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2x12 is on the way. That's about half of my saved up spending money.
I'm shooting for an amp less than 50w. Had my eye on the Laney Irt Studio, EVH 5150III LBXII, and the Egnater Tweaker 40.
The IRT Studio I'm looking at is used from Reverb, has a proprietary FS and a lot of people are saying it does metal really well but not so much lower gain tones. Seems to have a lot of features I like. It's the lowest price of the bunch, like a really good price,but I can't return it if I don't like it. (I bought it and returned it )
5150III, people seem to say the same thing about lower gain - although the clean channel with drive up sounded pretty good on the Iconic I tried out. A little more money and I don't have to worry about a reverb deal that won't last.
Im mostly playing at home these days but I don't think that will be the case forever, so I'm wondering if a little 15w will deliver the goods at snare drum levels?
Enter the Tweaker 40
Most expensive - I'd have to wait to get one (and if I'm buying new and not looking to snag a deal I don't have to bite my nails wondering if a reverb deal will be lost) I like the feature set but it's the most expensive of the bunch.
I like versatility, Funk, fusion, jazz, blues, hard rock, thrash, modern metal.. so something versatile is what I'm looking for.
In short: will 15w be enough for a gig without sound reinforcement and will the more "Metal" of the amps do a good mid gain?
I'm shooting for an amp less than 50w. Had my eye on the Laney Irt Studio, EVH 5150III LBXII, and the Egnater Tweaker 40.
The IRT Studio I'm looking at is used from Reverb, has a proprietary FS and a lot of people are saying it does metal really well but not so much lower gain tones. Seems to have a lot of features I like. It's the lowest price of the bunch, like a really good price,
5150III, people seem to say the same thing about lower gain - although the clean channel with drive up sounded pretty good on the Iconic I tried out. A little more money and I don't have to worry about a reverb deal that won't last.
Im mostly playing at home these days but I don't think that will be the case forever, so I'm wondering if a little 15w will deliver the goods at snare drum levels?
Enter the Tweaker 40
Most expensive - I'd have to wait to get one (and if I'm buying new and not looking to snag a deal I don't have to bite my nails wondering if a reverb deal will be lost) I like the feature set but it's the most expensive of the bunch.
I like versatility, Funk, fusion, jazz, blues, hard rock, thrash, modern metal.. so something versatile is what I'm looking for.
In short: will 15w be enough for a gig without sound reinforcement and will the more "Metal" of the amps do a good mid gain?
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