After selling a few bits I’ve a couple of hundred in the paypal and am trying to work out what I really ‘need’. Despite the fact that GAS usually overwhelms my entire decision making process, I am trying to be sensible and a little more forward thinking than usual.
Baby is almost here and I have often considered a ‘quieter’ amp for home use, cue the usual Yamaha thr and helix lt with headphone options (the latter being a several hundred more than I have to spend).
However, another consideration has come into play: the other week I had my first rehearsal with a country band on pedal steel and confirmed what I’d known for some time -my 18 watter is lush but not for pedal steel! So I wondered if there was a middle ground something that could cover both ‘bedroom’ and rehearsal (maybe even gig) use. Be used with both guitars and pedal steel.
My final realisation came came last night when I triouped off to the studio for the normal band and realised how little space that flipping child seat has left in the car after guitars and pedal board. Cue need an even smaller (dimension) combo -to be fair there’s a lot of wasted space on an 18 watter.
So, I’m left with two thoughts Boss Katana 50 (in budget, lightweight, different power levels and glowing reviews) or an amp I’ve wondered about a number of times the Award-session blues baby. I’ve noticed these come up secondhand for about 250 several times and have only heard positive opinions of them. For most factors (bar the bedroom option with the award-session) they both seem to tick the boxes of what I require.
Thoughts, opinions, other suggestions, got one to move on, all would be wicked. Cheers!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youIf you have a Cab the Katana Head has a little speaker in it, so that might be an option to tick a lot of boxes?
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Having used valve amps over SS for so long I’m out of touch with the volume difference between the two. I know my all valve 18 watter never goes over 10pm on the master volume live and is usually quieter and miced up, so I’d imagine 50watts should do it. The days of deafening stage volumes being well behind me.
My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youThanks for the advice folks.
I might fold and buy a head and cab or a 2 x 12 by then and if I do I'll bring those
The only extra I suggest trying is a Tubescreamer type pedal into the front end. I really couldn't tell it from a valve amp once I hit the sweet spot.
Thank you all for your advice.