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Emloin posted:That was a good review, it summed up my feelings for the HT-40 as-well. I keep wanting to buy a HT-5 because I only play in my bedroom, and want something that has some good distortion at reasonable volumes. But I keep psyching myself out by telling myself if I just spend a little bit more, I can get an HT-20, which has the reverb, saving me having to buy a pedal. But if I spend a little extra I can get the HT-40 and get some extra wattage. Or if I spend a little more than that I can get the 60 watt with an extra channel and two 12" speakers! Which of course would defeat the purpose of getting something I can use in my bedroom.  Also, £600 seems about equal to American prices. I assume you are referring to the HT-100 head (I don't think it comes in combo, but I don't know). I have seen it here for $850, which according to the conversion rate is actually lower than the dollar equivalent for £600 ($936). But maybe you meant something else entirely.
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Three Red Lights posted:[[ Please wait, retrieving post quote... ]]Can anyone recommend me a head? Heres my critera: All of the Blackstar heads meet those criteria. So depending on what wattage you want... Edit: meant "meet" not "meat" Gripen5 fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Aug 2, 2010 |
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Zakalwe posted:I have a HT5. I have only ever used an amp's own reverb, but the HT5 doesn't have reverb. What is a good supplemental pedal to use with it? Should I just save the money on a pedal and just go with an HT20? I'm just so drat indecisive about what I want.
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betterinsodapop posted:I've had the HT5 combo for about a week now, and I am loving it. For a small amp, it gets a ton of gain. It's small, has very responsive tonal controls, looks good, and comes with a nice little footswitch. As noted, there's no built-in reverb. Still, for the way it sounds, I can't believe it was only $400. I pretty much just play in my bedroom, so I guess I will likely save a little money and go with the HT5.
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brute_force posted:I have an HT-5 Combo, a Line6 VerbZilla and as a bonus, I also have an HT-DISTX (Blackstar distortion pedal). I could record some sound clips (recorded through the HT-5's "Emulated Output" which can emulate 1x12 and 4x12 cabinets) if you'd like, to show you what kinds of tones the HT-5 can do with and without the HT-DISTX and with the VerbZilla. I like the VerbZilla myself, it's got some nice settings. There are of course YouTube demos of all these products, but tell me if you'd like to hear something specific. Thanks for the input. I have listened to a lot of samples on youtube, but I always like hearing amp samples, so if you don't mind, I would love to hear it anything you are willing to record. As far as the distortion goes, I doubt I will need anything much heavier than early Metallica, so I doubt I would need extra gain. What I am more curious about than anything else, is how well does it play things with more classical overdrive, like say Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath or something in that era. I tend to have a rather wide variety of sounds I like to go for from classic rock to modern rock to a basic metal sound. When I get good enough, I'm sure I will want to rock out some Van Halen as well. I do some basic blues as well, but I'm sure I can probably just dial in something on the clean channel that sounds fine. All else fails, I have a Jekyll and Hyde distortion/overdrive pedal sitting around that I never seem to use.
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brute_force posted:I recorded some stuff for you (please excuse my lovely attempts at shredding): Excellent. I will check this out when I get home after work. Thanks a ton.
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brute_force posted:I recorded some stuff for you (please excuse my lovely attempts at shredding): Thanks a lot for this btw. I think it sounds really good in all of those settings. This amp is probably all that I would need.
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After The War posted:This means 12:00, and not maximum if your knobs go up to "12" (as some Fenders do) Pretty sure (at least some) Peavey's do as well. Edit: So yeah, put all the knobs at half way between the lowest and highest setting. Gripen5 fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Mar 2, 2012 |
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I figured this would be the best place to ask this question. I bought a Peavey Classic 30 used about 5 years ago. I haven't used it much mainly because its a very loud amp and I live in an apartment. So I have to keep the sound low and I would be a bit embarrassed about my playing anyway. However, I have been using it from time to time recently and noticed that when I make adjustments on just about all of the knobs except reverb, I will get large jumps and losses in volume, which makes dialing in the right volume for home use kind of hard. Additionally, there is some slight hum that hear through the amp. The loudness doesn't seem to be effected by any of the dials on the amp, or if I am using a humbucker or single coil. I know very little about maintaining tube amps, and I haven't really done much to it since I first owned it. When I bought it, the guy was honest and told me that the overdrive channel didn't work but he took it to a tech and said all it needed was to replace two of the tubes (don't even remember which ones anymore), and he gave me the tube types and which slots they go in. I replace the tubes and it seemed to work fine, but the overdrive channel is even louder so I basically never used it. I have a pedal and a cheaper modeler that I can plug in if I want effects through it, so didn't care much. I should note that when I got the tubes I didn't even know biasing was a thing. Doing some quick research, un-modded Classic 30's can only be biased by replacing a resistor, and many people say that they don't really need to be biased because the amp doesn't really drive tubes that much. Does this sound like something simple like getting some electronic cleaning solution and cleaning of the tube contacts? More expensive but still simple like getting a retube kit from Eurotube? Or does this sound like something more involved that would require a tech? Gripen5 fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Jul 9, 2014 |
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Smash it Smash hit posted:Sounds like a simple grounding hum. Could be the amp but chances are it's the building. Try bringing to a friends house and see if it persists. But, to be honest, if it doesn't get loud when you get loud- it's a non issue. I only had a few minutes to look at it last night, but I tapped each of the tubes and nothing seemed to happen. So at least the tubes are fine. I noticed that turning the dials on all the dials except the reverb and mid dial caused some crackling. Reverb when it is turned up causes a different hum than the hum I mentioned before, but both are honestly pretty mild, so not a real concern. I did notice that I can sculpt my hum TONEZ by adjusting the EQ, which I got a chuckle out of. I would imagine it just needs some contact cleaner. Gonna try and do that over the weekend if I get a chance. Thanks for the help.
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Saw a Fender Mustang III v.2 with a 2 button pedal, 4 button pedal, and an expression pedal for $250. I have heard people gush about it and that seems like a really good price including all the pedals. Anything I should know before taking a look at it? This is just for home use. I remember reading that you couldn't use the expression pedal at the same time as the 4 button, but you can always switch out as needed.
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Bolange posted:So I made the "mistake" of watching some gear videos over the weekend and started GASing pretty hard over those newish Fender Bassbreakers. I, like any man of taste, covet a cranked Plexi tone but there realistically is really no room in my life for a JTM45 that I'll never be able to crank up high enough to hit th sweet spot. Have any of you had a chance to checkout the Bassbreaker 45 watt head/combo? How well does that power scaling knob manage the amp? I'm not looking for a middle-of-the-night amp but just something I can get that cooking power tube sound from at a reasonable (nonpainful, no complaints from the neighbors) volume. My understanding of the way that amp works is that I can dial that knob all the way down to 1 watt to get the driven plexi sound at sub-drummer level. Is that accurate? If not I may have to look at the 15 watt version instead (but I prefer to have something that could handle a small open-air gig). This may not matter to you, but I am pretty sure only the 15 watt versions (combo and head) have an FX loop. I also think that the 15 watt does not have any form of power scaling beyond the master volume. However, my reading leads me to believe that the master volume gives more "quiet" volume than a blues junior, so its not already too loud for basic apartment as soon as you get any sound out of the master volume. I have been meaning to get to the store to look at it closer, but I haven' yet. Sounds like a great amp, and I have read a lot of positive things about it.
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