daav
Flailing up a storm.
Hey all,
i have had the rebel 20 for about 4 months now and i really like it. It has a great range of tones, but I would say that only one or two that i have dialed in really nail a great tone and it can get muddy, especially when pushed with a powerful humbucker. I am trying to get down to one amp and a simple rig that can do a few different sounds well, and i was just about convinced to sell the four or so amps i have picked up over the past years (blues JR, fender blues deluxe, an old lafayette and the egnater) and get one great head that would do this. Maybe a budda superdrive or something in this price/tone range. The egnater renegade would be an option as well.
Playing a strat, studio LP (classic 57 pup in the neck), SG standard , 335 knock off (with classic 57's) through vintage 30's for speakers. The SG sounds the worst, i think the pickups are just too high output for this setup, gets fuzzy and muddy as the gain goes up.
I like the idea of multiple channels, but for now i can live with tweaking knobs for diff sounds. I have been reading up on the web feedback on the rebel, and I see several posts that a tube upgrade can really help this amp.
So before i invest more into new tubes, do you think that this upgrade could really make that much of a diff in the overall tone, or should i suck it up and really make the investment in a new amp entirely?
Daav
i have had the rebel 20 for about 4 months now and i really like it. It has a great range of tones, but I would say that only one or two that i have dialed in really nail a great tone and it can get muddy, especially when pushed with a powerful humbucker. I am trying to get down to one amp and a simple rig that can do a few different sounds well, and i was just about convinced to sell the four or so amps i have picked up over the past years (blues JR, fender blues deluxe, an old lafayette and the egnater) and get one great head that would do this. Maybe a budda superdrive or something in this price/tone range. The egnater renegade would be an option as well.
Playing a strat, studio LP (classic 57 pup in the neck), SG standard , 335 knock off (with classic 57's) through vintage 30's for speakers. The SG sounds the worst, i think the pickups are just too high output for this setup, gets fuzzy and muddy as the gain goes up.
I like the idea of multiple channels, but for now i can live with tweaking knobs for diff sounds. I have been reading up on the web feedback on the rebel, and I see several posts that a tube upgrade can really help this amp.
So before i invest more into new tubes, do you think that this upgrade could really make that much of a diff in the overall tone, or should i suck it up and really make the investment in a new amp entirely?
Daav
