Is it realistic to have a tube amp at home?

[DrewJD82]

@DrewJD82 at this point, the edgelord label has lost its lustre!! I'm not an edgelord! I'm a bloody audio professional with a sense of humour!!!

Meh, I give it 3 days before you display what earned you the title originally. You probably just jerked off too much this weekend and aren’t feeling as rambunctious.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

This I can agree with.


That's what I described doing in my previous post - both ways: tube amp vs modeler into a poweramp and real cab, set to low volume. Tube amp into a loadbox, cab sims and studio monitors/headphones vs modeler in the same scenario.


I think it's absolutely fair. Those additional features, like a whole suite of fx, can be the things that make the modeler more fun and practical, when played at those low volumes.


They can, but will they find that extra money spent worth it, at what to me sounds like very low volumes? They aren't going to get any of the good stuff going down that low. Maybe they will like the tone more, maybe they won't, but it certainly won't represent that tube amp at its best.

I think the Yamaha THR OP has is already spot on for what they need. Sounds good at low volumes, has pretty good amp simulation, some straightforward fx, headphones option when needed, simple to use, takes little space and doesn't look too odd in a living room.

They might want to add a tube combo to play when the family is out, or cram into a basement where they can turn it up a bit.

This would have been a better question to start with and the answer I was looking for I think

 

[Orvillain]

Meh, I give it 3 days before you display what earned you the title originally. You probably just jerked off too much this weekend and aren’t feeling as rambunctious.

Aight. Cheers.

 

[Orvillain]

They can, but will they find that extra money spent worth it, at what to me sounds like very low volumes? They aren't going to get any of the good stuff going down that low. Maybe they will like the tone more, maybe they won't, but it certainly won't represent that tube amp at its best.

They won't have to fuck around with a ton of parameters. They'll just turn a few knobs and go. All of the benefits of an amp over a physical modeller don't disappear with lack of volume.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

They won't have to fuck around with a ton of parameters. They'll just turn a few knobs and go. All of the benefits of an amp over a physical modeller don't disappear with lack of volume.

Yep this is true and def a good point

 

[DrewJD82]

Aight. Cheers.

If you’re serious about changing it we can make that happen, but you have to buy 4 new fleshilights for the mod team.

 

[JiveTurkey]

The Orvillain Story: From Edgelord to Right Affable Chap

 

[Orvillain]

If you’re serious about changing it we can make that happen, but you have to buy 4 new fleshilights for the mod team.

I don't negotiate with terrorists. Laters.

 

[laxu]

They won't have to fuck around with a ton of parameters. They'll just turn a few knobs and go. All of the benefits of an amp over a physical modeller don't disappear with lack of volume.

It's not like the THR has a ton of stuff on the control panel, so I'd say it's about as easy as any simple tube amp. Certainly far removed from say the HX Stomp they have.

 

[DrewJD82]

I don't negotiate with terrorists. Laters.

Pffft….

I can’t think of anything clever right now.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Haha is that also what you do with your television?

Well, I wouldn't put an 80" TV in every room of the house. I'd keep that in the room I watched the most TV.
Same goes with amps. My overall point is, I wouldn't be too picky with this stuff. Just use something adequate and make music, don't overthink it. If you're goal is to just noodle, then anything at low volume is fine. If your goal is to write and get bigger sounds without waking everybody up, then do the headphones/modeling thing.

 

[la szum]

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You always lull them to sleep with thunderous drop-tuned riffage and weedly weedly.

They get used to it..... but only if you help them along the way.

 

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[Sascha Franck]

rambunctious

I have never read that word before, but I love it!

 

[Orvillain]

I have never read that word before, but I love it!

Oh baby cakes!!! That is your word!!!

 

[duzie]

We're talking a living room amp here? Just pick something... anything!

Finally someone said it

 

[DrewJD82]

I have never read that word before, but I love it!

Hahahah nice. My father used to refer to my sister/stepsister and I as the ‘rambunctious rapscallions”.

We should do a Word Of The Day thread where everyone from a different country/speaks a different language adds an interesting word to the thread each day. I do believe that was the first time I’ve ever written the word ‘rambunctious’ in my entire life.

 

[Orvillain]

I do believe that was the first time I’ve ever written the word ‘rambunctious’ in my entire life.

Nonsense. I've seen it written on several toilet walls.

"Hey Baby! Wanna get rambunctious? Call 555-555-55 now!"

 

[texhex]

I am not interested in attenuators.

the current situation is where I have a HX Stomp + studio monitors in my own room.

Downstairs in the living room, where the family also lives, I have a Yamaha Thr10ii which is fine. Maybe good enough?

I am considering replacing that one for a small tube amp that still sounds warm and clean on low volumes. I am not looking for break up or anything. If I can noodle a bit while my children are watching their stuff on tv or if I can play a bit of guitar when my wife and children are to bed, that is all I really need.

I am considering tube because of all I read online about the feel .. feedback etc … but maybe this is perfectly possible with a solid state?

Also… my wife doesn’t like the Fender amps aesthetics. So that ain’t happening.

Any suggestions maybe what amp to look at?

How much better will it be from the Yamaha?

Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 1x12 Combo

Tough to beat, fantastic amp that can do a ton of different tones.

Fillmore 25 1x12 Combo | Mesa/Boogie

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www.mesaboogie.com

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

A Fender Vibroking? Is that a crazy thought?