how many channels is enough??

samzadgan

Drew_fx said:

The newest version of the VH100R is easier to carry because of the rock solid metal handles. The older ones were a pain because the leather straps always broke.

We're still using the one in the band I bought in 2008/09.

That rack though... at that point, wouldn't you just get an Axe FX or Kemper?? *ducks*

yes...Laney has nailed it with those handles...surprising other companies arent doing the same thing. Those handles are so reassuringly strong.

guitarfishbay

I can't believe it took so long for someone to think it up.

I feel the same way about the swing door on the Ibanez truss rod cover.  None of my guitars have their truss rod cover attached because I can't be bothered looking for the right screwdriver each time I need to tweak them.

Drew_TNBD

If I felt uber confident about an amp staying for life, I would mod it to have those handles for sure. You can buy them from Mav Electronics from what I remember.

Phil_aka_Pip

1 has always been enough for me. With the caveat that I've often got the sound I want by jumpering both channels of a Plexi/Bluesbreaker and using the channel link switch on my chinese AC30.

ThePrettyDamned

Drew_fx;372157" said:

Have to say, that Randall amp looks cool. I've never really looked into them, because I always assosciated them with crappy spandex metal. But maybe I'm missing a trick?

They have amps that cover the whole caboodle these days, but are known for the modern metal stuff - definitely worth a look in!

I know you're not a fan, but Ola ungland has a sig head, and his sound is quite a modern thrashy one (which he seems able to get from any amp to! tbf.

They also have some pretty great looking new pedals, including a preamp type one I want to look at.

Danny1969

I have 50 on my JMP1 and use about 7 different ones for a gig. It's just different amounts of gain and EQ for different songs really

Phil_aka_Pip

Danny1969 said:

I have 50 on my JMP1 and use about 7 different ones for a gig. It's just different amounts of gain and EQ for different songs really

2 "dirt" pedals with differing amounts of distortion/OD give me 4 different flavours from both off to both on. Add in a foot-operated volume pedal, and an HT-Boost at the end of the chain, then factor in the combinations of pickups (LP-style controls here) and I think I can get a reasonably wide rage of sounds. That's not to disparage Danny's JMP1, its just to point out that even with 1 channel and a basic pedalboard you still have a lot of options open to you. Although you may not find them all useful, as Danny says: he uses 7 out of 50.

strtdv

I always though 1-2 was enough. It's rare to have an amp that has truly great clean tones and great driven tones in the one package, so I guess I'd rather have a stereo rig if someone else was carrying it and setting it up for me.

I recently bought a 3 channel amp (it's really a 2 1/2 channel amp, clean and crunch share a common EQ), and it's nice, but I don't find myself missing the extra channels when I use my single or 2 channel amps.

timmysoft

Half a channel and I'm fine!