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If you want super clean sounds at high volumes it may not be your thing, but if you don't mind a little bit of grit and you aren't using super-mega-chug-deth-buckers, then it works well.
If you want small, light and sounding epic, I'd heartily recommend trying one of these. Its a full 100w amp, thats also switchable to 20w and 1w.
https://blackstaramps.com/dept-10-amped-3/
For the stuff you mention above, the AMPED3 will nail it.
And it'll need a 100w cab so I'll definitely need a 2x12 huh?
You can get 100w 1x12in cabs. Or, if you aren't running it flat out a 75w rated Celestion would probably be fine. Can't speak for other brands, but certainly in endurance testing I've seen over the years there's a lot of margin built into Celestions.
I've thought about the Amped 3 as it's pretty much like for like control wise with what I have, but it's solid state and there are mixed reviews.
I've demoed the St James and it sounded fantastic but it had so much hum and hiss I just wouldn't be able to live with it.
I could try the HT Club 50 head. It's 14.5kg but is only 2 channel. I'd need the extra footswitch to open up the channels.
What I hadn't initially considered was the lunchbox head option as I had a '50+ watt' mindset but the more I look the more I like. Super portable and now I know they/some can cut it live.
TBH, the mixed reviews thing is always a sign that something needs listening to in person (IMHO).
The gain channels have huge amounts of gain on tap, so there is an inevitability for an increase in hiss but even this isn't exactly 'loads'. What I've not heard is hum at any point in the development of the amps or reported to me as a 'fault'.
Therefore if there are issues with hum, I wonder if its dirty mains, single coils, strip lights, pot washers or other outside influences not being considered.
Without PA support I would probably prefer something over 30. I still use a 20 watter with a 112 cab live and have been told to turn down far more than I've ever been asked to turn up - mostly compressed cleans rather than fully balls out but I also take an overdrive for when the FoH inevitably asks me to turn down.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Would this specific head and these speakers/cab be loud enough to gig with?
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My old band had a hard hitting drummer and we were playing occasionally heavy alt rock, I needed cleans to match the level of distortion, so I found an AC30 and 2x12 with 100db/w Celestions to be a bare minimum.
My current band has a much more restrained drummer, and it's a different style of music. 15 watts and a 1x12 is the sweet spot.
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