Bedroom Amps/Set Ups

Jetfire

Has there been a thread on this? I keen to know what people use a quiet home set up. Ideally, looking at something you could talk over and maybe give the beans to if you lived in a mid terraced house but sounds good too... (Awaits an onslaught of Yamaha THR's)

Chuffola

Yep. THR it is. See: many other threads 

TTony

Chuffola said:

Yep. THR it is. See: many other threads 

Or a Yam THR perhaps?

digitalscream

I have a Jet City JCA50H and Montage 1x12" (Celestion V-type) in the office, for during-the-day use - my neighbours are pretty tolerant but my wife isn't...however, it still sounds great at low volumes.

For evening use, I just plug my AMT C-2 into my laptop audio interface, run it through Reaper with cab impulses and out through my monitors or headphones. Sounds better than any modeller I've tried.

Adamski

I honestly don't believe in all this 'bedroom amp' malarkey. Some of the best sounding amps I've had at bedroom levels have been 100w monsters!

Jez6345789

Well there is that little 1 watt valve blackstar which when the THR came out I was told that at time it was the best seller small practice amp. 

I played that the THR and the Roland Micro thing. For me it was THR.

I have a couple of other little amps Marshall and some cheap chinese valve amps I started to mess around modding and I hanker after a good Champ Kit or a Princeton Kit with some sort of power soak, as the neighbours will never wear that let alone the Mrs :-)

If you have good PC speakers/headphones  and a PC or Mac there really are some totally impressive amp plugins that will do loads of clever stuff. 

In the end the THR is as plug and go as it gets.

Fretwired

It depends how big you're bedroom is and whether your house is detached. It also depends on whether you want to play twangy country or 7 string monster metal riffs.

I have a Yamaha THR [for convenience] but leaving that aside I have anumber of amps I can use ranging from a Cornford Harlequin to a 5 watt Fender Champ, Blackstar HT5 and a Cube amp. I can easily get a decent tone at a reasonable volume using a small tube amp. In a mid-terraced house you could get away with a Blackstar HT-1 or HT-5.

not_the_dj

I use my THR10 at TV watching volume in a terrace house. Fantastic bit of kit.

thecolourbox

I don't like the THR, sounded like an iPod Dock to me. My current bedroom amp is a Hot Rod Deluxe with a volume box in the loop, minute control over the volume that way. Before that I had a Blackstar ht5 which was great just a bit too gainy for me, but seemed the same good tone whatever the volume was set at so perfect for home, plus you can use the loop return for a different preamp input

kelvinburn

I've just bought a Blackstar HT1 as I wanted to use the same pedal board that I play through my HT60 Soloist. I still can't believe that i can get such a good sound out of such a comically small box

JohnPerry

I've tried all sorts and moved them on, the yamaha included (really liked that actually but wasn't using it). But i have to say i am loving the tech 21 Liverpool put through a tube amp and turned down. Unity volume is about 11o'clock, but turn it down to 8 o'clock and the thing has the most fabulous compressed drive sound, like a properly cranked amp but very quiet. Amazing box, and the EQ controls are so powerful you can get almost anything out of it.

chrisj1602

I use a Vox DA5 at home, it's a great little amp for bedroom playing.

bertie

for spare bedroom playing - Rivera Chubster  (I only use the THR downstairs, it is great tho....)

you dont have to crank a valve amp you know

p90fool

I'm no snob when it comes to digital, I gig with a multi-FX direct to PA, but a Princeton with a couple of pedals is the sweetest-sounding TV-volume rig I've ever had.
No emulations, no unnatural gate cutoffs or dynamics, just real, lovely tone.

jonnyburgo

Superchamp XD, absolutely love mine.

stickyfiddle

I use my Mesa Express 5:25 at home (apartment) when there's noone else in, and occasionally a Fender Mustang 1. More than anything though I'm using Jamup Pro XT with iphone or ipad with headphones and it's brilliant.

Babones

The Swart Night Light works very well on sub 22w tube amps. Also has a cool blue/purple light  You can get it down to TV watching levels, at its most attenuated, if you want. Much better than the Dr. Z Brake Lite, which is more suited to taking off some dbs in a live situation. I also think it sounds better than the BL.

bertie

Babones said:

 Much better than the Dr. Z Brake Lite, which is more suited to taking off some dbs in a live situation. I also think it sounds better than the BL.

ought to for nearly twice the price        

wordy

I live in a flat, so for me it depends what time in the evening I'm playing.

During the week, if I get started by 8pm then I'll play through my Egnator Tweaker and cab, running the amp clean, with a pedal or two.  Starting after 9pm I break out the THR5, and any later than that, and I'm unplugged.

The THR is great.... but if I had to choose I'd still keep always prefer the Tweaker..... played at what I'd call decent music listening volume.

The Zoom G3 or similar into your hifi amp is also a good option at home I reckon. 

kelvinburn

Hopefully only slightly off topic but which headphones are best suited to guitar? I have a few pairs that are good for digital music but just don't quite cut it through the HT1s headphone out. Cheers. Kelvin

Ally

I got a Greta for pretty much this. I wasn't wildly impressed with it through its own speaker, but I got a 10" cab for it which changed the sound greatly. Sounds good to my ears for quiet playing. I like it.