I am a massive dickhead.

Strangefan

I have had a Carlton Combo for a good while its been slightly temperamental but a great sounding amp.

Today whilst recording, it decided to just Buzz and Humm, nothing would work,  due to Work and life stress in epic proportion this last week this was the last straw and it all got on top of me so I threw it out of my window into the Garden. it felt great at the time but after finding out it was the fucking lead that was the problem, I have realised what an absolute tool I was and should not have took my life stress out on my poor amp like a god damn child. 

It was my own fault, I am an idiot and have never done anything like this before and won't again.

So what amp would you recommend for the front room? I have my live rig at the lockup so need something Small, cheapish and great sounding, I don't mind tranny or valve.

What would you recommend?

 

timmysoft

Peavey renown 400, there's no way you'll be able to throw that out of a window

Strangefan

way to big @timmysoft, just to clarify the window was open

Sassafras

One of these won't be so easy to chuck out the window.

Strangefan

@Sassafras if only it was 3/4 the size.....dang

robinbowes

Get a vintage Traynor - they were tested by being thrown out of 2nd-floor windows

R.

JohnPerry

Yamaha THR10C. Great front room amp for not much money

Alnico

Blackstar HT1 Head.

Awesome little amp that runs 4 - 16 ohm speakers and has a headphone jack.

tone1

An Anger Management Class

p90fool

A friend of mine's wife threw his 50w Superlead out of a first floor window while we were rehearsing (rather loudly, admittedly).
We plugged it back in and it was fine, though it had landed on the lawn rather than on the drive.

richardhomer

tone1;998757" said:

An Anger Management Class

'Lol' duly awarded.

Strangefan

The THR sounds like the best at the mo, Thanks

ESchap

Rock and roll tantrums ....  Slippery slope ...... you don't have a swiming pool and a Rolls Royce do you?

digitalscream

Jet City Custom 22 - £235, sounds great, built well (although possibly not survive-a-fast-trip-to-the-garden well).

ICBM

How badly damaged is the Carlton?

Strangefan

@ICBM it landed on the new brick patio, yeah it's totalled.

I'm properly gutted it was a great amp, but hey we all have breakdowns, (my first in decades) it's just a shame the carlton took the brunt of it........

Great looking amp @digitalscream but it's a bit to powerful for the front room,

ICBM

Strangefan said:

@ICBM it landed on the new brick patio, yeah it's totalled.

Just the cabinet, or is the chassis bent too?

If it's just the cabinet you could have a new one made.

If you can't be bothered and the chassis is in any way salvageable - even with broken knobs etc - I might be interested in buying it.

Marshall_stax

Friend of mine let me have a go on his Tech 21 Trademark 30. It's seriously impressive IMHO. Have a look. 

digitalscream

Strangefan said:

@ICBM it landed on the new brick patio, yeah it's totalled.

I'm properly gutted it was a great amp, but hey we all have breakdowns, (my first in decades) it's just a shame the carlton took the brunt of it........

Great looking amp @digitalscream but it's a bit to powerful for the front room,

It has a volume control for a reason...and all Jet City amps sound great at low volumes (I know, I've had most of them).

randella

Blackstar HT-1R?  Then you can have tranny AND valve

In seriousness, I love mine.  It sounds bigger than it should, and when Mrs. Randella's out I can crank it to its sweet-spot without pissing the neighbours off (too badly).

Edited to add - it sounds great through a 1x12 too.

Sassafras

I second the suggestion for a Tech 21 Trademark. I've tried them all and they're really good. A lot of sounds in those little boxes.