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Dumb question but have you thought about a better speaker enclosure for the MS-2? (Or are you just looking for something with more controls.)
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speakers are often the weak link in any cheap solid state amp.. so don’t expect miracles
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I'm sure the noisy crickets/ruby would sound great through a decent speaker. Problem is that it's still loud. I have an Orange PPC 108 and 1w is bloody loud through out. Noisy cricket might give you a bit more volume control though
or even a 4x12 if you have one...
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As much as I'd like to have a 4 X 12 to put the ms2 or a noisy cricket through it's not really what i am after. I want something small and portable. Something I can grab from a drawer, plug the guitar into and play straight away. I don't have room for anything big. My main amp, which is only a 20W vox combo has o live in the bottom of the wardrobe. When I only have five minutes to play I don't want to spend 2 minutes digging it out and 2 minutes putting it back.
Volume is a problem. The ms2 sounds awful at low volume, the tone control doesn't improve things and you can't get any decent overdrive quietly. That's something I can do with the vox, but it's not always convenient, as I said.
It's good to know the noisy crickets are capable of producing decent sounds. It's whether I could coax those out with a small speaker at low volume.
also its headphone out is useful
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
https://youtu.be/MwTyZNBmIIA
Ignore the dodgy playing!
(The Roland is great, too, but a completely different use case.)
It does show that there is potential in the ms2. Maybe I could mod mine to improve the tonal control and add some sort of master volume. And maybe a new speaker.
I'll keep you posted.
cheers
andy k
Looking forward to it though.
cheers
andy k
The more I think about this, the idea of building a kit does appeals the most. So I'll probably buy one of any of the amps listed above...