giraffe
i love negative rep
neat thread!
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Dani Pace
New member
Lets face it guys, there are so many amps on the market, and they all have their unique sound so there isn't any one amp that is perfect for every situation. It's the combination of guitar>amp>speaker(s) that provides the sound as well as the playing style of the guitarist. Almost any of the possible combinations will work in certain situations but none of them will work in all. You have to know what you want to hear, then try enough of the possibilities untill you find what it takes to get "that sound."
For me, the guy who shows up with the badly set up guitar with dead strings, a half dozen efx pedals, and an amp big enough to play at an outdoor concert (and wants to crank it wide open) is the hard guy to record. Small amps and polished musicians are much easier.
For me, the guy who shows up with the badly set up guitar with dead strings, a half dozen efx pedals, and an amp big enough to play at an outdoor concert (and wants to crank it wide open) is the hard guy to record. Small amps and polished musicians are much easier.
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cusebassman
Freakin' sweet
Wow... lack of bottom end from your Blues DeVille? I play a Heritage archtop and a Heritage Les Paul-style through that thing and it is loaded with bottom end and the damn bass knob is turned down to zero... of course, I play clean tone - pedals and things for distortion/effects might counteract the presence of any low-end (if you use any)... and from the fact that you use an extra 4x12, it might just lose all that! I am impressed 
As for a practice amp, I can't play the DeVille in the house because its too god damn loud - so I went out and bought a Blues Junior. It has fantastic clean tone, and does sound very good recorded (much fuller, in fact, than it sounds sitting out by itself). When I throw a Sennheiser e609 in front of that thing, and put an LDC out about a foot away, it sounds as large as the DeVille for the tone I look for.
Just my two cents
As for a practice amp, I can't play the DeVille in the house because its too god damn loud - so I went out and bought a Blues Junior. It has fantastic clean tone, and does sound very good recorded (much fuller, in fact, than it sounds sitting out by itself). When I throw a Sennheiser e609 in front of that thing, and put an LDC out about a foot away, it sounds as large as the DeVille for the tone I look for.
Just my two cents
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PhiloBeddoe
New member
Randall RM20
I'd at least consider the Randall RM20. A very versatile little amp and not a cheap digital modeler. Their MTS system is great for studios.
I'd at least consider the Randall RM20. A very versatile little amp and not a cheap digital modeler. Their MTS system is great for studios.