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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: fltlll on November 04, 2011, 05:08:37 PM

Title: Small, toneful combo suggestions!
Post by: fltlll on November 04, 2011, 05:08:37 PM: What small combo (with good build quality) have y'all played that just drips with AWESOME tone?
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Post by: Twinfan on November 04, 2011, 05:30:46 PM: Err, what kind of tone? Jazz? Blues? Rock? Metal?
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Post by: Dmoney on November 04, 2011, 05:35:31 PM: JPF Amps Sir Charles combo.
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Post by: sgmypod on November 04, 2011, 05:47:21 PM: Yup one of franks jpf, one of ian's hth or one of martin mjw loved the 6v6 roadstar I had of his 1x12 most toneful amp I've owned (excusing the current orion mjw)
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Post by: horsehead on November 04, 2011, 05:58:36 PM: Martins (MJW) V6-20 or roadstar AWESOME amps :)
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Post by: Denim n Leather on November 04, 2011, 06:06:01 PM: Dr Z Maz 18
EAST Studio 2
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Post by: Philly Q on November 04, 2011, 06:13:47 PM: Quote from: Twinfan on November 04, 2011, 05:30:46 PM
Err, what kind of tone? Jazz? Blues? Rock? Metal?

Budget?

And whereabouts are you?

Anyway, Cornell Romany or Plexi 7, perhaps?
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Post by: Twinfan on November 04, 2011, 06:41:33 PM: Lazy J 20?
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Post by: sgmypod on November 04, 2011, 06:47:11 PM: Quote from: Twinfan on November 04, 2011, 06:41:33 PM
Lazy J 20?
damn he'll need second mortgage for that
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Post by: Twinfan on November 04, 2011, 07:28:07 PM: Well he hasn't set a budget, so maybe he can afford it!
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Post by: BigB on November 04, 2011, 07:42:05 PM: An old silverface champ. Best *small toneful combo* I've ever played. Period.
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Post by: fltlll on November 04, 2011, 07:48:33 PM: Damn, so many suggestions! :D

I live in the US, but if I find something on the bay, who knows!

TONE: I'd love to have an amp that can get to that compressed "crunch" all on its own, mid-gain heaven, if possible. Whatever the amp can't do on its own, I can always boost. In the end, I'd rather have an AMAZING clean tone than a slightly-not-as-good mid-gain tone.

Budget, hmm... $1000?

I was also looking at Port City's new smaller combos...
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Post by: tomjackson on November 04, 2011, 08:00:49 PM: Princeton Reverb Reissue
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Post by: Andrew W on November 04, 2011, 10:15:23 PM: I love my Cornell Romany Plus. The Swart Spacetone is also a cutie.
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Post by: HTH AMPS on November 05, 2011, 10:22:46 AM: 20w Jet City combo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgOjs5RI-JY
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Post by: Frank on November 05, 2011, 11:05:10 AM: Peavey Bandit
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Post by: sgmypod on November 05, 2011, 11:30:42 AM: Quote from: Frank on November 05, 2011, 11:05:10 AM
Peavey Bandit
small...toneful=bandit.....?you sure
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Post by: Nephilim on November 05, 2011, 12:19:13 PM: How about a Cornford Roadhouse?
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Post by: fltlll on November 06, 2011, 11:01:44 AM: Tons of awesome suggestions! I'm intrigued by the MJW Amps... however, I can't find any on the bay or stateside. Anyone know if they happen to have some in Marseille, France?
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Post by: sgmypod on November 06, 2011, 11:08:34 AM: Martin sells em all over, look at you tube vids. Think martin ships anywhere.
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Post by: fltlll on November 06, 2011, 11:50:00 AM: Quote from: sgmypod on November 06, 2011, 11:08:34 AM
Martin sells em all over, look at you tube vids. Think martin ships anywhere.

Ooh, really?? Awesome! Sadly, I won't be able to look at youtube until December (network security doesn't allow it). However, I'll definitely look at them more in depth; they seem to have more features for the price!
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Post by: gordiji on November 06, 2011, 01:50:03 PM: thomann's a good bet if your buying in france (like me), i just bought a dual terror, which may not be your choice, but if
anything goes wrong with it in the next 3 years , they'll fix it. just as important, they'll ship it for repairs free of charge.
it's easy to find better deals in uk, until your amp breaks.thomann wins here.
back to your question, those egnator rebels (30w?) look a good bet to me.
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Post by: Twinfan on November 06, 2011, 03:51:00 PM: The Dual Terror is a great little amp and cheaper than any hard wired stuff. It's all down to what you want to spend!
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Post by: FredD on November 06, 2011, 06:28:20 PM: I have a single channel Terror (7 or 15 Watts selectable) with a 2 X 12 open back cab (Orange).
I also have a Fender Blues Junior 3, but for home use (and home recording), which they both are,
I prefer the Tiny Terror. Although electronically they are both very similar (same valves, etc..) for me,
the Orange combination (TT head and 212cab) does it !!
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Post by: Mr. Air on November 07, 2011, 05:32:15 PM: Maybe an Egnater Tweaker, but it doesn't come in a combo though.
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Post by: tomjackson on November 08, 2011, 09:40:21 AM: Quote from: tomjackson on November 04, 2011, 08:00:49 PM

Princeton Reverb Reissue

Just looked at this again and realised this was a pretty bad suggestion. Nice cleans but no mid gain crunch without pedals :oops: