Damn, damn, damn.
I only recently got the Blackstar 260TVP with a cool cover to go and the footswitch... and it sounds amaaaaazing!!
BUT!! It's just too heavy and bulky for me! I had to take it to practice today and just about did my back in! I even bought a little trolley for it but it didn't help all that much.
So I'm probably going to sell it in order to buy a light single-channel amp with great clean, and just run my pedals through that. I have a Riot pedal for distortion and it still sounds pretty damn good.
Any recommendations? Originally I was looking at the Matrix VB800 & NL12 cab but combined that is a very costly option. I really wish I hadn't sold my Roland Cube 40X now... That weighed something like 10kg and was about right, but the BLackstar is something like 26kg which is too heavy for me. Honestly, I just can't handle it.
As a side note... when I played through the clean channel my boost pedal worked a treat. However the boost pedal did NOT boost the volume as soon as I went into an overdrive channel. Strange?
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Or maybe something more exotic. What's the budget? You could probably ask mjw or another UK builder to build you a 40ish watt clean voiced valve amp in a head shell and go from there.
Not a big fan of the riot, but I'd imagine it would get a good crunchy sound from a fender style amp quite easily.
But the hot rod deluxe is pretty much the go-to as a clean pedal platform. No frills, just good tone.
You won't need to buy a new footswitch either...
No, a boost pedal will not boost volume when going into an overdriven amp, just increase distortion. It might increase volume a touch if the amp goes from not very dirty to very dirty, but not much.
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Wouldn't it be easier to just get a good amp and use a trolley or fit wheels (unless you have a back problem or several flights of stairs to deal with)
Maybe a head and cab is the answer? My evh50 and 2x12 are an easy one in each hand trip to the car - a 1x12 would be even easier but I've been happy with a single speaker on stage.
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The blues cube looks like a great grab and go, I really want to try one.
If money is an issue, remember you'll be selling the blackstar anyway - you will lose some money, but not loads
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Man up !
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