Solid state Combo amp?

57Deluxe

/\ classic user error - you dial your Session clean with a hint of distortion  mixed and drive from the front with a pedal or two... Then you get great organic Tube-like drive...

ronnyb

robwright said:

Sessionette - either the 75 or 90

Yes, had a 75 for years, reliable, portable, loud. Have no desire for anything else. 

Voxman

57Deluxe said:

/\ classic user error - you dial your Session clean with a hint of distortion  mixed and drive from the front with a pedal or two... Then you get great organic Tube-like drive...

That's the point - you shouldn't need pedals!!  I'm referring to how the amp sounds on its own.  

olafgarten

57Deluxe said:

/\ classic user error - you dial your Session clean with a hint of distortion  mixed and drive from the front with a pedal or two... Then you get great organic Tube-like drive...

It's not a good amp if you need a pedal to get good tones. 

Sassafras

I had a Sessionette 75 years ago and I quite liked it's clean sound, very punchy and clear.

Voxman

olafgarten said:

57Deluxe said:

/\ classic user error - you dial your Session clean with a hint of distortion  mixed and drive from the front with a pedal or two... Then you get great organic Tube-like drive...

It's not a good amp if you need a pedal to get good tones. 

.thank you @olafgarten !  ..and @57Deluxe it's also just a little presumptive to say 'classic user error'...it's not as if I'm an inexperienced player.  It's not that the Sessionette 75 was a bad amp...it wasn't, and I did keep it for a few years not least because it was portable & loud - and I had an MXR distortion pedal.  But it did lack natural warmth and was a little muddy, even with the Mosfet circuit which was an improvement on the original design.   

57Deluxe

had my Session since 1986 - is nothing you can't dial with it and @olafgarten-  pedals should only enhance your tone - not create it.

rossi

My Champion 4o is a sweet amp for many useful  tones and a great clean channel .I have gigged it .For home use though a 12 inch speaker pumps out a lot of volume and punch even at low volumes .I have just bought a DV Mark Little jazz and that is lovely for cleans and takes pedals well .The special neo 8 inch speaker allows good volumes   but doesnt push so much air as a 12 inch but still is loud enough for small jazzy gigs or indeed any other  clean sounds .Its good with my Tele for finger style country rock and loves my Midtown for  moody jazz .All without even touching the knobs much .it just comes up with a good tone and no hard work .For home use an 8 inch or indeed a decent 6 inch in a Champ  style  amp will still get demands to turn it down  if cranked.Probably just for home and practice a THR hits the right spot .

andyoz

ICBM said:

I was sure I'd read it was Class D, but that may well be wrong.

Think this is the quote from Boss tech guy...(not totally sure what it means):

"The Blues Cube series is a discrete (analog component) class A/B design and the Katana is an IC (DSP) class A/B design. The physical power amps for both are class A/B and both dynamically interact with the live speaker as do tube amps."

ennspek

andyoz said:

ICBM said:

I was sure I'd read it was Class D, but that may well be wrong.

Think this is the quote from Boss tech guy...(not totally sure what it means):

"The Blues Cube series is a discrete (analog component) class A/B design and the Katana is an IC (DSP) class A/B design. The physical power amps for both are class A/B and both dynamically interact with the live speaker as do tube amps."

Both sound alright for all intents and purposes. That said I am a luddite.

ecc83

"both are class A/B and both dynamically interact with the live speaker as do tube amps." < Probably means there is a low value resistor in the earth side of the speaker circuit that introduces negative CURRENT feedback which gives the amplifier a higher output impedance than the buggerall that sstate amps naturally have but valve OP stages don't.

"Dynamically Interact" ?? Yeah, well....

I think I might start a collection of these manufacture's adpuff phases? Many here will understand why!

Dave.

jpfamps

ecc83 said:

"both are class A/B and both dynamically interact with the live speaker as do tube amps." < Probably means there is a low value resistor in the earth side of the speaker circuit that introduces negative CURRENT feedback which gives the amplifier a higher output impedance than the buggerall that sstate amps naturally have but valve OP stages don't.

"Dynamically Interact" ?? Yeah, well....

I think I might start a collection of these manufacture's adpuff phases? Many here will understand why!

Dave.

You mean like "current feedback"?

Modellista

olafgarten said:

57Deluxe said:

/\ classic user error - you dial your Session clean with a hint of distortion  mixed and drive from the front with a pedal or two... Then you get great organic Tube-like drive...

It's not a good amp if you need a pedal to get good tones. 

That's an odd thing to say.  As @57Deluxe describes is exactly how I've always used amps, slightly hairy clean with pedals on top.  Surely not a controversial method?  Is it even possible for a pedal to turn a rubbish amp into a good one?  A crap amp will sound crap no matter how many pedals you throw at it.

Gassage

The JC22 and JC40 are stunning.