ilove_SRV
First Lieutenant   Posts: 11 Registered: 8/12/2004 Status: Offline
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 posted on 8/30/2004 at 22:04 |
| ok, i need a new amp. i have a fender 15g frontman, it's sad... it makes me
cry everytime i play it, and i'm not playin the blues. this is what i'm
lookin for: an amp that can loud enough to be played with friends, and that
includes a drumkit. so it has to be able to be heard over a drumkit. the
next thing is is that i would prefer it to be a marshall. the last thing is
is that i think i can spend no more than 400, but 400 would be killin me.
preferably around 300 or less. oh one more thing, i don't need effects or n
e thing like that on my amp. i was lookin at the marshall micro stack, but
i don't know how loud it is, the quality of it, and exactly how big it is.
n e help and/or advice would be great. **** this is a good song, i'm just
chillin listenin to some skynyrd. ____________________
SEMPER FI
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chrisC
Captain   Posts: 150 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 8/30/2004 at 22:27, Reply 1 |
| im not 100% sure but i think the micro stack is about 10 inches wide and a
little over 20 inches tall. im not sure how much better thats going to be
than your fender. fender makes pretty good amps. good luck ____________________
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Ozboy
Second Lieutenant   Posts: 26 Registered: 8/19/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 8/30/2004 at 23:27, Reply 2 |
I think you should look at a Laney as well. I looked at many amps when I
bought mine and it came down between a Marshall JCM 30 or a Laney VC 30.
The Laney has a more versitile sound where the Marshall only really could
do a rock sound. The laney has a really grunty overdrive like a marshall
but a much better clean channel. So good in fact my acoustic sounds
excelent through it a Marshall could do that. I also see they are quite
good buying on ebay so go take a look. I think a 30 will do as long as you
are not doing a lot of stage work as tube amps sound better with the volume
quite high I think a 50 might have the people next door ringing the fun
nazis (cops).
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Spidercents
Moderator  Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 8/31/2004 at 01:19, Reply 3 |
Well you dont want your amp to have effects...So stay away from two channel
amps...Ive had a yamaha and a peavey and a marshal with two channels and I
dont like two cannel amps anymore
I would buy a 100 watt marshall head for under four hundred dollars...and
while you save for a new cabinet buy a cheap second hand cabinet for
cheap.
I myself would buy the head and cabinet second hand for $400 or less.
Any amp under 100 watts is a toy...even if you dont need all the watts you
will have it if you do need it...Why buy a amp with less watts and push it
to the breaking point when you can buy a 100 watts and criuse without worry
of blowing the thing up...Ha Ha
It dosent have to be a marshall however this is the way to go. ____________________
Treat people the way you would want to be treated.
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JohnL
Captain Posts: 119 Registered: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/31/2004 at 14:58, Reply 4 |
I would go with the old DSP series, a princeton 65 watts or the 90 watt in
the series. YOu can get the 65 watt for about 279 and the 90 for about 349
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ilove_SRV
First Lieutenant Posts: 11 Registered: 8/12/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/31/2004 at 20:15, Reply 5 |
| thanks for the info everyone, hey, i got another quiestion, is there an amp
that's made for or really good for playing the blues? same thing with
guitars, do ya'll know a good blues guitar? ____________________
SEMPER FI
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Ozboy
Second Lieutenant Posts: 26 Registered: 8/19/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/1/2004 at 01:28, Reply 6 |
Another thing to remember if you get a English amp go see a good
electronics electrician. They can make your power supply suit USA voltage.
It is probabaly the best hot up you can do. Marshall and the like only
modify the power suply to suit other system these modification can be at
the expense of the quality of sound. It is not an expspensive thing to do
in OZ but it cuts out significant hum. PS ilove SRV dose the Fi in Sempre
Fi stand for the latin word Fidaous I have always wondereed
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ilove_SRV
First Lieutenant Posts: 11 Registered: 8/12/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/1/2004 at 20:39, Reply 7 |
stevie's the bomb, that's some **** fine music, glad to hear some fans.
semper fi is short for Semper Fidelis which is latin for "always faithfull"
which is the marines' theme or whatever u call it. i'm joinin the marines
as soon as i get outta highschool, that's why i have it as my sig. and that
last question is still out there lookin for an answer. and here's another
question, are marshalls really all they're cut out to be? i've heard some
things about em kinda bein like name brand clothes that are crappy quality
and ur just payin for the name. and also i'm still kinda confused on the
wattage it takes to be heard over a drumkit. and one last question, (sorry)
is there n e easy way to write the lead to a song? or is it somethin that
takes time? cuz me and my friends are writing some songs (actually i'm doin
most of the writing) but i'm having trouble thinkin of the lead for
myself.
cuz i'm as free as a bird now, and this bird you cannot change, no, and a
bird you cannot change. (  i love that
song) ____________________
SEMPER FI
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Spidercents
Moderator Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/1/2004 at 21:48, Reply 8 |
When it comes to marshall im sure your paying for the name however it is
still a pretty good name to buy.Anything under a 100 watts is a toy.
What tips are you looking for when doing a lead.Give us some progressions
and tempos and then we can give hints... ____________________
Treat people the way you would want to be treated.
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Ozboy
Second Lieutenant Posts: 26 Registered: 8/19/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/3/2004 at 07:01, Reply 9 |
I think the question of wattage is more complicated than just how muck you
have. A 100w anp at its lowest setting will not drive as hard as a 50w at
half way or a 30w at full bore. I have agreed with spidercents before but
this time I think he might be this time. It sounds like Spidercents
prescribes to the nothing beats cubic inches philosophy. But put a twist in
front of a big block corvette and see what happens. Try to play as many
amps as you can and dont dismiss one just because it doesnt have a lot of
zeros before the watts.
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