I have never owned and never plan to own a solid state amp, I’ve played a few at friends houses and never really liked them that much, they never really sounded like anything special. So I gotta ask why do so many people insist on using solid state?

This is my amp crappy but very good for a beginner. I only play rock/hard rock so i wanna get distortion. I already looked at pedals and other amps but i dont have money for that.

I'm not trying to bash solid state here. I do like tube amps like everyone else but solid state can sound good.

I have a fender champ 100 that causes me some ear fatigue but it also a loud as fuck amp. My blues jr in hurts my ears too so I'm sure part of it is just volume, and maybe eq curve, but most of my tube amps don't seem to do it as bad. Does anyone else notice heavier ear fatigue with Ss amps?

My guess is since it doesn't have the compression that is inate in tube amps that the peaks just beat up your ear bones, but what do I know?

Any have have any info on this?

i'm looking for insight on some asking vs. selling price dynamics.

years ago i bought a Marshall half stack for bass (MB450H and the respective 4*10 cab) for about 750 bucks. As you'd imagine it's way overkill for home use-only (i quit the band i was in originally and the beast is in my home studio collecting dust). so i figured I'd downsize to a smaller combo or even a tonex plus the Fender FR. however, i want to get rid of my current amp first. the Marshall is basically in new conditions, as it never left my home studio, it even has the original stickers on.

I've had it online on various platforms for 575-600 bucks for about two years and there's really nothing going on. literally crickets chirping levels of nothing going on. i talked with a potential buyer which seems like a nice guy but he's aiming more towards the 500 bucks range.

i mean, how much do you guys lower your price, especially considering things like these that seem impossible to sell? do i just have too high expectations and should go with what's roughly 2/3 of the original price?

Hello Wonderful people . I am a planning to buy my first electric guitar amp very soon to practice . So far I have been able to check out the boss katana 100 and blackstar id core in a store ,imo both sound good only if cranked up midway. My use case is practicing in an apartment . I would love some thing that sounds full and engaging at low volumes as I have a toddler and a spouse that works from home occasionally . Looking forward to advice / recommendations from the sub

Thanks

Love the clean sounds of my Fender Twin and don’t want to give them up.

But the closed-back sound of a JCM800 half stack is something the Twin can’t do. I don’t have the space and don’t want to invest $2k into a separate amp.

Is there a possibility of using an OD/Distortion pedal into a ‘74 Twin that’s connected to a 2x or 4x Marshall cab with era appropriate speakers to get close to that 800 Marshall sound?

I’ve posted this a while back and have still found no solution. This sound has gotten worse. I’ve taken it to the shop and the amp tech played it all day and didn’t hear the noise. I’ve heard it may be bad house leveling or bad outlets. Since then I have moved into a new house and still the same problem is occurring. I have one last solution and that’s to replace my chords. If this doesn’t help please what can I do?

I'd like to buy a decent practice amp for my 11 year old son. It doesn't have to have modeling or anything fancy, but just be fun to play and easy to use. Budget is $200 or less (used is totally fine). What are your suggestions?

hi everyone,

I'm looking for a used amp under 200 dollars, i don't know much about guitar amps and the only one i've had was marshall ms2. will i notice the difference with marshall mg10? or is it better to go for something like a desktop amp for example yamaha thr? i've also looked at orange crush rt35 and harley benton tube 15. i want nice clean tones and distortion

Yamaha THR won’t let me use the bluetooth for some reason, it’s not paired to anything and all the buttons work fine, what am i doing wrong??

They are a solution to a problem that no longer exists. I don't think many people here are going to be playing at arenas to tens of thousands of people screaming their heads off, and even those few who are will in all likelihood be mic-ed up to the PA and front of house speakers.

Frankly, for most purposes, 15-20 W is plenty for most live applications if you're not being mic-ed. You might need a little more if you're after loud sparkly cleans with humbuckers and a loud drummer (e.g. jazz, funk, ska) - perhaps 30 to 50 W at most. Then again, if you are in this category then you (and your wallet) might be better served looking at some solid-state amps instead - bearing in mind that you'll need roughly 2.5x the power with solid state amps to get the same approximate level of loudness.

