Hi all, I've long used this forum to get lots of useful advice but never joined until now - this is my first post.
I'm after an amp for recording and playing at home. It'll never get gigged. I play clean the vast majority of the time so would probably be happy to get my overdrive from pedals if required. I really like a warm clean and would need to be able to get a really fantastic sound at bedroom volume. I wouldn't want anything boxy sounding but I'd still like to the amp not to be too big overall.
I'd be interested in something with a high quality valve reverb but this is not essential at all.
I've been considering a couple of things - a Carr Sportsman being one. A Raleigh possibly being another. To be honest these tend to go for a bit more than I was hoping to spend but I could possibly stretch to this ballpark if on a very good second hand deal.
Would anyone have any recommendations for amps that would suit my criteria? Any advice at all would be very gratefully received!
Thanks
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At lower volumes though you get a great warm clean and valve driven trem and reverb.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/160175/carr-rambler-cream-livery-elsinore-speaker#latest
Merlin, thanks very much for pointing out your Rambler. I hear a lot of people really love them but others perhaps consider them a little too clean? I may be wrong about this - I'll listen to some demos later today. Also, as they are higher wattage, are their best tones achievable at bedroom volumes? Thanks so much to everyone for so many replies thus far on a rainy Sunday!
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
Buying used is always difficult because you are limited to what is available, but it's much easier if you have a list of amps you have tried and liked. Then if one comes up and you are ready to go....
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But, even with something that is 12 to 20w a lot can be a achieved by changing the pre amp valves to ones that produce less gain and volume. Putting in a really inefficient speaker makes a very big difference. With these two modifications you should have no problem with great tone at medium volume. I’ve done them myself and it worked a treat.