Note I made the same sorta suggestion at first - although we both know a lotta folks will holler down about a SS amp. OTOH, if I had an offer to swap my old Bassman head and cab for a DR, I think I'd take the step regardless. My choices likely would not be as valuable for somebody else. it's my choice because of what and how and where I play. I get a lot of use from a little SS AE amp at 30 watts that has played for a 500-seat theater and a 40-watt bass amp that works nicely even for "clean" archtop playing in the same venues from little joint to a theater.īut. Then again, that's just a grouchy old picker talking. Or, to get a degree of options in general sound, something like the Fender Mustang III has batches of options and can be quite loud - but it is SS and that's enough to turn off some folks, although IMHO again, if I were getting into pedal-mania, I think I'd prefer a very clean amp with lotza overhead to let it carry the pedal-modded sound. In some band environments, in fact, if it's "the" sound sought, and/or works well with preferred pedals if the player uses them, it can be miked if there's a decent enough PA.įor general practice, though, IMHO about anything should do well enough. I guess my thought is that if you're not playing out, a decent home practice amp is fine. I could also use it as a solo "Amp/PA" and haul stuff easily.Īnd, here again, is the OP planning to "play out?" In retrospect, that was a huge error since I never needed that much power regardless of component quality, and the DR was a perfect combination of more than enough power and overall quality sound. The other guys in the band had the high-power rigs so. I think any amp "upgrade" needs to be really well thought out.Ī perfect example: I swapped my old 65 Deluxe Reverb for a more or less "boutique" 120-watt monster that one likely could use to shatter bank vaults, were one into that sort of thing. Too, I'll admit at times that I'm a product of the olden days of tube-only amps and heavy, heavy equipment that nowadays I'm simply unwilling to haul and am unlikely to need regardless of venue or style of music. A few may say, "Yup, he's got it nailed," but others simply don't understand my amp choices any more than I "get" theirs. I'm absolutely certain that my "better" is different from others here. I guess that as usual, my question comes before any attempt to answer: What does the OP consider "better" for an amp.
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