Hello, excellent people of TFB. I'm new on here, after some time as a lurker, and I'd appreciate some advice on amp choice.
My dark and angry moods are well covered by a Mesa Studio preamp, a Victory V30mkII and a PRS MT15 (absolutely incredible amp for the money) but I need something for more fun and joyful moments, when I attempt to channel my inner Kossoff, Page and Young. So, I'm after superlead classic rock crunchiness here and no need for any sort of modern versatility, really. It's for home use and hopefully gigs again one day... I live in a detached place far enough from neighbours with a very tolerant wife, so volume is not a problem. I'm not much of a pedal or effects guy and I wouldn't want to use much more than an occasional splash of reverb in the loop, with all the gain and tone coming from the amp, really - maybe a bit of boost or fuzz up front now and then. I've narrowed it down to the Victory Sheriff models (22 or 44) and the Marshall Studio vintage (20w mini 1959SLP). Has anyone on here owned and/or played both? Does anyone have any helpful feedback or advice, based on experience with these amps?
Many thanks in advance!
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Well, if you're happy to finish off the enormous amount of work to be done in the house and remove about 60 tonnes of rubble from the garden, something could be arranged!
The only drawback to the Sheriff is that the post phase inverter master volume means it's quite tricky to set up volume boosts, and any effects in the loop will need their levels bringing down a bit.
I think it’ll nail what you’re after , but they do need to be played at decent volume to get that sound, which sounds like it shouldn’t be an issue for you.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
The amp sees the attenuator as the load not the cab. As long as the amp is matched to the attenuator and the attenuator is set to at least -3dB down (ie not bypassed, with most of them) then the speaker impedance doesn't really matter, and if it's set to at least -6dB then it doesn't matter at all.
So for this you would set the amp to 8 ohms if that's the attenuator impedance. Even if you accidentally bypass it, if the amp is set to 8 ohms and the cab is 16, it will be fine unless you're absolutely driving the nuts off it, which is very unlikely at home, since it will be LOUD .
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Ah! Thank you. This makes sense. That Ironman Mini does look like a very well designed piece of kit and with any kind of plexi-ish amp, I imagine I'd be attenuating in just about any situation.
Absolutely glorious tones in the front room at conversation level.
EDIT: I see the experts have given much better answer.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
But for what you described the SV20H is gonna bang right on the money. Gotta jumper those input channels too!
I've been thinking about trying one of these to compliment my Jubilee, would love the full Studio collection eventually haha.