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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Even though I have had this amp from 1986 and used it a lot, it never ceases to amaze me just how good it sounds compared to Tube amps. I have students with those THR amps and small Vox equiv and Blackstar 1w jobbies and they are by contrast appalling...
I also really.liked the distortion, kinda garage rock to my ears, I'd often thought of ripping out the circuit somehow and sticking it In pedal if that was at all possible.
The Orange Crush 35RT
Not a valve amp but not digital either. A nice warm clean from a decent 10” speaker and a channel for that fuzzy Orange dirt sound too. Not much idea if it takes pedals well though, never actually tried
Not it interested in small valve amps or cheapie solid states or anything that is a “one sound” type solution. if I want a small real amp I’d just get a Lane VC15 as I know they’re exactly what I like. FWIW one of those would actually be great except for lacking a headphone option.
And if Line 6 did a small practice combo with a Helix brain I’d have already bought one.
Best st best seems to be to take a pedal or 2 to my local and try a THR
There's a good video with Philip Sayce nailing a THR with pedals, and it sounds excellent.
I'd say it's the best small clean solid-state amp I've tried, and I've tried a lot. And it's a really effective audio interface, too, so I leave it plugged into my laptop all the time, and can pick up and practice or record at a whim.
Downsides, on the standard THR10, the blackface type Clean preset, and the AC style Crunch preset, are both excellent. But the higher gain and plexi type tones aren't great. They are passable, but it's not the strong point on the standard one. I think the 10C or 10X is different. I've heard better gain-y sounds from the Marshall Code and Line6 alternatives.
Also, while it has built in effects (and I think the reverb and delay algorithms are both pretty good), you are somewhat limited in how you can combine them.
I’m seriously impressed - should’ve bought one years ago.
End result is the THR10C is much more forgiving than a "real" amp. Which is absolutely fine if your goal is to sound great in your living room. If you're using it to practice stuff you hope to use on a gig be aware that you may be in for a shock at how different stuff sounds on a louder, less forgiving amp. Obviously if you are familiar with your gigging gear you'll be fine, but I prepared for an audition after a long lay off on the THR10 and got a shock at how much stuff that was sounding great at home didn't in the rehearsal room through a bigger amp.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Incidentally, the "guitar shop" here is a Virgin Megastore, and the assistant plugged me in with a US Standard Strat (last of the old stock of the outgoing mode I guess) and cranked it. I got a few looks from people shopping for t-shirts and iPhone cases, but it sounded great instantly. *Totally* the opposite of a soundproof booth in a small guitar shop!
@ICBM I didn't actually try the regular THR10 as they only had the 5 and the 10X, neither of which interest me. Ideally I'd have AB'd them, but I was so impressed with this I didn't care. That said, I'm aware we have fairly opposing tastes in amps so YMMV and then some!
In other news, the neck on the Strat I tried was *brilliant* and now I want to change the neck on my own strat again... Might have to give Musikraft/MJT a buzz.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein