Single channel amp and one drive pedal - do you/could you do it?

TimmyO

Th4fonz said:

Currently running a Cornell Romany 12 tweed amp with a les paul and I could use either my lazy j cruiser deuce or a klon and that’s all I need.

I'd have loved one of those amps back in the day - too heavy and loud for me now I reckon 

RandallFlagg

I've been using the Mesa Boogie Mark V Crunch voice with a TC Spark boost lately and that's been great, I set and forget the amp and use the Spark to determine the amount of gain and adjust the tone. I would be perfectly happy with a single channel amp based on that and just use the Spark boost.

Keefy

TimmyO said:

Th4fonz said:

Currently running a Cornell Romany 12 tweed amp with a les paul and I could use either my lazy j cruiser deuce or a klon and that’s all I need.

I'd have loved one of those amps back in the day - too heavy and loud for me now I reckon 

It’s come to something when a 10W amp is ‘too loud’. I get the ‘heavy’ bit though, having manhandled my Princeton Reverb up the stairs to your loft extension!

TimmyO

Keefy said:

TimmyO said:

Th4fonz said:

Currently running a Cornell Romany 12 tweed amp with a les paul and I could use either my lazy j cruiser deuce or a klon and that’s all I need.

I'd have loved one of those amps back in the day - too heavy and loud for me now I reckon 

It’s come to something when a 10W amp is ‘too loud’. I get the ‘heavy’ bit though, having manhandled my Princeton Reverb up the stairs to your loft extension!

10 valve watts turned up to nice crunchy breakup is loud - for a home player 

Back in the day for rehearsing and gigging it would have not been loud enough but my life has changed 

Keefy

TimmyO said:

Keefy said:

TimmyO said:

Th4fonz said:

Currently running a Cornell Romany 12 tweed amp with a les paul and I could use either my lazy j cruiser deuce or a klon and that’s all I need.

I'd have loved one of those amps back in the day - too heavy and loud for me now I reckon 

It’s come to something when a 10W amp is ‘too loud’. I get the ‘heavy’ bit though, having manhandled my Princeton Reverb up the stairs to your loft extension!

10 valve watts turned up to nice crunchy breakup is loud - for a home player 

Back in the day for rehearsing and gigging it would have not been loud enough but my life has changed 

I measured the maximum clean output of my DIY AC4 clone at between 2.5W and 3W. It easily achieves ‘too loud’ in my man cave. And I’ve gigged the (12W) PR. So yeah.

JayGee

Is it cheating to use something like a Thorpy Dane with a boost on the front?

I could absolutely get by with that…

I like having delay, chorus, and reverb available for a few extra textures, and a post drive (or in the FX loop) boost to give a volume lift is always handy to have, but, with my current band at least, I could definitely Do The Gig without them.

mgaw

Victoria Ivy League, Lazy j cruiser 

Lebarque

TimmyO said:

Keefy said:

TimmyO said:

Th4fonz said:

Currently running a Cornell Romany 12 tweed amp with a les paul and I could use either my lazy j cruiser deuce or a klon and that’s all I need.

I'd have loved one of those amps back in the day - too heavy and loud for me now I reckon 

It’s come to something when a 10W amp is ‘too loud’. I get the ‘heavy’ bit though, having manhandled my Princeton Reverb up the stairs to your loft extension!

10 valve watts turned up to nice crunchy breakup is loud - for a home player 

Back in the day for rehearsing and gigging it would have not been loud enough but my life has changed 

I don't get the 'back in the day' stuff. Were drum kits louder back in the day?

StefB

Lebarque said:

TimmyO said:

Keefy said:

TimmyO said:

Th4fonz said:

Currently running a Cornell Romany 12 tweed amp with a les paul and I could use either my lazy j cruiser deuce or a klon and that’s all I need.

I'd have loved one of those amps back in the day - too heavy and loud for me now I reckon 

It’s come to something when a 10W amp is ‘too loud’. I get the ‘heavy’ bit though, having manhandled my Princeton Reverb up the stairs to your loft extension!

10 valve watts turned up to nice crunchy breakup is loud - for a home player 

Back in the day for rehearsing and gigging it would have not been loud enough but my life has changed 

I don't get the 'back in the day' stuff. Were drum kits louder back in the day?

Back in the day the majority of 10 watters available would have been cheap, solid state amps not designed for stage use?

The recentish boom in low watt valve amps together with advancements in monitoring, generally reduced stage volumes, and close micing rather than playing the room make back in the day comparisons valid in my view.

Blueingreen

For a long time I gigged with a MusicMan master volume amp.  Cover bands and original material bands (pop, soul and funk rather than rock).  Dirt and reverb from the amp. The only pedal that got regular use was a Boss chorus.

TimmyO

Lebarque said:

TimmyO said:

Keefy said:

TimmyO said:

Th4fonz said:

Currently running a Cornell Romany 12 tweed amp with a les paul and I could use either my lazy j cruiser deuce or a klon and that’s all I need.

I'd have loved one of those amps back in the day - too heavy and loud for me now I reckon 

It’s come to something when a 10W amp is ‘too loud’. I get the ‘heavy’ bit though, having manhandled my Princeton Reverb up the stairs to your loft extension!

10 valve watts turned up to nice crunchy breakup is loud - for a home player 

Back in the day for rehearsing and gigging it would have not been loud enough but my life has changed 

I don't get the 'back in the day' stuff. Were drum kits louder back in the day?

I used to gig back in the day - now I play at home