 2x60W Blackstar ID:TVP new + footswitch. What do you reckon?

thomasross20 · October 2014

Cheaper than a £1k+ all-tube affair. Cheaper than the HT Club 40.
Bugger it, think I'll get it.

digitalscream · October 2014

Jalapeno said:

2x12 is a better sound by far - if it's too heavy you can always replace the speakers with Neodymium magnet ones.

Not on an ID amp. They sound good with the stock speakers, and basically crap with anything else.

Jalapeno · October 2014

Right everyone shut up now and let this thread die

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vasselmeyer · October 2014

That's actually quite light for a 2x12. My Egnater Rebel 30 2x12 is 88lbs which is 40Kg. While it's liftable I generally move it on it's (optional) casters when I can. Trem-o-verbs are even heavier at around 100lbs (45Kg).

mike_l · October 2014

Jalapeno said:

Right everyone shut up now and let this thread die )

I think there's more chance of me becoming an astronaut.

Beexter · October 2014

I've been in a similar situation to the OP. For years, I played SS amps because I tend to run my amps clean and get dirt from pedals. I find I can get a lot more variety that way. I did wonder what all the fuss was about tube amps so purchased a 15w Laney Cub head to run through a separate 12" cab. Sounded OK but not enough clean headroom to get over a drummer without micing. Sold that and got a Vox Night Train 50 head. That certainly does the clean volume thing very well! But, I still tend to run it clean and use pedals for dirt....For solid state amps, I have a Roland Cube 60, a Cube 80XL and a Tech 21 TM60. (The TM60 is for sale, not that it helps the OP as he's the other end of the country!) All of the SS amps have enough volume for gigging clean without micing and doing it this way, I don't see/ hear a great deal of difference in the basic clean tones. They all have pretty good EQ sections so I can get them all to sound similar. None of them require maintenance and all take pedals well. The TM60 has the advantage of an effects loop but that is only really a benefit if you use the distortion/ overdrive from the amps - if you use pedals for dirt, I'm not convinced an effects loop is necessary.

For home use, the SS amps are more flexible - they all have headphone outs and direct line outs as well and they all play nicely at low volume. THe line outs are useful for gigs too as I can easily run a line to the PA if I need more oomph or better spread. Rarely need to on the gigs I do though, but its nice to have the option.

Good luck with the search!

thomasross20 · October 2014

Lol!!

OK, I ordered it!
The guy seem pleased to do it all for £400. Damn, think I could have got some more dosh off lol.

thomasross20 · October 2014

Good post, Beexter!
Unsure whether I'll use pedals into a clean channel or try to use the FX loop on the amp and use it's distortion (that means I'd have to use not only my own pedal board but the footswitch I just bought with it!).

monquixote · October 2014

What FX do you use live?

thomasross20 · October 2014

My FX:

Distortion, delay, boost (important!), maybe some chorus, wah. I'll have to figure out what I'm doing because I can't use my pedal-board AND the amp's board!

Jalapeno · October 2014

Why ever not ?

thomasross20 · October 2014

Two boards!? Seems extravagant and a recipe for disaster, no?

monquixote · October 2014

I don't see why not.

Well wah, boost and distortion are going to go up front so you could just use the chorus and delay on the amp and you are away.

thomasross20 · October 2014

If I used my own FX pedals I'd use only the clean amp channel and go straight in, no FX loop.

But at the same time, I'd want to use some of that amp's valve-like goodness... will play around with it when I get it..

monquixote · October 2014

It would seem a shame to have all that filthy goodness and not use it (says the man with the non master volume amp)

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