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A lot of amps will be Cathode Biased and so they won't need to biased.
For fixed bias amps, as long as it's the same type of tube and preferably the same brand you should be able to get by without biasing. Worst case is that if it's set too hot the valve won't last as long and if it's set too cold then the amp will have less drive.
I forgot to mention to take a cloth or a thick leather glove (I tend to wear these for load-in/out anyway, to prevent hand injuries, so I always have a pair with me), since the power valves will be easily hot enough to badly burn your fingers otherwise.
"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
They crop up second hand here from time to time. Got mine for £180 posted from the classifieds
"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
I often use 2 amps at the same time so if one goes down I'm still going without missing a beat. However about 2yrs ago I decided to leave my AC30 in the boot and just use the Marshall....and well never before (or since) had any problems....this night 3rd song in just doing the 2nd chorus of Cant Get Enough Of Your Love just starting to think about the upcoming solo and silence! We was a 5 piece back then and as the other guitarist knew the solo the band carried on while I fiddled with my amp for a minute before giving up and getting my AC30 out of the car.
Like others have said nowdays lots of multi FX do decent DI sounds so that is an easy backup plan. I remember a few years ago in another band that never got out of the rehearsal room to gigging......the girl singers BF joined us (therein was the beginning of the end) but he just plugged his mex Strat direct to the PA via my Bad Monkey OD pedal (which has a speaker sim built into one of its outputs) and I was shocked how good it sounded in the band mix overall!
is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
I quite often gig with it as its that good, takes pedals beautifully, works great with single coils/buckers etc, has an fx loop, reverb and has di out as well. they're not cheap but if you look at is as a 2nd giggable amp rather than a backup it makes much more sense. I've put my acoustic guitar, and bass guitar through it as well and it sounds great, and I'm currently using it with a synth as well!
I guess I've been lucky. Either that or I keep them well maintained and look after them.
So don't be convinced by people that tell you they're the worse sounding amp on the market ;-)
A proper backup amp that goes through your cab and weighs less than 500g