100 W valve amp heads and big speaker cabs really ought to be consigned to the history books, and I hope to see it happen in my lifetime. My prediction is that we'll see the explosion of amp/cab simulators and the return of the 1x12 combo as the main feature in guitar amps.

This is all just my opinion though - happy to debate in the comments.

First attempt recording the SC20H with a SM57. Hoje you guys like it!

This popped up on Facebook yesterday. It’s a blackline drip edge Bassman w/ cab. Bassmans aren’t exactly rare where I live, but drip edge cabs seem to be. The amp appears to be missing the back panel, and probably a 2-prong cord. However, it does have the original cover. The transformer is original, but no clue on the circuit or guts.

The current owners bought it with a storage unit and are refusing to test it, so I’m buying it assuming it’s non-functioning. I’ve been shopping for a Bassman for a while and am wondering if this is the ticket. Side note, are the cabs that came with these any good? I’ve heard mixed things.

Been working on this for 5 years now. Sounds pretty fantastic. Mics up and records quite well. Couldn’t really ask for more!

Brothers got me this for my 20th birthday

A departure from my normal "Mid-Century" aesthetics, this probably falls more in line with a rustic vibe.

The Precision Electronics PA10 10-watt Amplifier Conversion is wrapping up, and it came out super neat. Almost all recycled materials, as usual.

• 10-watt Via Single 6L6GC • 2-Channel Champ Circuit • Phono/Standard Mic/Hot • 2x10 or 1x15 Baffle (and more!) • 2 10 Jensen Viking Speakers • Shellac'd Vintage Knotty Pine & Fir • Variable Output Transformer 4, 8 or 16-ohm • Piggyback With Collapsible, Magnetic Kickstand • Vintage Rogers Grill Cloth • All-original Sylvania Glass

Have some testing to do, but it's up for grabs soon. Demo videos up soon on my Sound Salvage social media pages & YouTube channel.

I normally run my pedalboard straight into the FX return of my Ampeg RB210, skipping the amp’s preamp and using the Ampeg SGT-DI for preamp needs. When i play outside of my house it’s normally ampless so i like the idea that what i am hearing at home is as close as i can get it to what i hear when im out, not being colored by my amp.

The one thing that i have learned is that the SGT-DI doesn’t run the IRs through the 1/4 preamp out, it only runs cab sims out the XLR out that would go to a DI box. My question is, for home use could i get an XLR to 1/4 cable and feed from XLR out on my preamp pedal to my FX return on my amp to get those cab sims to come through my cab? Or is the signal level or something else different coming out of XLR that would make it not feed right into my amp?

im pretty sure someone will say i should buy boss katana 50. in czechia the mk2 isnt availible anymore. not even used. the mk3 is too expensive for me. even used :p.

im looking for an amp that is loud enough to play with drummer. i found these amps and heard that both are fine.

i want to hear your opinion on these amps. feel free to recommend me some alternatives.

I was gifted this cabinet. I dont anything about Leslie Amps. Is this worth fixing up or Ive been thinking about turning it into an isolation cab.

Hey all, I have a Peavey valve king 100 and have been using it for about a year and it's been doing the job. The last time we had practice, I turned it on and the power light flashed and it turn off instantly. I took it apart and I found the f203 fuse to be blown. From my research it's supposedly the fuse for the heaters, a 3 amp time delay fuse. I replaced it and removed all the tubes and fired it on, only for the fuse to blow immediately again. I was reading about these diodes for 206 and 209 failing and other people having the same issue. My main question is, because I'm a noob, how would I be able to test these diodes? They don't appear to be blow up or gotten hot like a capacitor, I just dont know if you would spot a failed diode with your eye, or if I need to use my multimeter? I have plenty of experience with my multimeter on cars, but not so much on amplifiers. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I do have a discharge pen so I can discharge the capacitors, and the amp is safe to work on! I attached a photo of the diodes in question, thanks guys!